468 EBENACE® (Hiern). [ Huclea. 
and in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 512, and Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 648 ; 
Parmentier in Ann. Univ. Lyon, vi. fase. ii. 77; Krauss in Flora, 
1844, 824; Sim, Sketch Fl. Kafraria, 54. H. Desertorum, and 
E. humilis, Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Drégein Linnea, xx.192. LE. rufescens, 
Drige, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 62, not 57, nor 130. H. ovata, var. 
glabra, Alph. DC. Prodr. viii. 218. E. ochrucarpa E. Meyer ex 
Drige, Zwei Pf. Documente, 70, 184; Alph. DC. Prodr. viii. EYE 
E. lanceolata, 8. glabrescens, Alph. DC.,Prodr, viii. 218. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Masson! Mund! Bowie! Zeyher, 3355! 
Coast Rearon, 200-4000 ft.: Knysna Div.; Ruigte Valley, Drege, near the 
west end of Groene Valley, Burchell, 5648! Uniondale Div.; Long Kloof, 
Burchell, 4938! Ecklon § Zeyher! Humansdorp Div. ; near Kromme River, 
Burchell, 4880! Uitenhage Div.; Addo, Drége ! between Enon and the Zuurberg 
Range, Drége ! Van Stadens Mountains, Zeyher, 575! 690! MacOwan, 1931! 
Zeyher, 3357! between the Coega and Zwartkops Rivers, Zeyher, 3359! hills 
between the Zwartkops and Sunday Rivers, Zeyher, 1125! Albany Div. ; Assegai 
Bosch, Baur, 1094! Bothas Berg, MacQwan, Y02! and without precise locality, 
Williamson! Queenstown Div.; mountain at Bowkers Park, Galpin, 2567! 
hills near Klipplaat River, Drége. King Williamstown Div. ; between Buffalo 
River and Yellowwood River, Drége! Perie Bush, Hutchins in Herb. Scolt- 
Elliot, 948! 
CenTRAL Rueron, 2000-5000 ft. : Calvinia Div.; between Grasberg River and 
Waterval River, Drége ! Somerset Diy.; Bruintjes Hoogte, MacOwan, 1740! 
near the Brak River, Krauss, 1796. Beaufort West Div.; Nieuwveld, near 
Beaufort West, Drege. 
Katanart ReGion: Basutoland; Cooper, 3464! 3481! Transvaal ; Magalies 
Berg, Burke, 379! Zeyher, 1123! near Middelburg, Wilms, 218! Aapies Poort, 
Pretoria, Rehmann, 4210! 4214! 4216! Bosch Veld, Menaars Farm, Rehmann, 
4857! near Johannesburg, Rand, 1107! 
Eastern Recion: Transkei; near Gekau (Geua) River, Drége! Kreilis 
Country, Bowker, 324! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 394! Umhlanga, Wood, 1416! 
by the Tugela River, Gerrard, 1155! 1605! Mooi River, Gerrard, 1156 ! Nonoti 
River, Gerrard, 33! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 528 ! 
It occurs also in Tropical Africa, Sim, F/. Kaffr. 54, marks this species as a 
forest tree reserved by Government, and as a plant of known or reputed medicinal 
value. He quotes, as Dutch and Kaffir names for it, ‘‘ Bosch quarre,” ‘‘ um- 
Gwali,” “ isyezalokuxaxazisa.” It is called ‘‘Omgwali” by the Kaffirs (Dr. 
ts The wood is dark in colour and heavy, and is used for yokes, triggers, 
c. 
This is.a very variable species, and in some cases is difficult to distinguish from 
E. ovata, Burch, 
10. E. ovata (Burchell, Trav. S, Afr. i. 387); a densely branched 
and leafy shrub, with the habit of a myrtle, 3-7 ft. high, pubescent, 
subferruginous, or sometimes glabrescent ; foliage like that of box ; 
leaves opposite or alternate, elliptic or narrowly ovate, acute or 
apiculate, and obtuse at the apex, mostly obtuse at the base, 
coriaceous, rigid, rather thick, flat or wavy, minutely crenulate, 
or quite entire, 1-2 in. long, 3-1 in. broad; petioles y'5-s ™- 
long; cymes axillary, 3~7-flowered, racemose, %,-% in. long, at 
length drooping ; pedicels ,4,-3 in. long; bracts lanceolate, small, 
deciduous ; flowers dicicious or subhermaphrodite, tetramerous, OF 
occasionally pentamerous, pubescent, ;!,—1 in. long, the female flowers 
nodding ; calyx hemispherical, shortly cleft, j5-y'5 in. long ; lobes 
