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may be that what we have called " bush veld " in our report really 

 does represent an outlier of the Transvaal bush reld; Terminalia 

 sericea and Combretum sp. both occur in it, and Aloe spp. are 

 common between the clumps. If this hypothesis is correct, one would 

 expect to find this bush veld formation extending northwards from 

 the Mkuzi, and occupying the country between the thorn veld on 

 the west and the sand veld (in which also Terminalia is common) on 

 the east. Our itinerary took us tjo the east of this route, through the 

 sand veld, and therefore the hypothesis suggested still requires to 

 be put to the test. 



The prefixed numbers in the following list are our collecting 

 numbers. Species asterisked are those not recorded in Medley Wood's 

 lists. Localities are given with each species. 



1. FLOWERING PLANTS. 

 POLYGON ACE AE. 



(53) Oxygonum dregeanum Meisn. Old mealie-field, E. 

 Ingwavuma, 100 ft. 



AMARANTACE AE . 



(22) Gomphrcna globosa Linn. Old garden, N. Hlabisa, 400 ft. 

 (10) Undetermined species. Old mealie-field, L. Sibayi, E~ 

 Ingwavuma, 150 ft. 



C ARYOPH YLLACEAE . 



(34) Dianthus sp. Open sandy veld coastwards, E. Ingwavuma ,. 

 100 ft. 



CAPPARTDACEAE. 



(29) Niebuhria (Maerua) rosmarinoides Sond. Near Euphorbia 



clump, Somkele, Hlabisa, 500 ft. 

 (50) Cadaba natalensis Sond. Liane over Euphorbia clump, 



Somkele, Hlabisa, 500 ft. 

 (28) Capparis guenzii Sond. Liane over Euphorbia clump,. 



Somkele, Hlabisa, 500 ft. 



CRASSULACEAE. 



(42) Kalanchoe rotundifolia Harv. Common in shade near 

 bushes, Hlabisa and TTbombo, 500-300 ft. 



LEGUMINOSEAE. 



*(1) Lessertia brachystachya DC. Open veld, S. TJboinbo, 400 

 ft. Recorded in " Flora Capensis " for Cape Colony, but 

 not in Wood's lists for Natal. 



*(21) Cajanus indicus Spreng. Edge of old mealie-field, 

 TJbombo, 300 ft. A monotypic genus, not recorded in 

 " Flora Capensis " for South Africa. According to the 

 " Flora of Tropical Africa," it is met Avith and cultivated 

 everywhere in the tropics, yielding edible pea-like seeds. 

 Whether cultivated in Zululand we cannot say, but the 

 locality in which we found it suggests that it is. Whether 

 it is or no, it at least can be, and therefore may prove to 

 be of some economic importance. 



(68) Schotia brachypetala Sond. Leaves only. Dominant tree 

 in Mkuzi Bush, Ubombo, 300 ft. 



