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F()R1-:ST ]'K()(^RI-"SS IN Till': DKA K i:.\SI".KK' 



Sculopia imtiidii al)()ut 5 i)er cent. 



Podocarpus cloiujata 3 per cent. 



Ptcrocclastnis 7'ariahilis 3 per cent. 



(^thcr kinds ,, 4 ])er cent. 



TOO per cent. 



Other .sj)ecies of trees and shrubs represented in the forests 

 are : Jikcbcrgia capciisis, Calodcndron capensc, Kiggclaria dre- 

 gcana, Ilex capcnsis, Hallcria lucida. Dais cotinifolia, Pittosporiim, 

 viridlflorum, Grcyia Suthcrlandi, CcJastrns buxifoUus, Hctcro- 

 niorpha arlwrcsccns, Myrsinc africana. Zanthoxylon capense, 

 Trimeria trincrvis, Bnddlcia salviwfolia, Chiliaiithiis auriciilata, 

 Cassinopsis capcnsis, Plcctnniia sp.. Khainnus priiioidcs, Schmid- 

 elia sp.. Cussoiiia sp., LcDcosidca scricca, Hippobromits alata, 

 Carissa arduina, Rhus s])., Clljfortia. Asparagus, Myrica 

 ccthiopica, etc., etc. 



The forests on the preci])itoiis slo])es are not of tall growth, 

 the majority of the trees being stunted, gnarled and branchy, 

 indicating the somewhat hostile conditions under wliicli they are 

 growing. The forests are a mixture of trees and shrubs, the 

 trees being more numerous at the foot of krantzes and in the 

 valleys. In most cases scrub growth surrounds the portion con- 

 taining the trees. The margins of the forest are for the most part 

 fairly well defined when viewed from a distance, but on closer in- 

 spection of the perimeters there is usually present a marginal belt 

 or transitional zone, more or less unstable, containing species 

 which, it would seem, arc ])rimaril)- res])onsible not onlv for the 





protection nf tlie perimeter and the forest generally from tire, 

 but for the aggressive extension of the forest into the surround- 

 ing veld. The perimeter is usually of irregular shape. For the 

 most ])art the forests are broadest at the higher elevation nearest 

 tbe krantzes, and gradually taper off to the lower elevation, and 

 are drawn out into long, narrow points, which in numerous cases 

 follow the streams for some distance into the main terrace of 

 the upland which extends along the foot of the Berg. The 



