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CVI. APOCYNACE^. 



121. Rauwolfla Natalensis, Sonder. 



Kafir : um-Hlambamasi. 



Coast region ; in damp ground. 



A tree attaining 2 feet in diameter and 40-50 feet in height. Bark yellow grey, 

 thick, even. Wood light, soft, not strong, moderately elastic ; annual rings irregular ; 

 medullary rays fine ; pores moderately small, distributed in short radial lines ; colour 

 grey tinged with brown ; used for planks for inside work ; not so fissile as yellowwood ; 

 not duiable exposed to the weather. 



122. Orchipeda Dregei. 



Piptolcena Dregei, Harvey. A large tree growing in swamps of the Coast region. 



123. Taberneemontana ventricosa, Hochstetter. 



A small tree of the Coast region. T. Thouarsii is another species. 



CVIIL LOGANIACE^E. 



124. Nuxia floribunda, Bentham. 



Sylv. Cap. p. 30. 

 Vlier. 



Knysna, Eastern Province, and Natal. 



A tree 1-2 feet in diameter, 40-50 feet high ; larger specimens often hollow and 

 defective. Bark thin, yellowish white, the surface pulverulent. Wood heavy, hard, close 

 grained and compact ; medullary rays fine ; pores very small, distributed chiefly in short 

 radial groups ; colour light yellow tinged with pink ; used for felloes, and schamels of 

 wagons. 



N. congesta, R. Brown, is a smaller species, with heavy close grained wood, found in 

 Natal and Upper Guinea. 



125. Chilianthus arboreus, Burchell. 



Sylv. Cap. p. 30. 



Western Province, Knysna, Natal Coast. 



A small tree 8-10 inches in diameter, 20-25 feet high. Wood very heavy, hard, and 

 tough ; not used. 



C. dysophyllus, A. De Candolle, is another Coast species. 



126. Buddlea sal vise folia, Lamarck. 



Sylv. Cap- p. 31. 



Dutch : Saliehout. Kafir : i-Lotyane. 



Knysna, Eastern Province, Natal Coast and Drakensberg. 



A small tree 9-12 inches in diameter, 15-20 feet high. Bark brown, very thin, 

 even, exfoliating in small soft elliptical scales. Wood heavy, hard, strong, elastic, 

 close grained and compact ; annual rings broad, irregular ; medullary rays fine, 

 moderately close or distant ; pores small, white, very numerous, distributed chiefly in 

 short radial lines ; colour the heartwood brown, the sapwood pale yellow ; quite suitable 

 for the bolder kinds of engraving, also excellent for wood-type, according to Messrs. C. 

 <fe A. Young. 



127. Strychnos Atherstonei, Harvey. 



Thes. Cap. tab. 164. Atherstonea decussata, Pappe, Sylv. Cap. p. 29. 

 . Cape Teak, Chaka's wood. Dutch : Kajatenhout. Kafir : um-Kangele. 



Eastern Province and Natal Coast. 



A tree 1-1^ feet in diameter, 20-25 feet high. Bark grey brown, very thin, smooth 

 or rimpled. Wood heavy, hard, strong, moderately elastic, rather coarse grained, marked 

 with short wavy bands of porous white tissue, arranged radially ; rings not apparent ; 



