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147. Antidesma venosum, E. Meyer. 



Harv. The*. Cap. tab. 169. 

 Kafir : um-Tyongi. 



A tree found in the Coast forests. 



148. Croton sylvaticum, Hochstetter. 



A small tree found in the Coast forests. 



149. Cluytia sp. 



Kafir : Hloluti, um-Sipane- 



Drakensberg forests ; common as an undershrub. 



A shrub or small tree 12 inches in diameter, with a stem seldom straight. Bark 

 brown, thin, rimpled. Wood very heavy and hard, strong, close grained ; medullary 

 rays very fine and close ; pores small ; colour the heartwood brown, the sapwood 

 yellow ; used for disselbooms of wagons. 



150. Macarang-a Capensis. 



Mappa Capensis, E. Meyer. A small tree of the Coast forests. 



151. Gelonium Africanum. 



Ceratophorus Africanus, Sender. A tree with ashen-white chinked bark, found in 

 the Eastern Province and all Natal. 



152. Exccecaria Afrioana, Mueller, Arg. 



Spirostacliys Africanus, Sender. 

 Kafir : um-Tomboti. 



A small tree of the Coast forests, exuding an acrid milky juice. Wood very heavy, 

 extremely hard, very strong, close grained and compact, agreeably scented ; medullary 

 rays very fine and close ; pores small, not numerous ; colour brown ; used for gunstocks. 



153. Excoecaria integerrima. 



Sclerocroton integerrimus, Hochst. 



A small tree found in the- Coast forests. Bark grey brown, thin, even. Wood 

 moderately heavy and hard, compact ; medullary rays very fine and close ; pores mode- 

 rately small, not numerous, distributed irregularly or in short radial groups j colour, pale 

 brown. 



E. reticulata, Muller Arg. and E, sp. (Wood No. 991) are two other species, also 

 growing in the Coast forests. 



154. Claoxylon Capense, Baillon. 

 A small tree of the Coast forests. 



CLIIL URTECACE^B. 



155. Celtis KrauSSiana, Bernhardi. 



Dutch: Kamdeboo Stinkhout. Kafir: um-Vumvu. 



Coast forests ; common. 



A large tree 2-3 feet in diameter, 50-60 feet high. Bark yellow grey, thick, even, 

 pitted. Wood moderately heavy and hard, strong, moderately elastic, rather brittle j 

 annual rings obscure ; medullary rays fine, close ; pores moderately small, numerous, 

 irregularly distributed ; colour pale yellow tinged with brown ; becomes brittle when 



dry ; seldom used on that account ; suitable for railway sleepers. 



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156. Celtis Burmanni. 



Dutch : Kamdeboo Stinkhout. Kafir : um- Vumvu. 



South Drakensberg. 



