FLORA OF THE MALVERN DISTRICT 199 



The next part of the road, before one comes to the steep, 

 sandy, windin<>- pathway, is wooded on either side. 

 Eugenia cord aid is prominent among Dalhergia armata, 

 D. ohovato^ Oncoha Kraussiana, Comhretum Kraussii, 

 Trimeria alni folia, Ochna arhorea, Ekehergia Meyeri, 

 Alhlzzia fastigiata, Celastrus buxifoUus, Acacia pennata, 

 Trema Janccolata, Ficiis cordata, Ficus natalcnsis, Ficus 

 Petcrsii, while jnst at the edge are two or three large 

 shrubs of Carissa grandiflora which may have been 

 planted there at some time. 



Few flowers thrive along the roadside. Certainly there 

 is not nuicli soil for them and the continual traffic of 

 Natives and Indians may also account for their absence. 

 Aloe Cooperi, Aloe saponaria and Leonotis Leoniirus 

 grow well despite the hard nature of the ground. 

 Eugenia cordata, Diclirostachys nutans, and Ficus natal- 

 ensis grow all along the way. 



The pathway now leads up a fairly steep hill-side. In 

 the various seasons many varieties of flowers are to be 

 found. There is one place which is in July and August 

 a perfect blaze of purple and white with Watsonia densi- 

 flora and W. meriana. Other plants flowering in their 

 due seasons are Dierama pendula, Ceratotheca triloba. 

 Gladiolus papilio, Walilenbergia uudulata, Dicoma 

 ano)uala, Crotalaria glohifera, Wcdelia uatatensis, 

 Asclepias flexuosa, Pentanisia variahilis, Conyza pinna- 

 tilobata, Aster natalcnsis, A. filifolius, A. asper, Pachy- 

 carpus inconstans, i^enecio speciosus, Littonia modcsta, 

 Oicliptcra heicrostegia, Crotalaria lanceolata, Barter ia 

 ohtusa, Ruttya ovata, Hibiscus malifolia, H. surattcnsis, 

 H. pedunculatus, and Crocosmia aiirea. 



The road now leads down a hill. At the top there is 

 a solitary tree, iSccerocarya cajfra, while the whole hill- 

 side is destitute of flowers, but for one or two plants of 

 Ceratotheca triloba, a few clumps of Leonotis Lconurus 

 and two or three shrubs of UJidea bipinnatifida. 



