Vegetation in Natal and the Transvaal. 
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with long tubular and purple flowers no doubt adapted, like 
other South African species of this genus, to pollination by birds. 1 
We found this parasitic plant very commonly in the Bushveld and 
by no means confined to Fauna ; indeed it was more conspicuous 
when on leafless trees such as Acacias, etc. Another common 
parasite was a mistletoe ( Viscum ) of very xerophytic structure 
(see fig. 2). It resembled closely Viscum dichotomum , being entirely 
devoid of assimilating leaves, while its nodes were flattened to take 
the place of leaves and each cladode-segment stood at right angles 
to the one above and below it. 
Fig. 1. Foliage of Faurea saligua (Proteaceae). 
Fig. 2. A leafless form of mistletoe ( Viscum ) common in the Bush-veld. 
The vegetation of the Bushveld was, as a whole, of less 
pronounced xerophytic habit than that of the high-veld, though 
occasionally one came across succulent tree-spurges on the hill 
sides and smaller succulent-leaved plants among the rocks. The 
grasses of the veld consisted largely of different species of Aristida 
(Twa grass) Eragrostis and Andropogon. The smaller herbaceous 
plants were in the Bushveld, as on the grass-veld, not very 
conspicuous during our visit, which took place at the end of the dry 
winter season. But in the moister region near the streams we 
1 See Maurice S. Evans. The fertilisation of Loranthus Kraus- 
sianus and L. Dregei. “ Nature ” Jan., 1895. 
