South-West Africa

by William Eveleigh

FOOTNOTES:

[4] “Impressions of South Africa,” p. 13.

Chapter III
THE FLORA OF THE COUNTRY

“South-West Africa,” a writer on the flora of the country has recently stated, “is distinguished neither by a great variety of its flora nor by the presence of plants or trees of any singular kind.” How far this is from the truth will be made clear in this chapter.

For a dry country South-West Africa is fairly rich in vegetation, and it may be useful to give some slight impression of the part which the vegetation plays in the landscape and in the economic conditions of the country, cursory though our examination must be.