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THE PLANT ECOLOGY OF DRAKENSBERG RANGE. 511 



The Plant Ecology of the Drakensberg Ran ge 



By 



J. \V. Bews, ]?I.A., D.Sc, 



Professor of Botany, Natal University College. 



With Plates XXXVI-XXXIX, and 3 text-figures. 



T. 



II. 



III. 



Contents. 



Introduction 



Geology, Topography, and Soil Conditions 



Climate 



Plant Formations and Associations 



1. Veld Formation . 



2. Protea Veld Formation 



3. Rocky Senile Formation . 



4. Scrub Formation 



5. Bush Formation . 



6. Stream Bank Formation . 



7. Vlei Formation . 



8. Vegetation of the Movmtain Top 



9. Clii: Vegetation . 

 10. Fynbosch or Mtiquis Formation 



IV. Succession and Inter-relationships 

 Formations 

 Explanation of Plates 



OF THE Plant 



562 

 565 



Introduction. 

 The study of the vegetation of Natal from the ecological 

 standpoint was commenced by the writer in 1911, and three 

 papers ^ on the subject have already appeared. Important 



' Bews, J. W.. " The Vegetation of Natal," ' Annals of Natal 

 Museum," vol. ii, pt. 3, 1932. "An Ecological Sui-vey of the Midlands 

 of Natal," ibid., vol. ii, pt. 4, 1913. "The Growth Forms of Natal 

 Plants," • Trans, of Roy. Soc. of S.A.,' 1916. 



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