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111. MimUSOpS ObOVata, Sonder. 



Sylv. Cap. p. 24. The*. Cap. tab. 44. 

 Bush Milkwood. Kafir : ama-Setole. 



Eastern Province and Natal Coast ; in forests. 



A tree 1^-2 feet in diameter, 20-25 feet high. Bark dark grey, thin, the surface 

 cracked in squares. Wood heavy, hard, strong, moderately elastic, close grained and 

 compact ; annual rings not apparent ; medullary rays very fine and close, intersected by 

 fine, close, concentric bands of white tissue ; pores small, very few ; colour pink ; used 

 for felloes, axles, and various wagonwork, but not equal to the Red Milkwood of the 

 seashore. 



112. Mimusops Caffra, Sender. 



Red Milkwcod. Kafir : um- Yagiya. 



Coast region ; near the sea beach and the edge of estuaries. 



A tree attaining 2 feet in diameter and 35 feet in height, with a trunk seldom straight. 

 Bark dark grey, thin, wrinkled longitudinally. Wood heavy, hard, moderately strong 

 and elastic, close grained and compact ; medullary rays very fine and close, intersected 

 by very close narrow bands of white tissue ; pores very small, not numerous, distributed 

 chiefly in small radial lines ; colour red ; durable in water and exposed to the weather ; 

 excellent for wagon work and especially for boat and ship building. 



CIL EBENACE^E. 



113. Royena lucida, Linnseus. 



Sylv. Cap. p. 25. 



Dutch : Zwartbast. Kafir : um-Timatane. 



Western Province, Knysna, Eastern Province, Drakensberg, Orange Free State. 

 Common in all the mountain forests. 



A small tree 9-12 inches in diameter, 12-20 feet high, with a stem seldom straight. 

 Bark black, thin, smooth. Wood moderately heavy and hard, moderately strong, 

 elastic, close grained ; annual rings irregular ; medullary rays very fine and close, with 

 minute transverse bars of white tissue ; pores very small, not numerous ; colour white or 

 streaked with purplish grey ; occasionally used for wagonwork. 



Other species of Royena are : 



R. cordata, E. Meyer. A small tree found in the Eastern Province and the 

 Drakensberg, by river sides and in mountain forests. 



R. villosa, Linnaeus. A tree 12 inches in diameter, 30 feet high, with long patent 

 branches, found in the Eastern Province and the Natal Coast Region. 



R. hirsula, Linnaeus. A shrubby species found at the Cape and in the Drakensberg. 



R. pattens, Thunberg. A small tree 9-12 inches in diameter, 20-40 feet high, with a 

 crooked stem and dark grey, thin, smooth bark ; margins of woods in the Coast region 

 and in the Drakensberg ; also found in the Eastern Province, Knysna, Namaqualand, the 

 Kalihari Region, and West Tropical Africa. 



R. nitens, Harvey, and R. qlandulosa, Harvey. 



114. Euclea lanceolata, E. Meyer. 



Sylv, Cap. p. 26. 



Dutch : Bosch Gwarri. Kafir : um-Tyepisana. 



Knysna, Eastern Province, Kaffraria, South Drakensberg, Transvaal, Namaqualand. 



A tree 1-2 feet in diameter, 40-60 feet high. Bark black, moderately thin, rough, 

 the surface cracked irregularly or in squares. Wood heavy, hard, strong, compact, and 

 close grained ; rings obscure ; medullary rays very close and fine, with ladder-like trans- 

 verse bars of white tissue ; pores small, not numerous, arranged in short radial lines ; 

 colour pale red ; not used. 



A decoction on the bark of the root is used by Natives as a purgative (A. Smith). 



