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F. CAPEXSTS (Thunb. Fl. Cap. 141 ; 1823). Branches glabrous, 

 armed with straight spines 2-10 mm. long ; bark dark brown. 

 Leaves petioled, 3-9-3ugate, 3-7 cm. long ; petiole -5-1 '2 cm. long, 

 channelled above, pubescent, rarely glabrous ; rachis channelled above ; 

 leaflets sessile, '5-4 cm. long, lanceolate, elliptic or obliquely elliptic, 

 mostly sub-acuminate and retuse at the aj^ex, rounded or slightly 

 narrowed at the base and usually eared, glabrous, with the mid-rib 

 prominent above and distinct beneath and with 3-9 lateral veins, the 

 upper surface slightly darker than the lower ; margins serrate or 

 crenately-serrate, with a single gland in each sinus ; tei-minal leaflet 

 mostly obovate and distinctly retuse at the apex. Injiorescence an 

 axillary or terminal panicle bearing flowers of one sex only ; peduncle 

 and branches minutely pubescent ; the naked portion of the peduncle 

 shorter than and occasionalh^ as long as the petiole of the subtending 

 leaf. Sepals 1-1 '5 mm. long, ovate-elliptic, sometimes cilia te. 

 Petals l"5-2*5 mm. long, elliptic, obtuse. Stamens rudimentary in 

 female flowers; filaments of fertile stamens 1*5-3 mm. long, linear; 

 anthers globose. Ovary 3 mm. long, globose, sometimes unequal- 

 sided, unilocular, 2-ovuled, glandular ; style '5-1 mm. long, terete ; 

 stigma capitate. In male flowers the ovary is rudimentary. Fruit 

 a reddish-brown capsule. Seeds black, shiny. 

 Fa gam armata Thumb. Fl. Cap. i. 141. 



Xanthoxylon cafense Harv. in Fl. Cap. i. 446 ; Sim, 1. c. 

 ex parte, t. xxiv. excl. fig. 5 ; and in Forest Fl. Portuguese E. Afr. 

 23, 115, t. xvii. 



Zantlioxylum Thunhergii DC. Prodr. i. 726 ; Harv. 1. c. excl. 

 var. grand'} folia. 



Coast Region: Uitenhage Div. ; Winterkoeksberg, F. ^ Z. 

 922 ! 921 ! ; in forests of Adow, F. ^ Z. 300 !— George Div. ; 

 F. Sf Z. 921 ! — Port Elizabeth Div. ; van Stadens, Paterson 740 ! — 

 Emeral Hill, Walmer Estate, Paterson 740 ! Albany Div. ; Grahams- 

 town, MacOwan 916; E. ^ Z. 921 !— Bathurst Div. ; Port Alfred, 

 Tyson in Govt. Herb. 12655! in Herb. Transvaal Mus. 17116; in 

 Herb. Bolus; Burtt-Davy 7934! Salisbu7y in Herb. Albany Mus. 

 5 ! in Herb. Mus. Austro-Afric. 8207 !— East London Div. ; East 

 London Park, Wood in Herb. Galpin 3130 !— King Wm. Town Div. ; 

 Tamacha, Sim in Herb. Galpin ! 



Centeal Region : Somerset East Div. ; Boschberg, 2200 ft., 

 MacOivan 916 ! — Bedford Div. ; Bedford, Weale in Herb. Albany 

 ]y[us^ I — Queenstown Div. ; Queenstown, mountain tops among rocks, 

 4700 ft., Galpin 2560 ! 2561 ! 



Eastern Region : Komgha Div. ; Woods near Komgha, 2000 ft. 

 Flanagan 494 ! Schlechter 6161 ! — Kentani Div. ; a forest tree 

 15-20 ft. high, Kentani, Transkei, 1000 ft., Pegler 802 ! Doran in 

 Herb. Dept. Forests 2183 ! Natiil : Cooper 1153 ! Zeyher; 



Kalahari Region : Witwatersrand Div. ; Jeppestown Ridge 

 near Johannesburg, 6000 ft. Giljillan 871 ! and in Herb. Galpin 

 6092!— Pretoria Div.; Mentjes Kop, Pretoria, Burtt-Davy 2452! 

 535 ! Pretoria, Collins in Herb. Transv. Mus. 6838 ! Leendertz 

 470 ! and in Herb. Transv. Mus. 3202. Muchleneuk, Stent in Govt. 

 Herb. 15107. Daspoort, MitniJy in Col. Herb. 4094 1 Groenkloof, 



