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124. CURTISIA FAGINEA, Ait. ( Cornea.) 
C. faginea, 411. Hort. Kew, 1, 162; DC. Prodr. 2, p. 12; Lam. 
Ml. t. 71; Th. Fl. Cap. 141; Burm. Dec. Afr., p. 235, t. 82; Harv. s 
Sond. Fl. Cap. 2, p. 570; Pappe, Sylv. Cap. Ea. 2, p- 19. 
Has.—Forests, throughout the colony and in Caffraria. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Drscr.—A tree, 20-40 feet high, with dark-coloured bark. Leaves 
petiolate, opposite, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, somewhat cuneate at 
base, coarsely toothed, coriaceous, glossy above, paler and strongly 
penninerved beneath, the nerves puberulous. FJowers 4-parted, minute, 
greenish, in terminal, trichotomous tomentulose panicles. Ovar 
4-celled, with a pendulous ovule in each cell. Fruit slightly fleshy, 
inclosing a hard, 4-celled nut. 
Well known as the Hassagayboom. ‘*The wood, which is highly 
prized within the colony, is solid, extremely tough, heavy, close-grained, 
very durable, and resembles plain mahogany. It answers well for all 
kinds of superior furniture, tools, &e.; but is truly invaluable, and not 
to be surpassed by any other wood, in the construction of wagons, par- 
ticularly in the country, where the natural difficulties of the roads, the 
great distances to go, and the excessive heat of the climate, require 
strong and substantially built vehicles for travelling. Called Omhlebe 
by the Kaffirs.”—Papype, 1. c. 
Fig. 1, a flowering twig ; natural size. Fig. 2, a flower; 3, calyx and ovary; 4, a 
petal; 5, stamen; 6, cross section of ovary; 7, ovule; 8, fruit; 9, section of same, 
magnified, 
125. HARPEPHYLLUM CAFFRUM, Bernh. (Lerebintacee.) 
H. Caffrum, Bernh.—Harv. § Sond., Fl. Cap. 1, p. 525, Pappe, 
Sylv. Cap. Ed., 2, p- 14; Spondias ? Saleata, Meisn. 
Haz.— Woods at Howison’s Poort, near Grahamstown, Zeyher! H. Hutton, Dr. 
Atherstone. Uitenhage, Ecklon! J. Brehm ! Port Elizabeth, Mrs. Holland, No. 45. 
Natal, J. M‘Ken! (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—A tree, 20-30 feet high, with the habit of Ekebergia Capensis 
(for which it has sometimes been mistaken). Branches knotted, after 
the leaves drop. Leaves 8-12 inches long; leaflets in 5-7 pairs, 2-24 
inches long, 6-9 lines wide, lanceolate-acuminate, unequal-sided, some- 
what falcate-recurved. Male panicle terminal, half as long as the 
leaves ; flowers small and white. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-9. 
This, in common with Ekebergia Capensis, is called ** Esenhout,”’ 
or “‘ Cape Ash.” Its fruit is edible. « Wood, red, tough, very hand- 
some when polished, and useful for household furniture, planking, and 
various other purposes.”’_ Pappe 1, ¢. 
Fig. 1, end of a flowering (male) branch and leaf ; natural size. Fig. 2, a flower: 
3, petal; 4, stamen; 5, abortive ovary; 6, aberry; all but fig. 6 magnified, 
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