434 J. w. BEWs. 



herb (f.) ; Cli. buvchellii, herb (o.) ; Phaylopsis parvi- 

 flora (255), siuall shrub (a.) ; Ph. loiigif olia, shrublet (o.) ; 

 Blepharis boerhaavifefolia, undershrub (a.); B. mollu- 

 ginifolia, undershrub (f.) ; B. setosa, undershrub (o) ; B. 

 pruiuosa, undershrub (o.) ; Sclerochiton harveyanus, 

 undershrub (f.) ; As y stasia c or o man deli an a, common 

 weed (a.) ; A. varia, herb (o.) ; A. schimperi, annual herb 

 (f.) ; Mackaya bella (585), shrub (f .) ; Barleria elegans, 

 herb (o.) ; B. gueinzii, herb (o.) ; B. barbata, herb (o.) ; 

 B. woodii, herb (o.) ; B. ovata, herb (f.) ; B. obtusa, herb 

 (a..); B. meyeriana, herb (f.) ; Euttya ovata (514), (a.); 

 Justicia betonicoides, shrub (o.) ; J. trinervia, herb 

 (o.) ; J.flava, undershrub (a.); J. pulegioides, undershrub 

 (a.); J. kraussii, herb (o.) ; J. rotundif olia, herb (o.) ; 

 J. campylostemon, undershrub (a. or l.d.) ; J. petiolaris 

 (347), undershrub (f.) ; Monechma bracteatum, herb (a.) ; 

 M. fimbriatum, shrublet (r.) ; Adhatoda duvernoia, 

 shrub (o.) ; A. natalensis, shrub (o.) ; A. andronieda,. 

 shrublet (o.) : Ehinacanthus communis, rambler (a.) ; 

 Isoglossa ciliata, herb (o.) ; I. ovata, undershrub (F.) ; 

 I. woodii (22), undershrub (a. or l.d.); I. stipitata, herb 

 (f.) ; I. grantii, herb (o.) ; I. hy poestif lora, shrub (f.) ; 

 I. cooperi, shrub (o.) ; I. delicatula, herb (o.) ; Peris- 

 trophe hensii, undershrub (o.) ; P. natalensis, undershrub. 

 (o.); Hypoestes antennif era (298), undei-slirub(f.); H.ver- 

 ticillaris, undershrub (a.); Dicliptera heterost egia^ 

 herl) (a.); D. clinopodia, herb (f.) ; I), quintasii, herb (o.). 

 This is the most important family of herbs and undershrubs 

 with a few shrubs and climbers. They are abundant in all the 

 moister situations around the margin. Some of them, e.g. 

 Isoglossa woodii, form dense thickets or consocies to the 

 exclusion of most other species, others are common inside the 

 scrub, especially near stream banks and in moist, shady, semi- 

 open spaces. The latter is the favourite habitat for the 

 herbaceous species. The great abundance of Acanthaceee is 

 another illustratiou of the tropical nature of the mesophytic 

 coast scrub. 



