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the Beukeuliout (Faurca McNaiightonii), the Cape ^Mahogany 

 [Trichilia oiictica), tlie Umzimbeet (MiUctiii caffra), the. 

 Umkunye (MiUetia SiitlierJandi), the Bastard White Ironwood 

 (Cyclostemon arqutus) and the Cape Ebor.y (Heyivoodia lucens). 

 In spite of the high rainfall in this, region, it is not devoid of 

 succulents, and several interesting and typical species are found 

 there. The chief amongst these in the southern portion are two 

 species of Euphorbia {E. grandidcns, E. tetiagona) and Aloe 

 africana. Euphorbia ingens and Aloe Thraskii occur in the north. 



The chief economic products of the Coast Veld are: — 



1. Timber from the Cape Box, Sneezewood, Saffraan, Vlier, 

 Unitiza, \Yhite ^lilkwood, Kaffir Plum, White Ironwood, Cape 

 Mahogany, Umzimbeet, Wild Chestnut, Red Currant, Hard Pear, 

 and Cape Ebony. 



2. Tanning materials from the mangroves : — Avicennia 

 officinalis, Ehizopiiora mucronata, Bniguicra gijmnorrhiza and 

 Ceriops Candolleana. 



3. Fibre weaving materials fro^m the palms Phoenix reclinata 

 and Hyphcene criniia, and also from Urcra tenax and the so-called 

 Wild Banana, Strelitzia aiigusta. 



4. Rubber from Landolphia Kirliii and Eitpliorbia Tirucalli. 



5. Oil from Telfaria ped-ita and TrichiUa emetica. 



2.— The Low Veld (Plates II, III). 



The Low Veld comprises the country situated in the north- 

 eastern comer of the area under review. It inckides part of the 

 northern and north-eastern Transvaal, the southern corner of 

 Portuguese East Africa, the eastern portion of Swaziland, and 

 the greater part of Zululand. The Tugela River forms the 

 southern boundary, while the Limpopo must be taken as its 

 northern limit so far as this address is concerned. 



On the whole the Low Veld consists mainly of flat low-lying 

 country, which ranges from an altitude of 400 ft. tO' 2,000 ft. 

 above sea level. It is well supplied with perennial streams and 

 rivers, amongst which the most important are the Tugela, the 

 Umhlatusi, the Umfolosi, the Pongola, the Maputa, the 

 Umbelusi, the Komati, the OHfants, the Letaba and the Limpopo 

 with their tributaries. 



Between the two boundaries just mentioned, the Low Veld, 

 except for a narrow coastal strip, stretches from the Indian Ocean 

 on the east to the foothills of the Great Escarpment formed by 

 the Drakensberg Range on the west. In the extreme iiorth, 

 where the Limpopo Valley has worn through the range, the Low 

 Veld extends for some little distance behind the Escarpment, as 

 far as the valley of the Crocodile River. 



The larger portion lying between the Great Escarpment and 

 the Indian Ocean is traversed almost throughout its. entire length 

 by the Lebombo Range, a low-lying range of mountains which 

 run almost due south and north. 



Apart from this range of mountains the general unifonnity 

 of the country is seldom broken, except here and there by a few 



