330 J. W. BEWS. 



Fig. 2. — The interior of the same bush. This photograph, using 

 same aperture, plates, etc., was given 600 times the exposure of the 

 other. Note the great number of woody lianes. D ti 1 b e r g i a o b o v a t a 

 is most abundant here. 



Pl. XVI, FIG. 1. — Sweetwaters bush. Rocky Stream Type. The 

 side of the valley facing north is bare of bush. Rauwolfia natal- 

 ensis is bere the dominant tree. 



Fig. 2. — Sweetwaters bush taken from the bed of the stream. Piper 

 capense in the foreground. 



Pl. XVII, FIG. 1. — Sweetwaters biish. Near the waterfall. A moist 

 bank with a varied collection of mosses, hepatics. ferns, selaginellas. 

 Streptocarpus spp. To the right is Justicia campylostemon, a 

 plant which has two lines of water-absorbing hairs running down the 

 internode. 



Fig. 2. — Foxhill. Thorn Veld. The low level type of grassland. 

 Anthistiria imberbis is dominant. The plant shown in the fore- 

 ground is Dicoma argyrophylla. The Acacia is A. arabica var. 

 kraussiana. 



Pl. XVIII.— Tugela Falls. Colenso. Dry Valley Type. On the 

 near bank in the foreground is Acacia caffra. which is always found 

 near the stream. On the otl)er side is the typical thorn savannah, low 

 grasses, and Acacia horrida growing isolated giving the park-like 

 appearance. 



Pl. XIX. — Drakensberg. Alpine Type. Proteas and Ericas in 

 the valley on the right. On the left in the background a Yellow Wood 

 Bush facing south-east. In the foreground the shrubby plant is 

 Metalisia muricata. 



Pl. XX. fig. 1. — Town hill. Pietermaritzburg. High Level Veld. 

 The soil is of the loose, well-aerated type. The grasses grow tall. 

 Anthistiria imberbis and Andropogon ceresiasformis. 



Fig. 2. — Foxhill. Low Level Veld. The soil is hard j^acked. dry. 

 and badly aerated. The white nodules are impure magnesian lime- 

 stone. The grasses grow low and tufted. Anthistiria imberbis and 

 S p o r o 1> o 1 u s i n d i c u s. 



Pl. XXI, FIG. 1. — Claridge. High Level Veld in the foreground. 

 Anthistiria and Andropogon grading into a Cyperiis vlei. In 

 the background a bush clearing where various half-shrubby veld plants 

 are taking the field; e.g. Nidorella sp., Leonotus leonurus and 

 Plectranthus sj). Richardia albomaculata and Galtonia 

 c an die an s are also abundant in this place. 



Fig. 2. — Zwartkop. High Level Veld. Photograph taken August 

 19th. The new grass growing in tufts, and numerous associated 

 plants are scattered through it. Ethulia conyzoides is seen in 

 flower. 



