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cans (o.), Roella glomerata (o.), liorbs around the onto 

 margin. 



Plumbagine.?*:. — Plumbago capensis, clitnbor (o.). 



Peimulace^. — Samolus valerandi, cosmopolitan herb 

 (La.), around edge. 



Myrsine^e. — Mass a lanceolata (M. rufescens), shrub 

 or tree (a.), often a pioneer in rockj^ places ; My r sine niela- 

 nophleos (259), large tree (a.), moist places; FiUibelia 

 kraussii, shrub or creeper (a.). 



Sai'Otace.?<:. — Chrysophy Hum viridi folium (569), small 

 tree (r.) ; C. natalense (378), tree (f.) ; Sideroxylon 

 inerme, tree (o.) ; both characteristic rather of true forest. 

 Mimusops caffra (43), tree (o.), but dominant in sand- 

 dune bush ; M. discolor, tree (o.) ; M. concolor^ tree (o.) ; 

 M. marginata, tree (o.) ; M. obovata, tree (o.) ; M. olei- 

 folia, small tree (o.) ; M. schinzii, small tree (o.) ; M. 

 woodii, small tree (o.). 



EbenacejE. — Royena cordata, shrub (1. a.) ; Pt. pallens, 

 shrub (f .) ; R. villosa (201), small tree (f.) ; Euclea lan- 

 ceolata, shrub or tree (a.); E. multiflora, shrub or tree 

 (o.) ; E. natalensis (265), tree (a.); Maba natalensis, 

 tree (o.). 



Oleace.i<:. — Jasminum multipartitum (328), climber 

 (a.); J. streptopus (50), (a.), clhnber; Schrebera saun- 

 dersige (536), shrub or small tree (r.); S. obliquif oliolata, 

 shrub or small tree (r.) ; Olea verrucosa, tree (l.a.), in 

 rock}' places; 0. woodiana, tree (l.f.). 



Apocynace^. — Carissa arduina (203), shrub (f.) ; C. 

 grandiflora, shrub (l.a.) ; Acokanthera spectabilis 

 (74), (o.) ; Rauwolfia natalensis, tree (l.d.), in the hydro- 

 sere; Strophanthus gerrardi, climber (f.) ; Oncinotis 

 inandensis, tall herbaceous climber (l.a.) ; AVrightia 

 natalensis (347), shrub (l.f.) ; A^oacanga dregei, tree 

 (l.d.), in the hydrosere. This family is important because it 

 contains two trees, Rauwolfia natalensis and Voacanga 

 dregei, which, together Avith Eugenia cordata and the 



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