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morpha arborescens, Oldenlandia amatymbica, 

 Aster asper, A. spp., Helichrysum spp., Gazanea 

 long'iscapa, Dicoma ar gyrop hy 11a, Lactuca 

 capensis, Ballota africana, Abutilon sonneritianuiii, 

 Sida longipes, Spariuannia palmata, Leucas mar- 

 tiniensis, Lippia asperifolia, Mahernia grandi- 

 stipula, Hermannia sp., Lasiosiphon sp., Aniarantus 

 paniculatus, Phytolacca stricta. Euphorbia spp., 

 Gomphocarpus spp.. Aloe saponaria, Hypoxis lati- 

 folia, Gladiolus ecklonii, Crinum longifolium, 

 Ammocharis falcata, Cyanotis nodiflora. 



(4) Changed Low Veld. 



The low veld variety of Anthistiria is, wherever possible, 

 cut for hay, and consequently the grass of the low veld is not 

 so regularly burned. However, a good deal of it is burned so 

 as to obtain the new growth early, and the burning leads to 

 changes similar to those on the high veld. 



Aristida j unciform is is not common on the low veld. 

 Eragrostis curvula, however, does occur in positions 

 similar to those on the high veld, usually lining the Kafir 

 paths. 



(a) Sporobolus indicus forms an association over con- 

 siderable areas of changed veld, especially in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Maritzburg. It replaces the Anthistiria 

 completely, but rarely forms a pure association, being mixed 

 with the Andropogon species of the low veld. It is some- 

 what similar to Eragrostis curvula in appearance, and 

 that species also is mixed with it. 



Cynodon dactylon forms a secondary association in the 

 low veld in exactly the same way as in the high vekl, being 

 found on the site of old Kafir kraals. 



(5) The Weeds of Cdltivated Land. 



When the high veld is ploughed at all, it is usually for the 

 purpose of planting wattle, and such plantations will be dealt 



