Collections of Dried Plants obtained in South-West Africa. 19 



Various European plants in Mission garden — Apples, strawberries, onions, cabbages, beet, 



mangold wurzel, French beans, ivy; also guavas, pepper-trees, Bougainvillea, Pin us 



maritima, P. canariensis, Araucaria imbricata, Eucalyptus robusta, E. rostrata, 



E. gigantea, Photinia japonica, Cqffea arabica. 

 Proteacese gradually become scarce, and beyond Chibia are replaced by Acacias (including 



A. albida), Copaifera, cvc. Grasses abundant. 

 Much grass. Copaifera, Acacias, Zizyphus, Aloe Baumii and another, Strychnos, 



Asclepiads, one epiphytic orchid (Ansellia sp.), Vitis quadrangnlaris, Lippia, 



Sansevieria, &c. 

 Grass abundant, but dried up. Baobab reappears. Ficus sp. (handsome tree). 



Copaifera not common. Plumbago; Acacia albida rather common; Amaran- 



taceae, Sansevieria, &c. 

 Grasses dried up. Copaifera predominant. Many small Acanthacese ; two Aloes ; 



Sansevieria very common. Xo baobabs. 

 Copaifera predominant. Baobabs towards end of stage. Many extensive open spaces with 



much grass ; Ficus (60 feet) ; Acacia (bush) ; much Loranthus. 

 Copaifera predominant ; Baobabs; grasses; Combretum (as at 105). 

 Bauhinia predominant ; Combretum ; small vegetation dried up. Near the river the 



Copaifera is replaced by Acacias. 

 Acacias alternating with Copaifera. Zizyphus common along dry river-bed. Bao- 

 babs increasing in number. Undergrowth (grasses) dried up. Acaulescent palm 



(Hy phone sp?). 

 Small Baobabs very abundant ; Copaifera rare ; Acacias predominant. Country more 



open. Small vegetation dried up. Palms 30-40 feet here and there. Asclepiad- 



lianas, Combretum. 

 At Houmbe, slight elevation surrounded by open Acacia Bush, with little Copaifera. 



In open ground, Palms (two), Ficus (50 feet), Baobabs, tall columnar Euphorbia 



(25 feet), dead herbaceous vegetation. Cunene Marshes — Marsilia, Azolla, Utricu- 



laria, Arundo and other grasses; Ficus and Acacia sp. on high ground. Beyond 



Fort Rosadas, Baobabs, Copaifera, Acacias. 



Copaifera with undergrowth of grasses or Acacias with undergrowth mainly of Amaran- 

 taceae and Acunthacese (few grasses). But these relationships are not constant. Salix 

 and Rhus along banks of Caculovar River. 



Sansevieria common. 



Grass-land and Savannah with open forest here and there. Above 1,000 feet, vegetation 

 very similar to that of Stage 107 but Copaifera not seen. 



Shore plants only. 



