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 COMPOSITiE. Juss. 



63. Brachylaena Dentata. D.C. — Twigs angular, tomentose. 

 Leaves alternate, short-stalked, wedge-shaped at base, apiculate, 

 entire or more commonly sinuato-tiidentate at apex, revolute, 

 leathery, smooth and glossy above, clothed with white shag on 

 the underside. Flowers dioecious, racemose ; racemes spiked, 

 terminal, and axillary -, flower-heads few-flowered. 



A shrub or small crooked tree, 12- 14 feet high, and 6-9 inches wide. 

 Barh smooth ; Wood hard : chiefly used for making charcoal. 



Grows in shady places in Howisons Poort, (Albany), Olifam's Hoek, 

 Stockenstrom, and Caffraria. Fl. April. 



64. TarcJwnanthus CamplioratMS. Lin. (Sirie-kout.) — 

 Branches and twigs erect, angular, clothed with white, short down. 

 Leaves stalked, alternate, oblong, blunt, leathery, entire, reticulato- 

 areolate and green on their upper surface ; veined, white and shaggy 

 beneath. Flowers paniculate. Panicles terminal, many headed. 

 Flower-heads dioecious ; involucres scaly ; achcenia woolly. 



This arborescent shrub ( Wild Sage ; Wdde Salie) grows from 6 to 

 8 feet high ; its diameter is from 5 to 6 inches. Bark brownish -grey, 

 much rugged. Wood close, heavy ; looking handsome when polished, 

 and useful in the manufacture of musical instruments and joiner's fancy 

 work. 



The leaves when fresh, have a peculiar smell resembling camphor ; 

 they are chewed by the Mohammetans, smoked by the Hottentots, and 

 employed in the form of infusion or tea, as antispasmodic, tonic, and 

 resolvent. 



Common in the Cape, Swellendam, and Uitenhage districts. Fl. 

 May — June. 



ERICACE^. Juss. 



65. Philippia Chamissonis. Klotzsch. {Kabinet-hout) — Stem 

 erect ; branches short, flexuose. Leaves ternate, linear, blunt, 

 small, smooth. Flowers terminal, clustered (3 — 4), nodding. 

 Calyx 4 fid ; corolla globose, 4 — parted ; stamens 8, connate ; 

 stigma exserted, peltate. Capsule 4 — angular, 4 — locular, 4 — 

 celled. 



Height of stem from 2 to 3 feet ; breadth from 2 to 3 inches. Bark 

 brown, glabrous, fibrous, splitting longitudinally. The wood, which is 

 hard and close-grained, looks well when varnished, and will suit both 

 the cabinetmaker and turner for various kinds of fancy work. 



Common in rocky localities on the north side of Table Mountain and 

 elsewhere. Fl. June. 



