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small tree confined to coast belt (o.) ; Dodon^ea viscosa, 

 shrub (1.). 



Anacardiace.e. — Rhus, many species (a.) (see under 

 "Coast-scrub'^); Harpephyllum caffrum, tree (l.f.) ; 

 Sclerocarya caffra (307), tree (l.a.). 



Leguminos^. — Milletia caffra, tree (l.a.); Dalbergia 

 obovata and D. armata, woody lianes (l.a.); Krythrina 

 caffra (542), tree (a.) ; E, tomentosa, tree (a.); Schotia 

 brachypetala (390), tree or shrub (f.) ; Albizzia fasti- 

 giata (27), tree (l.a.) ; Dichrostachys nutans, small tree 

 (l.d.) ; Acacia arabica var. kraussiana, tree (d.) ; 

 A. liorrida, tree (1.); A. caffra, tree (l.d.); A. ger- 

 rardi, tree (1.) ; A. hirtella, tree (?) ; A. natalitia, 

 tree (?) ; A. pennata (244), climber (f .) ; A. kraussiana 

 (245), climber (f.) ; Entada natalensis (34), climber (l.a.), 

 with many other shrubs. (See under " Coast-scrub.'') 



This family is by far the most important in the thorn veld, 

 the Acacias or thorns being the dominant trees. Dichro- 

 stachys nutans is a characteristic coast belt species not 

 found in the midlands, similar in habit to the Acacias, i. e. 

 of the umbrella- form. Albizzia f astigiata, the FlatcroAvn, 

 occurs also in scrub and forest. 



Rhizophoee^e. — Cassipourea verticillata, tree (1.). 



CoMBRETACE.E. — Combrotum kraussii (f.), C.gueinzii 

 (o.), C. erythrophyllum (o.), all small trees; C. bracte- 

 osum (77), shrub or creeper (o.). 



Lythrarie^. — Heteropyxis natalensis, shrub (r.) 



Samydace.e. — Homalium rufescens, shrub (1.) 



Aealiace^e. — Cussonia umbellifera (l.d.), C. spicata 

 (a.), C. natalensis (o.), all trees. 



Rubiace.e. — R a n d i a d u m e t o r u m (392) (a.) ; R . r u d i s (o.) ; 

 Gardenia globosa (376) (o.); Vangueria infausta (a.); 

 V. lasiantha (a.); V. latifolia (a.); P. obovata (o.) ; 

 P. gueinzii, creeper (f .) ; Pavetta caffra (f.) ; P. lan- 

 ceolata (f.), shrubs or small trees occurring also in coast 

 scrub. 



CoMPOSiT.E. — Tare honanthus camplioratus, tree (o.) ; 



