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SALICINE^E. 



162. Salix CapensiS, Thunberg. 



Sylv. Cap., p. 35. 



Cape Willow. Dutch: Wilgeboom. Kafir: um-Yezana. 



North Drakensberg, Free State, Orange River ; along streams, common. 



A small tree attaining 1^-2 feet in diameter and 15-20 feet in height. Bark brown, 

 thick, craggy. Wood light, soft, compact, satiny ; annual rings broad ; medullary rays 

 very fine and close ; pores small, numerous, regularly distributed ; colour purplish white; 

 used occasionally for rafters, but liable to become worm-eaten. 



The slender twigs are used for the manufacture of baskets (Pappe). 



CLXV. CONIFERS. 



163. Callitris Natalensis, Endlicher. 



Berg Cypress. 



North Drakensberg ; forming isolated forests or clumps at high altitudes. 

 A small tree, resembling C. cupressoides, Schrader, of which it may be merely a 

 Tariety. 



164. Podocarpus elongata, L'Heritier. 



Sylv. Cap., p. 37, P. pruinosus, E. Mey., I.e. p. 38. 



Outeniqua Yelloivwood, Bastard Yellowwood. Dutch : Geelhout. Kafir : 

 um-Koba. 



Knysna, Eastern Province, Kaffraria, Natal, Zululand ; also found on the mountains 

 of Abyssinia at 6,000 feet ; reaching its greatest development in the Knysna region, 

 where it constitutes about one-fifth of the timber in the forests ; in Natal it is scarce in 

 the Coast forests, more abundant in those of the Drakensberg, but nowhere nearly so 

 plentiful as P. Thunbergii, 



A very large tree of the first economic importance, 80-120 feet high, usually 3-4 feet 

 In diameter but attaining exceptionally a girth of 27 feet or more, with a straight 

 cylindrical trunk 40-80 feet under branches. Bark rich brown, moderately thin, even, 

 exfoliating in scales leaving clean smooth patches. Wood light, soft, moderately strong, 

 elastic, fissile, not resinous. Annual rings irregular ; medullary rays fine and close, not 

 conspicuous ; pores absent ; colour pale yellow brown \ used for planks, beams, rafters, 

 battens, furniture, railway sleepers and many other purposes ; durable exposed to the 

 weather, but not in contact with the ground, unless impregnated with antiseptic sub- 

 stances. 



The wood is not so hard as that of the Upright Yellowwood, but it is at least 

 equally strong, more elastic, and less brittle ; and considerably stronger than Baltic Fir, 

 while equally elastic ; it can be impregnated with antiseptic fluids more easily and 

 thoroughly than that of resinous conifers. The growth is more rapid than that of the 

 Upright Yellowwood, and averages 2*0 inches in girth a year in Natal plantations. 



P. pruinosa, Zeyher, is a synonym, and P. Meyeriana, Endlicher, is probably a 

 Tariety. 



165. Podocarpus Thunbergii, Hooker. 



Sylv. Cap. p. 37. 



Upright Yellowwood. Dutch : Regte Geelhout. Kafir : um-Sunti. 



Western Province, Knysna, Eastern Province, Natal, Zululand ; forming one third 

 of the timber in the forests of the Knysna region, and more than one-half of that in the 

 Natal forests ; in Natal, it is scarce in the Coast region, and reaches its greatsst develop- 

 ment in the South Drakensberg at an elevation of 3,500-4,500 feet. 



A large tree of the first economic importance, 2-4 feet in diameter, 80-100 feet high, 

 the larger specimens often hollow and defective. Bark light brown, thin, channelled, 

 .stripping longitudinally. Wood light, soft, moderately strong and elastic, fissile, not 

 resinous ; annual rings irregular ; medullary rays fine and close, not conspicuous ; pores 

 -absent ; colour pale yellow tinged with brown ; used for planks, beams, rafters, battens, 



