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Transvaal: Bloemhof Distr., near Bloemhof, 1250 m._alt., 
Burtt-Davy 1503! near Christiana, 1250 m. Burtt-Davy (fine 
trees, see plate in 7'.A.J.1.c.); Potchefstroom Distr.( ?) Nelson 171! 
The leaves of S. gariepina are sometimes infested with the 
ornamental parasitic fungus Melampsora mixta. Wood _ soft, 
trunks easily hollowed out and used by natives for mortars for 
stamping mielies ; also used for brake-blocks and sleds, Burchell 
records that the Hottentots made bowls and ‘‘ jugs ”’ of the wood, 
smearing them with fat to prevent cracking. The foliage is 
much browsed by live-stock in spring and early summer, before 
the grass is plentiful; even the dry, fallen leaves are licked up 
greedily in the autumn. The green leaves, chopped up, are. 
excellent for poultry. Propagates readily from cuttings and. 
oles. 
Called ‘ Vaal Willow’ and ‘ Wilde Wilge-boom’, 
47. Salix Woodii, Seem. in Engl. Jahrb. 21, Beibl. 53, p, 53 
(1896). 
Shrub or small tree, up to 10 ft., riparian on the head-waters 
and tributaries of the Crocodile, Olifants, Komatie, ’mBulusi, 
and Tugela Rivers from 1250 m. down to 180 m. alt. Not known: 
to cross the Witwatersrand, into the drainage basin of the Vaal 
River. Cooper‘s 3160, labelled “ O.F.S.’, is probably from the 
Natal side of the high mountains near Van Reenen’s Pass, 
possibly from a stream flowing into the Tugela River, as otherwise 
the species does not appear to occur in the drainage basin of 
the Orange River; Mr. N. E. Brown (son-in-law of Mr. Cooper) 
tells me that in the Orange Free State, Mr. Cooper collected onl 
round Harrismith and Nelson’s Kop, in crossing from Basutoland 
to Natal, via Van Reenen’s Pass. < 
ouTH Arrica. Natal: upper Tugela River; near Colenso, 
Wood 4970 (type); Transvaal: Pretoria Distr., Crocodile Riv.! 
Magaliesberg, Burke 330!, Zeyher 1352! Burtt-Davy 189!, 
Leendertz 715; Pretoria, Wonderboompoort, Rehmann 4532 !, 
Derdepoort, Leendertz 3741; Pietersburg Distr., Koedoes River, 
Houtbosch, Rehmann 6509!; Marico Distr., Wonderfontein 4; 
1100 m. alt. Burtt-Davy 7218, banks of Groot Marico Riv., 
Burtt-Davy 1218; Rustenburg Dist., Hex River near Rustenburg, 
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