350 FLORA OF ISIPIXGO. 



Behind the bathing booths the bank is a dense mass of Bai - 

 leria obtusa, II ypoestes verticillaris, Cissus cirrhosa, Droguetia 

 urticoides, Asystasia coromandeliana, steospermum moniliferum, 

 I point a purpurea, Plectranthus sp., M esembryanthemum cordifo- 

 liuin, Crassula spp., while further up it changes and Mimusops 

 cuff rti and other shrubs take the place of flowering herbaceous 

 plants. 



The vegetation along the beach to the Umbogintwini Lagoon 

 is very similar. Beyond the Tiger Bocks Aloe thraskii is domin- 

 ant, but otherwise the bush consists of Mimusops caffra, M . obo- 

 vata, Eugenia capensis, Gelastrus procumbens, Carissa grandiflora, 

 C. arduinia, Salacia kraussii, Rhus natalensis, Passerina rigidula, 

 Gazania uniflora, Strelitzia augusta, Cynanchum spp., Finis natal- 

 ensis, Sideroxj/lon inerne, Gelastrus buxifolius, and others which 

 have been mentioned above. 



To leave the beach we climb up steep or slanting sandy paths. 

 The beach flora continues for the greater part, but other varieties 

 also begin to appear. Small shrubs of Ficus polita, F . natalensis 

 and F. burtt-davyi are common, and also Trema bracteolata, 

 Tricalysia senderiana, Voacanga dregei, Sapindus oblongifolius 

 and Euclea natalensis. There are also a great many twining 

 plants which creep over the shrubs and along the ground, namely, 

 Ipomea spp., Tragia durbanensis, Secamone gerrardii, Desmonema 

 caffrum, Heliophila scandens, Goccinea palmata, Droguetia urti- 

 coides, Plectranthus sp., Senecio maeroglossus, and S. quinquelo- 

 bus. Growing among the shrubs are Chenopodium ambrosoides, 

 Celosia trigyne, Pupalia atropurpurea, Chironia baccifera, Saino- 

 lus p?'osus, Sanseviera quineensis, Gloriosa verescens, Oldenlandia 

 macrophylla, Spermqcoce natalensis, Solatium dupli-sinatum and 

 Phylopsis par ri flora. 



Most of the ground along the front of the ridge has been 

 cleared for building purposes, but the inland side of the hill is 

 practically untouched, and the vegetation is, in most parts, very 

 dense. The trees which are met with are Euclea natalensis, Baphia 

 r.acemosa, Sapium reticulatum, Albizzia fastigiata, Brachylaena 

 discolor, Erythrina caffra, Fagara capensis, Apodytes dimidiata, 

 Trimeria alnifolia, Ghaetacme aristata, Royena cordata, Royena 

 sp., Melia azedarach, Acokanthera spectabilis, Sapindus oblongi- 

 folius, Sclerocarya caffra, Turreae floribunda, Pteroxylon utile, 

 Protorhus longifolia, Oncoba sjnnosa, 0. kraussiand'; Eugenia cor- 

 data, Cassinopsis capense, Ilex capensis, Zizyphus mncronata, 

 Trema bracteolata, Antidesma venosum, Gordia caffra, Eugenia 

 capense, Ficus spp., (,'reiria cana, G. occidentalis, (J. caffra, Strych- 

 nos gerrardii, .S. henningsii, Groton sylvaticum, II oinalium sp., 

 Toddalia natalensis, Ochna arhorea, Jfi/nusops caffra and 3/. 

 obo rata. 



There are also a great many shrubs, many of which have 

 beautiful masses of bloom. Among these Bauhinia tomentosa is 

 dominant, while others are Uhdea bipinnatifida, Tit lion ia tageti- 

 folia (introduced plants which are spreading all along the coast), 

 (telodendron ghibrum, BurcheUia capensis, Gardenia globosa, 



