96 
Sourn AFRICA. Haikansdery Div.; Kruisfontein Mountains, 
800 m., Galpin 4518. 
1580. Gnidia myrtifolia, C. ZH. Wright in Dyer, Fi. Cap. 
vol. v. sect. 2, p. 51, anglice (Thymel Kuthy aeeae |; 
species ex affinitate G. styphelioidis, Meisn., foliis ovatis acu- 
rt. 
minatis diffe 
Frutez dense ramosus; rami breves, tenues, rubescentes, 
rimum hirsuti, mox glabrescentes, foliorum cicatrices parvae. 
Folia opposita, approximata, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, 1 cm. 
mm. 
ata, acuminata, coriacea, glabra mar- 
I em. longus, anguste infundibuliformis: lobi ovato-lanceolati, 
apice acuti incrassatique, 4 mm, longi, 2 mm. lati. Petala 4, 
membDranacea, « mm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata. Antherae oblongae, 
obtusae, vix 1 mm. longae, superiores filamentis 1 mm. longis 
praeditae.  Ovarium ovoideum, apice pilosum; stylus quam 
calycis tubus longior, crassus; stigma papillosum, 
Sour Arrica. East London Div.; plains near Cove Rock, 
Kast London, 15 m., Galpin 3177; hill near Kwenquea River 
Mouth, 90 m., Galpin 5803, 
emia ne areae 
sateen in 
XVIII.—USEFUL WOODS OF CORNACEAE. 
W. Datiiorr, 
The family Cornaceae is not 
economic standpoint, although i 
provide useful timber trees and 
Curtisia faginea, Aiton —Hass 
Assegai-hout, Assagay-boom, ¢ Ty 
Is 13 one of th or ae ; 
Where it usually ware ag qNetul hardwoods of South Africa, 
are leay cept 
Mtns deeply-toothed a1 ring, 1 in eee, oval or elliptical, 
wide, aaa 
8h, heavy (sometimes 60 Ibs. to the cubi : 
. ubic foot), close 
click ig erable, and capable of taking a good aaa an 
Bim, « Etige. yellowish and heart-wood red of brow: T. te 
very durab] a of Cape Colony,” P. 231, says that it makes 
e an superior furniture, tools, etc. With regard 
