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115. Euclea natalensis, A. De Candolle. 



Kafir : i-Dungamuzi. 



Coast forests and Drakensberg. 



A small tree 1-1| feet in diameter, 30-45 feet high. Bark dark grey or black, thin, 

 cracked. Wood heavy, hard, strong, not elastic j annual rings irregular ; medullary 

 rays very fine ; pores large, not numerous, distributed in short radial lines ; colour 

 white tinged with brown, sometimes mottled with dark patches ; not used. 



E. multiflora, Hiern, and E. daphnoides, Hiern, are two other Natal species. 



116. Maba Natalensis, Harvey. 



A shrubby small tree found in the Coast forests. Thes. Cap. tab. 110. 



CIV. OLEACE^. 



117. Schrebera alata, Welwitsch. 



S. Saundersice, Harvey, Thes. Cap. tab. 163. 



A tree 1-2 feet in diameter, 30-40 feet high, with light green foliage and smooth 

 grey bark, found in the Coast forests. 



118. Olea verrucosa, Lamarck. 



Sylv. Cap. p. 27. 



Ironwood, Coast Assagai. Dutch : Olyvenhout. Kafir : um-Quma. 



Coast and Drakensberg forests ; also found from Capetown to the Orange River ; 

 common. 



A tree 12-18 inches in diameter, 20-40 feet high. Bark grey or black, thick, 

 slightly fissured, sometimes marked with black streaks, proceeding from fissures or 

 wounds, due to a parasitic fungus. Wood extremely heavy, very hard, very strong, 

 moderately elastic, very close grained and compact ; annual rings obscure ; medullary 

 rays very fine and close ; pores very small, distributed irregularly or in short radial 

 lines ; colour the heartwood red brown, the sapwood white tinged with red ; used for 

 disselbooms, yoke-keys, and other wagonwood, and for teeth in mill wheels. 



119. Olea laurifolia, Lamarck. 



Sylv. Cap. p, 27. 



Ironwood. Dutch : Ifzerhoui. 



Knysna, Eastern Province, Kaffraria, Natal Coast, and Drakensberg ; reaching its 

 greatest development in the Knysna region, where it constitutes about one-eighth of the 

 timber in the forests. 



A large tree 2-4 feet in diameter, 60-90 feet high. Bark grey, thick, even or 

 wrinkled. Wood very heavy and hard, very strong, not elastic, close grained ; annual 

 rings irregular ; medullary rays very fine, close ; pores small, white, very numerous, 

 distributed in short radial lines ; colour the heartwood dark brown or grey, the thin 

 sapwood white tinged with yellow ; used for disselbooms, axles, foretongues, schamels, 

 draaiboards and aftertongues of wagons, for piles of jetties, bridges, telegraph poles, and 

 railway sleepers ; the heartwood is durable in contact with the ground, but the sapwood 

 decays rapidly. 



120. Olea foveolata, E. Meyer. 



Sylv. Cap. p. 27. 



Bastard Ironwood, Black Ironwood. Dutch : Yzerhout. Kafir : um-Qumaswele. 



Knysna, Eastern Province, and Natal Coast forests. 



A tree 9-12 inches in diameter, 25-35 feet high. Bark light grey, thick, even, 

 -studded with large lenticels. Wood very heavy and hard, very strong, not elastic, close 

 grained; annual rings irregular ; medullary rays very fine and close ; pores white, 

 numerous, arranged radially in groups of two or three ; marked with irregular concentric 

 patches of white tissue ; colour pale brown ; used for wagonwood. 



