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64. Erythrina caffra, Thuuberg. 



II. Cap. vol. II., p. 236. Sylv. Cap. p. 15. 

 Kafirboom. Dutch : Kafferboom. Kafir : um-Sinsi. 



Coasts of Eastern Province, Kaffraria and Natal. 



A small tree, attaining 3-4 feet in diameter, 30-60 feet high. Bark grey, thin, even, 

 fibrous. "Wood extremely light and soft, very weak, elastic, brittle, coarse grained and 

 spongy, resembling pith ; annual rings obscure ; medullary rays distant, broad, con- 

 spicuous ; pores large, not numerous ; colour white or bluish grey ; used occasionally for 

 rough boards and brake-blocks. Pappe states that canoes and troughs are made from the 

 hollowed trunk, and that the wood is employed instead of cork for fishing nets, and for 

 making shingles. 



E. latissima, E. Meyer. Fl. Cap. vol. II., p. 238 (E. Sandersoni, Harv. Thes. 

 Cap. tab. 61) is a scrubby tree found in Kaffraria and the Natal Coast region. 



E. Hnmei, E. Meyer. Fl. Cap. vol. II., p. 237, is another species found in the 

 Coast regions of the Eastern Province, Kaffraria, and Natal. Kafir : um-Sinsana ; 

 " small Kafirboom." According to Smith, the roots are used by the Natives in scrofula. 



65. Dalbergia obovata, E. Meyer. 



FL Cap. vol. II., p. 265. 

 Kafir : um-Zungulc. 



Kaffraria and Natal Coast forests. 



A small tree. Bark brown, thin, even. Wood hard and heavy, compact ; medul- 

 lary fine and close, intersected by irregular transverse bars of white tissue ; pores mode- 

 rately large, very few, irregularly clustered ; colour pale yellow tinged with brown ; 

 not used. 



D. armata E. Meyer, FL. Cap. vol. II., p, 265, is another species, sometimes spiny, 

 found in Pondoland and near the Natal Coast. 



66. Baphia racemosa. 



Bracteolaria racemosa, Hochstetter, FL Cap. vol. II., p. 268, Thes. Cap. 



tab. 20. 

 Kafir : isi-Fiti. 



Coast forests. 



A small tree. Bark dark brown, very thin, smooth. Wood very heavy and hard, 

 close grained and compact ; with very close and fine concentric bands of white tissue, 

 broken and not conspicuous ; medullary rays very fine ; pores small, not numerous ; 

 colour light yellow ; not used. 



67. Calpurnia lasiogyne, E. Meyer. 



FL Cap. vol. II., p. 267. 

 Kafir : isi-Pane. 



Coast forests. 



A small tree. Bark yellow brown, thin, wrinkled. Wood heavy, hard, compact ; 

 medullary rays very fine and close, intersected by numerous short oblique patches of 

 white tissue ; pores small, not numerous, irregularly distributed ; colour light brown ; 

 not used. 



68. Schotia brachypetalata, Sender. 



Fl. Cap. vol. II., p. 274. Thes. Cap. tab. 32. 

 Kafir : um-Xamo. 



A small tree, sometimes blossoming from the trunk or large branches, found in the 

 Coast forests. 



69. Dichrostachys nutans, Bentham. 



Fl. Cap. vol. II., p, 278. 

 Kafir : u-Munaa. 



