351 FLORA OF ISIPINGO. 



The golf course has been planted chiefly with Cynodon dacty- 

 lon and very few other plants occur, Hydrocotyle asiatica and 

 Alternanthera achyrantha being practically the only ones. Two 

 or three plants of Bulbine asphodeloides occur near the ftdge of 

 the course. On one side of the golf course there is a de^se bush 

 consisting mainly of the trees just mentioned, and as it extends 

 inland, Sclerocarya caffra, Sideroxylori inerne, Euclea lanceo/ata, 

 Finis spp., Gelasttus acuminatus, C. nemorosus, Brachylaena 

 discolor and others, previously mentioned, occur. 



On the other side there is a narrow belt of trees and shrubs 

 and then a stretch of sand and sand-dunes. This belt of shrubs 

 and plants consists of Tricalysia sonderidna, Peddiae africana, 

 Pavetta oho rata, Cordia caffra, Sell mid elia erosa, Ficus burtt- 

 davyii, Sapium reticidatum . Sideroxylori inerne, Scutia commer- 

 sonii, Ficus natalensis, Voacanga dregei, Trema bracteolata, C'elas- 

 trus buxifolius. Creeping over the shrubs and along the ground 

 are Dioscorea malifolia, Abrus precatorius, Smilax kraussiana, 

 Cissus hypoleuca, C. cirrhosa and Rhiocissus rliomboidea. Among 

 the shrubs grow Dracaena hookeriana, Sanseviera quineensis, 

 Ciloriom verescens, Haemanthus natalensis, Kalanchoe rotund t- 

 folia, A sparagns spp., Withania somnifera, Tlypoestes antennifera 

 and many others which have previously been mentioned. 



In moist places on the sands, and near the river, Phragmites 

 communis, Juneus oxycarpa, Scirpi/s littoralis, Kyllingia melanos- 

 perma, Bidbostylis huitiilis, Ranunculus pinuatus and Lepidum 

 capense were found. 



Ricinus communis, Carissa grandiflora, Hibiscus tiliaceus and 

 Psidum spp. (the edible guava) are the principal shrubs on the 

 sand dunes. Ipomea spp. and Cynanchum spp. have twined them- 

 selves about the branches of these shrubs. 



Other creeping plants collected were Lippia nodiflora, an 

 introduced A canthospermum sp. (not hispidum) of which only 

 one patch occurred, Stenofraphrum glabrum and Dactyloctenium 

 aegi/ptiacum . Growing on the sand dunes were also Equisetum 

 ramossimtnn, Salicornia natalensis, Chenolea diffusa, Cryptostem- 

 ma nirium, Canavalia obtusi folia and Ipomea biloba. 



Quite close to, or on the river banks, were growing Ft India 

 conyzoides, Senecio serratuloides, Richardsonia pilosa, Laggera 

 alata, Fclipta erecta, Gnaphalium undulatum, Parthenium 

 hi/sterophorus, Jussieae suffruticosum, J. repens (growing sub- 

 merged in the water), Cyperus albostriatus, Pulicaria capensis, 

 Siegesbeclcia orienfalis, Bidens pilosa, Polygonum serrulatum, 

 H ypochoeris glahrata, Nidorella auriculata, Ambrosia artemesia- 

 folia, Apium graveolens, Senecio speciosus, S. panicnlatis and 

 Xanthimn strumarium. 



This type of vegetation continues until the sand-dunes are 

 gradually replaced by inland bush. The ground stretching beyond 

 this has been cleared of all bush and is now used for sugar cane 

 plantations. The bush consists of the plants mentioned just 

 before the sand-dune formation, the two main plants being 

 Schmidelia erosa and Carissa grandiflora. Polypodiinn phyma- 

 todes. Kalanchoe rotundifolia and Tricalysia sonderiana are also 



