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J. W. BEWS. 



e c k 1 o n i i, B r o m 11 s in a x i ni u s, S e t a r i a i m b e r b i s, S t i b u r u s 

 alopeoiii'oideSj Imperata aruii dinacea, Paspalum 

 scrobiciilatum, Panicum crux-pavonis, Andropogon 

 eucoinus. 



These are all transitional species from veld to vlei. They 

 may occur in places where Andropogon species are not 

 dominant, in fact certain of them may in turn become the 

 dominant species of the transitional zone. 



Towards the centre of the vlei we find the other associa- 

 tions already described, in the situations, as regards degree of 

 wetness, suitable to each. In the case of those which require 

 more or less similar conditions there is commonly an inter- 

 mingling. Thus Eragrostis nebulosa may mix with 

 Setaria aurea, Setaria aurea with Leersia hexandra, 

 Phragmites communis with Typha cape n sis, and any 

 of them with species of Cyperus. 



The following is a list of associated plants of the vleis : 



Cyperacea3: Ascolepis capensis, Kyllinga elatior. 

 K. erecta, K. sp., Pycreus angulatus, P. oakfor- 

 tensis, P. flavescens, P. umbrosus, Cyperus spp., 

 C. rupestris, Mariscus congestus, M.deciduus, M. 

 spp., Eliocharis limosa, Fimbristylis complanata, 

 F. monostachya, Scirpus cernuus, S. hystrix, S. 

 prolifer, S. rivularis, Fuirena pubescens, F. 

 coerulescens, Lipocarpha argentea, Rynchospora 

 glauca, Carex spp. 



Other plants: Luzula africana, Mor^ea spathacea, 

 Crocosma aurea, Hesperantha baurii, Anoiganthus 

 breviflorus, Chironea purpurascens, Scilla glo- 

 bosa, Rhamphicarpa tubulosa, Kniphofia brevi- 

 flora, K. sp., Eucomus sp., Crinum sp., Richardia 

 africana, Eriocaulon sp., Aponogeton natalense, 

 Sopubia simplex, Gunnera perpensa, Trifolium sp., 

 Anthericum sp. (elongatum?) , Helichrysum aureo- 

 nitens, Danekia capensis, Valeriana capensis, 

 Osbeckia umlaasiana (Dissotis), Dissotis eximia, 

 Polygonum 1 apathif olium, P. sp., Commelina 



