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ibusque, pinnis 10-12 jugis, foliolis 17-27 jugis 7-8 mm. longis 
1-5-2 mm. latis, leguminibus 20-22 em. longis 2-7 cm. latis 
subfaleatis subcoriaceis differt. : 
Aapjes-doorn. 
Sourn Arrica. Transvaal: Waterberg Distr.; banks of 
Bad-zyn-loop River, Mosdene Estate, Naboomspruit, 19 Sept., 
1920, LH. LE. Galpin 483M, (type) ! 
Large tree, 40 ft. high, 4 ft. diam. at 6 ft. from the ground. 
Spines sharply hooked, in pairs at the base of the leaves. 
Rhachis with petiole 9-14 cm. long, glabrous, with a small raised 
gland below the lowest pair of pinnae; pinnae 3-5-5 em. long,. 
8-10 mm. apart; leaflets +2 mm. apart, obtuse, glabrous, 
glaucescent. Spikes 4-6 cm. long, racemosely fascicled on short: 
pubescent axillary branches. Calyx-tube shallow, purplish, sub- 
. glabrous; flowers light yellow. Pod subcoriaceous, flat with a 
conspicuous margin. 
77. Acacia giraffae, Burch., Travels ii. t. 5 (1824). 
The true Kameeldoorn. 
Native Name: Mokaala (Sechuana). 
Soutn Arrica: Griqualand West; Griquatown, Burchell 
1952; Klaarwater, Burchell 2402-3, (types)! Orange Free 
State! Transvaal! Bushmanland! Bechuanaland Protectorate ! 
Damaraland ! 
The freshly dug roots give off a powerful urinous smell, 
The so-called ‘“‘ wooden flowers” of the Bechuanaland Pro- 
tectorate—it is said——are sometimes produced on this tree 
(as well as on Burkea africana) by the haustoria of a parasitic 
Loranthus or Viscum. The pods are eaten by cattle and large 
game. 
78. Acacia heteracantha, Burch., Travels i. 389 (1822). 
Umbrella-thorn, Bastard Kameel-doorn. 
tu). 
South Arrica. Griqualand West: Spuigslangfontein; 
between the Orange River and Griquatown, Burchell 1710! 
(type). Herbert Division; western bank of the Vaal River, 
north of Backhouse, near Douglas, J. Shaw! Transvaal ? 
A flat-crowned tree about 20 ft. high, with “thick, clear 
single stem (frequently crooked),” up to 14 ft. diameter. Flowers 
dirty whitish. Bracts medial or between the middle and base 
of the peduncle. Pod linear-falcate, ‘“‘ like that of A. capensis,” 
(Burchell mss.). (A. karroo, Hayne.) 
Closely allied to A. litakunensis, Burch., differing principally 
in the linear-faleate pods and medial bracts. This may be the 
‘ Zwaart Haak-doorn ” or ‘‘ Rooi wacht-’n-bietje ” of the Spring- 
bok Flats, Waterberg District, Transvaal, which is described as 
having a medium-dark, furrowed bark, and a red heartwood, 
the wood becoming very hard after drying, and making excellent 
durable posts; it is further said to be uncommon in black-turf 
soils, ss 
