438 J. w. BEWs. 



abundant in any one spot. They should all be considered 

 occasional rather than frequent. Other marginal species are 

 listed under vlei vegetation. Any of them occur in moist 

 places around the scrub. 



SciTAMiNE.?;:. — Kgempferia natalensis, herb (r.) ; Stre- 

 litzia augusta, small tree (up to 18 ft.) (a. or l.d.), forms 

 consocies in open glades (PI. XXIII, fig. 2). 



H^MODORACEyE. — Sausoviera thyrsiflora, fibrous under- 

 shrub (a.) in light shade around the margin. 



Ikide^e. — Morasa iridioides, creeping rhizome (o.) ; La- 

 peyrousia cruenta(54), corm (f.) ; Tritonia lineata, corm 

 {f.); Crocosmia aurea (519), corm (a.); Acidanthera 

 platypetala, corm (f.) ; Grladiolus papilio (528), corm 

 (o.) ; Gr. rachidiflorus, corm, around the margin, together 

 with many of the vlei species. 



Amaeyllidace.e. — Olivia nobilis (r.), C. miniata (503), 

 (a.) in light shade, not bulbous; Hfemanthus albomacu- 

 latus (548), bulb (f.); H. natalensis, bulb (f.) ; H. pu ul- 

 ceus var. membranaceus, bulb (o.), Crinum longifolium, 

 bulb, in moist places around the margin, together with vlei 

 species. 



DioscoEACE.E. — Dioscorea malifolia (317); D. multi- 

 loba; D. diversifolia; D . undatiloba; D. dregeana; 

 D. crinita (17) ; all with tuberous hypog^eous rootstock and 

 .slender twining stems (f .). T e s t u di n a ri a sy 1 v a t i c a , large 

 half epigteous, deeply areolated tuber, 2-3 ft. in diameter, 

 and slender twining stems, rather rare, in rocky places. 



LiLiACE^. — Smilax kraussiana (339), climber (r.) ; As- 

 paragus plumosus, A. declinatus, A. subulatus, A. 

 asiaticus, A. africanus, A. saundersige, A. falcatus 

 (a.), A. medioloides, A. sarmentosus, A. asthiopicus 

 var. natalensis, woody climbers with prickles (a.); Dra- 

 cfena hookeriana, small undershrub, simple stem (a.) ; 

 Behnia reticulata, much branched shrub (a.) ; Kniphofia 

 pauciflora, K. laxiflora, K. natalensis (305), K. 

 rooperi (540), bulbous marginal plants (o.) ; Aloe thraskii 

 {l.d.); in open spaces near the sea; Gloriosa virescens, 



