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1 ,* itiymas 4-5. Berry round, fleshy, yellowish, 4-5 seeded. 

 Burip. Plant. African. Decad. t. 82. ' 



Height from 20 to 40 f et, if allowed to grow, for the tree is often 

 felled before it has attained its full size, and commonly measures from 

 15 to 20 feet high, and from 2 to 3 in circumference. The hark is thin, 

 black, and almost smooth. The wood, which is highly prized within the 

 Colony, is solid, extremely tough, heavy, close-grained, very durable, 

 and resembles plain'mahogany. It answers well for all kinds of superior 

 furniture, tools, &c., but is truly invaluable, and not to be surpassed by 

 any other wood, in the consti'uction of wagons, particularly in this 

 country, where the natural difficulties of the roads, the great distances 

 to go, and the excessive heat of the climate, require strong and sub- 

 stantially-built vehicles for travelling. Called Omhlehe by the Katirs. 



The tree grows in the primeval forests throughout the whole Colony, 

 and also in Katirland. Fl. January— February. 



RUBIACE^. Juss. 



55. BurchelUa Capensis. D. C. {Wild Pomegranate; 

 Buffelshoorn.) — Branches opposite, erect. Leaves on short stalks, 

 ovate, acute, subcordale, downy, rigid, entire. Stipules deciduous, 

 internally shaggy. Flowers of a deep orange hue, capitate, 

 terminal, sessile on a villous receptacle, with minute bracts. 

 Calyx tubular, deeply 5 parted ; corolla funnel-shaped ; tube 

 hispid. Anthers 5, pointed, almost sessile. iStyle 1 filiform ; 

 stigma club-shaped, 2 fid. Berry 2 locular, turbinato-globose. 

 Seeds black, angular. 



A small tree 12 to 14 feet high, but sometimes from 1 to 2 in diameter. 

 Bark greyish -brown. Wood very hard and close, and chiefly used for 

 agricultural implements. 



Common in the forests of Swellendam, George, and Uitenhage. Fl. 

 October— November. 



56. Gardenia llnmhergia. Lin. {Wild Katje^nering ; 

 Buffelsbal.) — i?7'ft??r^(?5 unarmed, erect, much divided. Liaves 

 oblong, attenuate at both ends, stalked, verticillate, entire, veined, 

 glabrous. Flowers terminal, solitary, white, scented. Calyces 

 tubular, leafy, hispid, cleft at one side with leaflike appendages. 

 Corolla tubular, salver-shaped ; j;e^a/6' 8, obtuse. Anthers 7 — 9 ; 

 style club-shaped, sliaggy. Frnit baccate-ovate, smooth, wdiite, 

 imperfectly 5-celleel, many-seeded, very hard, almost woody. 

 Bot. Magaz. t. 1004. 



Height of I r link from 8 to 10 feet; breadth from 10 to 12 inches. 

 Bark smooth, greyish-white. Wood hard, heavy, and strong, and used 

 for making tools, clubs, kieries, yokes, axles, fellies, ploughs, and also fit 

 to engrave upon, &c. 



In the forests of the Krakahamma and Olijihant's Hoek (Uitenhage). 

 Fl. January — February. 



