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 LXXX, UMBELLIFER^E. 



87. Heteromorpha arborescens, Chamisso & Schlechtendal. 



Fl. Cap. vol. II., p. 542. 

 Kafir : um-Bangandklala. 



George, Eastern Province, Kaffaria, North and South Drakensberg. 



A small tree 9-15 inches in diameter, 15-20 feet high, coppicing freely and growing 

 from cuttings. Bark grey brown, thick, annular, exfoliating transversely in thin 

 coriaceous sheets. Wood heavy, moderately hard, moderately strong and elastic, close 

 grained and compact ; medullary rays fine, distant ; pores very small, united by oblique 

 bands of white tissue ; colour white tinged with brown ; used for fencing posts. 



Bark used by Natives for colic and scrofula ; also as a vermifuge for horses (A~ 

 Smith}. 



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LXXXL ABALIACE^E. 



88. Panax Gerrardi, Harvey. 



A low tree found at Ingoma, Natal, by Gerrard. 



89. Cussonia sp. 



Cabbage wood. Kafir : um-Singa. 



North Drakensberg ; near the margins of forests. 



A small tree, 1-1 feet in diameter, 20-25 feet high. Bark yellow grey, thick,, 

 rough, fissured longitudinally. Wood very light, soft, very weak, elastic, coarse 

 grained ; annual rings obscure ; medullary rays moderately broad and distant, con- 

 spicuous ; pores moderately large, regularly distributed ; colour white tinged with grey 

 or blue ; of little value, and not used. 



Other species of Cussonia are : C. spicata, Thunberg, Fl. Cap. vol. II., p. 568, 

 found in the Eastern Province, Kaffraria, and Natal ; and C- umbellifera, Sender, Fl. Cap. 

 vol. II., p. 370, a tree 1-1^ feet in diameter, 30-40 feet high, found in the Coast region. 



LXXXIL CORNACE^]. 



90. Curtisia faginea, Alton. 



Fl Cap. vol. II., p. 570. Thes. Cap. tab. 124. Sylv. Cap. p. 19. 

 Assagai. Dutch : Assegaaihout. 



Western Province, Knysna, Eastern Province, Kaffraria, and Drakensberg. 



A tree 1-2^ feet in diameter, 40-60 feet high. Bark dark brown or black, thick, 

 rugose, craggy in old trees. Wood heavy, hard, moderately strong and elastic, cloe 

 grained, compact, fissile ; annual rings obscure ; medullary rays moderately fine and 

 close ; colour red ; used for disselbooms, axles, schamels, draaiboards, aftertongues, but 

 principally for spokes, for which purpose it is preferred by wagonmakers to any other 

 wood. 



Bark astringent, used for tanning. 



LXXXIV. RUBIACE^B. 



91. Burchellia Capensis, R. Brown. 



Fl. Cap. vol. III., p. 2. Sylv. Cap. p. 20. 

 Wild Pomegranate. Dutch : Buffelshoorn. 



Swellendam, Knysna, Eastern Province, Kaffraria, Natal Coast, Zululand. 

 A small tree 9-18 inches in diameter, 12-15 feet high. Bark brown, thin, even. 

 Wood very hard, close grained ; not used. 



92. Randia Kraussii, Harvey. 



Fl. Cap. vol. III., p. 7. Thes. Cap. tab, 33. 



A small tree found in the Coast forests. 



