96 



A small straight tree 1 foot in diameter. Bark grey-brown, very thin, smooth, wood 

 light, moderately hard and compact ; medullary rays close, fine, not conspicuous ; pores 

 small, numerous, distributed in short radial lines ; colour pale yellow or brown ; not 

 used 



17. Dombeya rotundifolia, Harvey. 



Fl Cap. vol. I., p. 221. 

 Kafir : Hlebehlo. 



Coast and South Drakensberg, Transvaal. 



A tree 1-2 feet in diameter, coppicing moderately. Bark grey, very thin, even. 

 Wood heavy, hard, close grained and compact ; annual rings obscure ; medullary rays 

 fine, distant, with smaller rays very fine and close ; pores distributed chiefly in short 

 radial lines ; colour white tinged with yellow ; not used. 



18. Dombeya Dregeana, Sender. 



Fl. Cap. vol. I., 221. T/ies. Cap. tab. 89. 



Eastern Province, Kaffraria, and Natal Coast. 



Dombeya Burgessice, Gerrard, Thes. Cap. tab. 137-138, is another species, with the 

 habit of Sparmannia africana, found in Klip River and Zululand. 



XXXIII. T1LIACEJE. 



19. Grewia occidentalis, Linnaeus. 



FL Cap. vol. I. p. 225. Sylv. Cap. p. 3. 

 Dutch : Kruysbesjes. Kafir : i-Klolo. 



A large shrub or small tree, usually branching from near the base. Bark grey 

 brown, thin, smooth* Wood moderately heavy and hard, strong, moderately elastic, close 

 grained, even ; rings irregular ; medullary rays fine and close ; pores small, irregularly 

 distributed ; colour white or pale yellow ; suitable for turner's work, and used by the 

 Natives for assegai handles. 



Fruit eaten by the Natives. 



XXXIV. L1NEJE. 



20. Erythroxylon emarginatum, Schum. & Thon. 



E. Cafrum, Sond. FL Cap. vol. 1., p. 223. 



A small tree or large shrub, found in the Coast and Midland regions. E. Coca, a 

 Peruvian species, is largely used in South America as a nervous stimulant. 

 E. pictum, E. Meyer, is another species, found in the Coast region. 



XXXVI. MALPIGHIACE^. 



21. Acridocarpus Natalitius, Jussieu. 



FL Cap. vol. I., p. 231. Thes. Cap. tab. 19. 

 Kafir : u-Mabope. 



Coast region ; margins of woods. A small tree 15-20 feet in height. 



22. Sphedamnocarpus galphimisefolius. 



Acridocarpus aalphimicefolius, Jussieu, FL Cap. vol. I., p. 232. 



A small tree found in the Coast region and in the Transvaal. 



S. pruriens, Planchon (Acridocarpus pruriens, Jussieu), Fl. Cap. vol. I., p. 232, is 

 another species also found in the Coast region and in the Transvaal. 



XXXIX. RUTACE.E. 



23. Calodendron capense, Thunberg. 



FL Cap. vol. I., p. 371. Sylv. Cap. p. 6. 



Wild Chestnut. Dutch : Wilde Kastanje. Kafir : um-Bdba. 



