428 J. w. BEws. 



dersoni (228), Psoralea caff ra, P. pinnata, Indigofera 

 arrecta, I. cylindrica, I. dregeana, I. endecaphylla, 

 I. micrantha, I. polycarpa, I. tetragonoloba, I. velu- 

 tina, I. vestita, Tephrosia discolor, T. kraussiana 

 (249), T. polystacliya, Sesbania aculeata, S. ^gyp- 

 tiaca, Lessertia perennans, L. tenuifolia, Smithia 

 sensitiva, Desmodium dregeanum, D. gangeticura, 

 D. incanum, D. paleaceum, D. scalpe. Glycine java- 

 iiica, Teramnus labialis, Canavalia obtusifolia, C. 

 bonariensis, C. ensiformis, Doliclios biflorus, D. 

 lablab, Rhyncliosia minima, R. sigmoides, Bauliinia 

 tomentosa (399), Calpurnia villosa, C. sylvatica, 

 Cassia comosa, C. mimosoides, C. obovata, C. occi- 

 dentalis, C. tomentosa, Entada natalensis (34), 

 Acacia kraussiana (245), A. pennata (244). 



The only Acacias are the two climbers last mentioned. 

 The tree Acacias, which are dominant in thorn scrub, rarely 

 occur in the more mesophytic coast scrub ; though several of 

 the species named above do occur in the thorn scrub after the 

 pioneer thorn trees have prepared the way for them and the 

 Flatcrown, Albizzia fastigiata, is common in both types. 



RosACEJi;. — Pygeum africanum, tree (o.) ; Rubus pin- 

 natus, scrambler (a.). 



Ceassulacej^. — Kalanchoe rotundifolia (94), herb (f.) 

 in light shade around the margin. 



Rhizophore^. — Cassipourea verticillata, tree (o.). 



CoMBRETACE^. — Combretum kraussii (o.), C. gueinzii 

 (o.) ; C. erythrophyllum (o.), all small trees commoner in 

 the midlands. C. bracteosum (77), creeper (f.). 



Myrtacej-;. — Eugenia cordata, tree (a. or l.d.), always 

 near water, a pioneer in the hydrosere and belonging rather 

 to forest; E. capensis, shrublet (l.d.) facing the sea. 



Melastomace^. — Dissotis eximia (f.), D. incana (o.) ; 

 D. pheeotricha (o.), herbs in moist places around the 

 margin. 



LYTHRARiEy}-].— Heteropyxis natalensis, shrub (o.) ; 

 Rhynchocalyx rawsonioides, shrub (r.). 



