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cea contributed, at one time, a large part of the “ gomme 
du Cap ” of commerce; Sim states that this gum has spe af 
been siitleatod in the Tugela Valley, Natal, and sold 
for the manufacture of confectionery. Tree up to 12 ins. in 
diameter; wood reddish, close-grained, hard, in Natal locally 
used for fuel (Sim); in the Waterberg District, Transvaal, the 
timber is found to be “extremely hard and durable, termite 
proof, and makes excellent fencing posts, equal to sneezewood ” 
(HZ. EF. Galpin). 
73. Acacia Borleae Burtt Davy, sp.nov.; affinis A. permixta, 
Burtt Davy, sed ramulis rhachisque glandulosis nec hirsutis, 
foliolis multioribus brevioribus angustioribus minute mucronulatis 
pustulatis differt 
Sourn AFRICA. SB pe Nl ott Africa : Lourenco Marques, 
18 Jan. 1920, Mrs J. Borle 2 
Shrub? with glutinous Datiohietd petioles and peduncles. 
Spines straight, spreading 0-4-2-2 cm. long, grey with brownish 
tips, dotted with minute dark dots (glands?). Leaves and 
peduncles arising from reduced branchlets forming axillary 
cushions; petioles 0-5-1-5 cm. long; rhachis se pee with 
1 or 2 peltate glands at the base of the uppermost pinnae; pinnae 
2-5 pairs, 2 em. long; rhachilla channelled, leaflets aan 2 mm. 
apart on the rhachilla, 2-5 mm. long, about 1 mm. broad, 
6-13 pairs, oblong obtuse with a minute mucro, glabrous, the 
surface apparently pustular when fresh. Peduncles 24-34 cm. 
long, the involucel above the middle and apparently glandular ; 
flowers capitate, yellow ; Ae gore calyx and corolla glabrous ; 
bracteoles 0; legume not see 
74. Acacia Burkei, Benth in Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 98. 
pl. xviii. fig. 4 (1846); A. ferox, Benth., l.c. p. 97 pro parte, 
non Mart. & Gal. (1843). 
Aapjes-doorn, or Haak-doorn. 
NATIVE NAME: mKwarimpi (Sesutw). 
TH Arrica. Transvaal: Pretoria Distr. ; ci ewiieert 
Burke 126! (type), 523 pro parte! Zeyher 570 pro parte ! 
Sify Distr.; Potgietersrust, Burtt Davy 5239! Nylstroom, 
T.M.H. 2983; _hetreen Nylstroom and the Springbok Flats, 
stat Davy 17 
s Miss Glover has pointed out (Ann. Bolus Herb. i. 151, 
$n, the type specimens of A. ferox, Benth. are composed of 
specimens of A. Burkei, Benth. and A. detinens, Burch., mounted 
on the same sheets; as representing a composite species, there- 
fore, the name A. ferox, Benth. becomes a synonym; it is also 
eee he A. ferox, Mart. & Gal. 
Acacia campylacantha, Hochst. in A. Rich. Fl. Tent. 
ice i 245. Schweinf. Pl. Nil. t.l.; A. Catechu, Oliv. in FI. 
Trop. Af. ii. 344, non Willd.; A. Suma, Benth., Monog. Mimos. 
in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxx. 519 (1874), non Ham 
Rance: Tropical Africa, from Abyssinia ‘to the Northern 
Transvaal. 
