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S. capensis, Sender, Fl. Cap., vol. L, p. 240., is another species also found in the 

 Coast forests. Kafir : um-Zlnkawu, Masibde. 



53. Dodonsea viscosa, Linnaeus. 



FL. Cop. vol. I., p. 242. 



Coast forests ; also found in Upper Guinea, Nile land, and Mozambique. li The 

 wood is used for engraving and in turnery, also for tool handles and walking-sticks. 

 The leaves have a sour and bitter taste, and the plant from this circumstance is called in 

 Jamaica Switch Sorrel " {Moloney : Forestry of West Africa, p. 303). 



54. Pteroxylon Utile, Ecklon & Zeylier. 



FL Cap. vol. L, p. 243, Thes. Cap. tab. 17., Sylv. Cap., p. 5. 

 Sneezewood. Dutch : Nieshout. Kafir : um-Tati. 



Eastern Province, Kaffraria, Natal Coast and South Drakensberg. 



A tree of the first economic importance, 2-3 feet in diameter, 30-50 feet high, with 

 a straight trunk and a dark green head. Bark yellow-grey, thick, fissured longitudinally 

 in old trees. Wood extremely heavy and hard, exceedingly strong, tough, not elastic, 

 close grained, permeated with an oily substance, extremely durable in contact with the 

 ground, easily split; annual rings irregular; medullary rays extremely fine, close; pores 

 very small, numerous ; colour pale yellow tinged with red ; used for fencing posts, for 

 piles of bridges and jetties, for trucks, and various other purposes. 



Sneezewood is one of the best woods in the world, ranking with Greenheart 

 (Nectandra Rodicei) in point of strength and durability, and, in marine works, it resists 

 equally well the attacks of the Teredo navalis, though Mr. R. H. Hammersley-Heenan 

 finds that, at Port Elizabeth, neither Sneezewood nor Greenheart or Jarrah are entirely 

 proof against the Teredo, Cheiuria terebrans, and Limnoria terebrans. It burns readily, 

 even when green. 



55. Greyia Sutherland!, Hooker & Harvey. 



FL Cap. vol. II., p. 308., Thes. Cop. tab. I. 

 Dutch : JBaakhont. Kafir : in-Dalu. 



Upland region ; 5,000 feet altitude. 



A small crooked tree found in rocky places and on the edge of forests/ at high 

 elevations along the Drakensberg and some of the outlying spurs. Bark ashen or dark, 

 thick, rough, rent longitudinally. Wood light, soft, very weak, elastic, porous, reticu- 

 lated ; medullary rays moderately broad, conspicuous, distant ; pores moderately small, 

 irregularly distributed ; colour pale pink tinged with brown ; used by Natives for 

 carving, but of little value. 



56. Bersama lucens. 



Natalia lucens, Hochstetter, FL Cap. vol. I., p. 369. 



A small tree found in the Coast forests. 



LIIL ANACARDIACE^]. 



57. RllUS Isevigata, Linnams. 



Fl. Cap. vol. L, p. 514. Sylv. Cap. p. 13. 



Red Currant. Dutch : Bosch Taaibosch. Kafir : isi-Hlakoti. 



Western Province, Knysna, Eastern Province, Natal Coast ; in forests and on 

 stony ground. 



A tree 1-2 feet in diameter, 40-50 feet high. Bark grey-brown, thin, wrinkled. 

 Wood hard, heavy, strong and tough ; medullary rays fine and close ; pores small, not 

 numerous, distributed chiefly in short radial groups; colour the heartwood ruby red, the 

 sapwood yellow or mottled with brown. 



58. RlmS lucida, Linnaeus. 



Fl. Cap. vol. L, p. 517. Sylv. Cap. p. 13. 

 Dutch : Taaibcsch. Kafir : in-Hlokotyanebomvu. 



