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smooth. Wood moderately heavy and hard, close grained and compact ; annual rings 

 irregular ; medullary rays fine and close ; pores very small, united by oblique patches 

 of white tissue ; colour pale yellow. 



Used by Kafir witch-doctors. 



The barks of many species of the genus possess cathartic properties ; immense 

 quantities of that of R. Purshiana are gathered in the Oregon forests and sold under the 

 name of Cascara sagrada. 



48. SGUtia indica, Brongniart. 



Scutia Commersoni, Brong., Ft. Cap. vol. I., p. 477. Sylv. Cap. p. 7. 

 Dutch : Katdoorn. Kafir : um-Sondezo. 



Western Province, Eastern Province ; Coast, Midland, and Upland regions of 

 Natal. 



A large shrub or small tree, armed with recurved thorns. Bark greyish, thin, 

 wrinkled longitudinally. Wood moderately heavy and hard, compact ; medullary rays 

 extremely fine and close, not distinct ; pores moderately large, numerous, distributed 

 singly or in short radial lines ; colour pale brown ; not used. 



49. Phylica paniculata, Willdenow. 



FL Cap. vol. I., p. 482. 



A small tree found in the Eastern Province and Natal. 



LI.-SAPINDACE^. 



50. Schmidelia africana, De Candolle. 



S. melanocarpa, Arnott, et S. leucocarpa, Arn., FL Cap. vol. I., p, 238. 

 Kafir : in-Qala. 



Coast and Drakensberg forests ; also found in Abyssinia. 



A small tree 1-1 2 feet in diameter, 30-40 feet high, with a sparse head and a stem 

 seldom straight, coppicing moderately, deciduous. Bark brown, thin, even. Wood 

 moderately heavy, hard, very strong, moderately elastic, close grained, with faint con- 

 centric rings of white tissue ; annual rings obscure ; medullary rays very fine and close ; 

 pores very small, regularly distributed ; colour pale citron-yellow or brown ; not used. 



S. Natalensis, ISonder, FL Cap., vol. I., p. 239, and 8. Dregeana, Sonder, FL Cap., 

 vol. I., p. 239, are small trees found in the Coast forests. 



S. decipiens, Arnott, Ft. Cap., vol. L, p. 239., Sylv. Cap., p, 4, is another species, 

 with thin white bark and hard close-grained wood, found in the Coast forests, and also in 

 Knysna, the Eastern Province, and Kaffraria. 



51. Hippobromus alata, Ecklon & Zeyher. 



FL Cap., vol. I., p. 241. Sylv. Cap., p. 5. 

 Dutch : Paardepis. Kafir : u-Qume, u-Dwiya. 



Coast, Midland, and Upland regions, Natal ; Knysna, Eastern Province, and 

 Kaffraria. 



A tree 1-1 feet in diameter, 30-50 feet high. Bark brown, thin, even or rugose. 

 Wood very heavy and hard, very strong, moderately elastic, close grained ; annual rings 

 irregular ; medullary rays very fine and close ; pores very small and numerous ; colour 

 the heartwood brown, the sapwood white tinged with brown ; used for wagonwork and 

 other purposes. 



The wood and leaves contain a strongly scented resinous or oily substance, which 

 renders them readily inflammable. The wood is used by Natives in preparing love 

 charms, and, accoiding to Smith, the leaves for opthalmia and syphilis. 



52. Sapindus oblongifoljus, Sonder, 



J<1. Cap., vol. I,, p. 240. 



A small tree found in the Coast forests. 



