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Height from 8 to 10 feet; diameter 8 to 12 iuches. Bark grey, smooth. 

 Wood hard, tough, and, when varnished, extremely handsome It 

 furnishes tlie cabinetmaker with a superior material for all kinds of 

 fancy work, and has proved itself useful to the Avheelwright. 



This tree grows in the forests along the eastern side of Table and 

 Devil's Mountain, in Hout B;iy, also in the districts of Uitenhage, 

 Clanwilliam, and other parts of the colony. Fl. April— May. 



30. ElcBodendron Croceum. D. C. {Ilex crocea. Thhc). 

 Crocoxyloji excehum. Eckh tj' Z.) (Saffronivood ; Safframi- 

 hout.) — Branches much spreading. Leaves opposite, stalked, 

 leathery, rigid, veined, smooth, prickly at the margins. Flowers 

 small, paniculated, axillary. Drupe ]\x\cQ\e^s, 4-celled. 



Lofty, 20 to 40 feet high, and 2 to 4 feet in diameter. Bark whitish, 

 covered all over with a resinous crust of a gainhoge yellow colour, which 

 makes this tree easilj^ known from all others, and which led probably 

 to its vernacular name of S(/Jfronwood This wood, which is fine 

 grained, hard, close, and tough, is very useful to the builder in the shape 

 of beams and planks, and to the cabinet-maker serves extremely well 

 for fables, chairs, wardrobes, and for all kinds of furniture. Butter 

 casks are likewise made of it, and wheelwrights use it for fellies and 

 general wagonwork. The bark also is good f >r tanning and dyeing. 



In the aboriginal forests of the Knysna, Krakakamma, Kat Kiver, 

 and in various parts of CafFraria. Fl. June — July. 



31. Mystroxylon Kuhu. EcJd. and Zeyh. — Branches ash- 

 coloured, spreading; Z-^oi^e^ alternate, short-stalked, oval, notched 

 at apex, crenate and calloso-serrate at the margins, veined on 

 both sides, leathery, perfectly smooth. Flowers small, stalked, 

 axillary, umbellate; wmZ?e/.s few-flowered. Ca/?/jJ minute. 5 lobed ; 

 petals 6 rounded, narrowed at ]>ase. Stamens 5, shorter than the 

 corolla. Style shovt, 5%??i6^ indistinctly 2 lobed. JDnqje globose, 

 rose-red of the size of a large pea. 



A much branched tree, 20 to 25 feet high, and 1, to 1^ broad. Bark 

 grey, rough. Wood close-grained, hard, strong, compact, tough ; servicea- 

 ble for fellies, other wagouwork, rural utensils, etc. Fruit edible, sweet; 

 known as Koo-boo-besyes. 



Common in the forests of Olifants Hoek, Tzitsikamma, Krakakamma, 

 etc. Fl. Octob-Nov. 



32. Scytophyllum Lauriniim. Echl. Sj" Zeyh. — Branches and 

 hranchlets angular, erect, purplish. Leaves alternate, nearly 

 sessile, narrowed at base, ovate-oblong, blunt or emarginate, 

 subre volute, obscurely veined, entire, coriaceous, smooth. Flowers 

 small, clustered, white, panicled. Panicles short-stalked, axillary. 

 Calyx 5 cleft; jietals 5; stamens 5, style short ; stigma 2 lobed. 

 Drupe obovate, yellow. 



A small tree or rather shrub, 10—12 feet high, and from 6-8 inches 

 in diameter. Bark black, rent, thin. Wood haid, fine-grained, heavy, 



