436 J. w. BEWs. 



Phytolaccace-E. — Phytolacca dodecandra, climber (f.) 

 around margins. 



PiPERACE.T':. — Piper capense, shrub (f.") ; Peperomia 

 reflexa (f.) ; P. arabica (o.) ; small, often epiphytic herbs. 



Laurine.v,. — Cryptocarya latifolia, large tree (o.) ; C^ 

 woodii, small tree (l.f.). 



Thymeliace.^. — Dais cotinifolia, shrub (o.) ; Arthro- 

 solen phasotrichuSj undershrub (o.) ; Passerina f ili- 

 f ormis, shrub (o.) ; P. ericoides, shrub (o.) ; Gnidia 

 ovalifolia (248), undershrub (f .) ; Lasiosiphon macro- 

 petalus (262), shrub (o.) ; L. dregeanus, shrub (o.) ; L. 

 anthylloides, shrub (o.) ; L. polyanthus, undershrub 

 (o.) ; L. meisnerianus, shrub (o.), all marginal but not very 

 common; Peddiea africana (87), small tree (a.). All are- 

 light-demanding species and rather xerophytic. 



Loranthace^:. — Loranthus dregei (312), (f .) ; L. nata- 

 litius (374), (o.) ; L. subcylindricus (o.) ; L. qiiinque- 

 nervis (295), (o.) ; L. kraussianus (76), (o.) ; L. woodii 

 (r.) ; Viscum obovatum (o.) ; A^. pulchellum (r.) ; Y. 

 nervosum (f.) ; Y. obscurum (r.) ; Y. rotundifolium 

 (r.) ; Y. anceps (r.). Hemiparasites on trees and shrubs^ 

 but mostly rare and, on the whole, characteristic of dry and 

 xerophytic scrub. Though the list is given here, many of the 

 rarer ones should probably rather be included with thorn 

 scrub. 



Santalace.^c. — Osyridocarpus natalensis, straggler (f.) ; 

 Osyris abyssinica, shrub (f.). 



EuPHORBiACE.^-:. — Euphorbia spp. See under thorn veld 

 and thorny scrub. The tree Euphorbias occasionally come 

 into coast scrub of the mesophytic type, but are not charac- 

 teristic. Synadenium arborescens, shrub (r.) ; Noto- 

 buxus natalensis (591), shrub (r.) ; Bridelia micrantha,, 

 tree (l.d.) ; Phyllanthus genistoides, P. glauco- 

 phyllus, P. myrtaceus, P. tenellus, herbs or shrubs 

 (f.) ; Drypetes spp.; Cyclostemon natalensis, tree (f.); 

 C. argutus, tree (a.); Antidesma venosum (336), small 

 tree (a.); Croton sylvaticus, tree (o.) ; C. gratissimus. 



