518 .1. w. I'.KWs. 



Rhamnns priuoides, Burchellia cap en sis, Trimeria 

 alnifolia, Celastrus buxifolius, C. nemorosus, 

 Bnddleia salvia3f olia, Argyrolobium adscendans, 

 Grewia lasiocarpa. Gardenia globosa, Acacia 

 pennata, Entada natalensis, Dioscorea spp., Helinus 

 ovata are the chief species found in this outside marginal 

 belt of the bush. Sometimes single isolated trees of Ilex 

 capensis are found outside the rest of the bush. 



Bush Proper. — Coming now to the composition of .the 

 bush itself, the Upper Canopy is formed by Combretum 

 kraussii, Calodendron cape use, Xy males mono- 

 spora. 



'J'he last-named always grows in moist spots, and throws 

 such dense shade that nothing else grows underneath. 



Associated with these three trees are: Pygeum afri- 

 canum, Ficus natalensis, Celtis kraussiana, Rhus 

 longifolia, Podocarpus thunbergii, Scolopia zey- 

 heri, Olea laurifolia. 



The Lower Canopy has : T o d d a 1 i a 1 a n c e o 1 a t a , H a 1 1 - 

 eria elliptica, Grewia occidentalis, Schmidelia 

 monophylla, Clausena inequalis, Rhamnus pri- 

 iioides, with the following of less importance : Burchellia 

 capensis, Gardenia rothmannii, G. neuberia, 

 Trimeria alnifolia, Zizyphus mucronata, Crypto- 

 carya acuminata, Kraussia lanceolata, Xanthoxy- 

 lou capense, and several species of Rhus. 



The under- shrubs include the following: 



Cluytia pulchella, Cassinopsis capensis, Celas- 

 trus buxifolius, Calpurnia lasiogyne, Ehretia hot- 

 tentotica, Peddi^ea africana, Rinorea sp. (Alsodeia), 



Under-herbs : 



Echinospermum sp., Thunbergia natalensis, 

 Peristrophe natalensis, Justitia spp., Disperis 

 fannineas, Chlorophytum spp.. Strep to car pus spp., 

 Excoecaria spp., Adenocline sp., Hypolepis an- 

 thrixifolia, Pteris flabellata, P. quadriaurit a, 

 Asplenium erectum, A. cuneatum, Pell 33 a hastata. 



