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yellowish brown. Well suited for turners' work, the manufacture of 

 tools, and various other purposes. 



Common in mountain ravines near Cape Town, Paarl, Tulbagh, Cale- 

 don, Clanwilliam, etc. Fl. Dec — Jan. 



AQUIFOLIACE^. DC. 



33. Ilex Capensis. Sond. and Harv. — Branches erect, white ; 

 twigs angular, leafy. Leaves alternate, short-stalked, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, entire, veined, leathery, pale below, smooth. 

 Petioles channelled, purplish. Flowers minute, axillary, on short 

 peduncles, crowded, subumbellate, nodding. CaZ^/a? small, persis- 

 tent 4-6- toothed : Corolla salver-shaped, 4-6 parted ; stamens 4-6 

 exserted ; stigmas 4-6 sessile, obtuse. JDrwpe roundish, crowned 

 with the stigmas. (Sideroxylon mite. Lin.) Bot. Mag. t. 

 1858. 



A shrub or small tree, about 8-12 feet high ; diameter 6-8 inches. 

 Bark white, rough. Wood light, soft, rather spongy, and little used. 



Common in the woods of Swellendam, Tulbagh, Uitenhage, Kat River, 

 etc, and also in those on the east side of Table Mountain. Fl. October. 



RHAMNEJ^. R. Br. 



34. Zizypkus Mucronata. Willd. (Buffalo-thorn; Buffels- 

 doorn). — Branches and hranchlets grey, flexuous, smooth or vel- 

 vety and armed with pairs of sharp-pointed prickles, one of which 

 is recurved. Leaves stalked, alternate, often unequal-sided, 

 ovate or subcordate-ovate, crenato-serrate, bluntly acuminate, 3 

 nerved, veined, smooth, shining above, pale and slightly hairy at 

 the nerves beneath. Flowers cymose, axillary, small, yellow ; 



Jlorcer-slalhs channelled- Calyx 5 cleft, and as well as the 

 petioles and cymes, downy ; petals 5 obovate ; stamens 5 exserted j 

 styles 2 diverging. Drupes fleshy, globose, red. 



A tree 20—25 feet high, and 1 to 2 in diameter. Bark rough ; Wood 

 tough and chiefly used for wagonwork. Common on the banks of the 

 Kat River, likewise in British CafFraria and Natal. Fl. Decemb. 



35. Scutia Ccmimersoni. Brogn. {Katdoorn.) — Branches 

 decussate, spreading, prickly piichles recurved. Leaves oppo- 

 site, stalked, ovate or obovate, blunt, pointed or retuse, entire, 

 leathery, smooth. Flowers umbellate, axillary, small. Calyx 

 pitcher-shaped, 5 cleft; j^etals emarginate. Stamens 5, short ; 

 style single ; stigmas 2-3 obtuse. Fruit roundish, apiculate, 2 

 celled. 



Habit of growth usually shrubby ; branches armed with hooked 

 thorns. Height about 4 or 5 feet ; diameter from 6 to 8 inches. Bark 



