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brizoides and E. r/ummiflvn. Growing among the grasses are 

 numerous annuals and perennials, mostly of a herbaceous character 

 and low growth, few, except rouud marshy patches, exri-eding '2 ft, in 

 height. Some of the typical plants found in these localities were 

 ihi ilium undnlitf/nn, Cynoglossum micranthum, C. eneri-e, 



Cyanotis nodi flora, Conyztt jioilorrfthala, Helichrysum 

 losum, Nemesia foetens var., Rhus Sonden var., Mahernia coccocarpa, 

 Zliiiini iiiiilti'iforn, tinlrici repens, Solanum indicum, Sntera filicauli*, 

 Hieracium capense, Rhus discolor, PolygaJa rarifolla, Dianthus scaber, 

 Striga elegans, BerJcheya setifera, Vernonia Kraussii. Under, or in 

 the shade of, rocks or large boulders scattered on the slopes are found 

 Oldenlandia Heynei, Tephrosia capensis, Stachys aethiopicavaY.,Eucomis 

 ^mdulata, Richardia albomaculata, Lobelia Erinus, Dicoma anomala, 

 and numerous ferns, all shade-loving plants. In damp patches 

 Cyperus usitatus is found growing subsocially. The few bushes 

 present are not sufficiently numerous in individuals to affect the land- 

 scape. Those which were recorded are Asclepias fruticosa, Leonotis 

 mollis, Rhus erosa, a,n.df Solanum indicum. 



The southern slopes of the plateau do not bear such a luxuriant 



grass formation as the western and northern slopes. The predominant 



grass pi-eseiit is Eragrostis plana. Eragrostis curvula var. conferta, so 



common on the western slopes, is here of secondary importance. It 



was on this side of the plateau that the heaths, orchids, and most of 



the bulbous plants were collected. The rest of the vegetation is of a 



very similar character to that described above, but only more evident 



owing to the less dense covering of grass. Many of the species taken 



here are common to the other slopes of the plateau, though some, 



such as Pentanisia varinbili*, Crassula parvula, Monsonia biflora, 



Pharnaceuiii th'tonsum, Wahlenbergia ih'jirfssa, Phytolacca I<cp1un<lr<i, 



etc., were confined to this locality. In some places Salvia stenopliylht 



and Phytolacca heptandra form large patches to the almost complete 



exclusion of other plants. 



The western and northern ravines, as stated above, are thickly 

 wooded. When the sides of the ravine are steep the bush extends to 

 under the cliffs, but when the sides slope gently to the bed of the 

 ravine they are covered with grass. Leucosidea sericea is the pre- 

 dominant tree. - Of secondary importance are Kiggeleria africana, 

 Cassinopsis capensis, Ilex capensis, Rhamnus prinoides, while specimens 

 of Plectrotiia riluitit and Celastrus buxifolius are rare. The under- 

 growth is composed mainly of Myrsine africana, but Euclea coriacea, 

 Chiytia pulchella and Buddleia salvifolia are common; Rhus pyroides 

 being less frequent. At Lefi's Kloof, the grassy slopes on either side 



