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MYRSINEiE. R. Br. 



66. 3Ii/rsine Melanophlcos. R. Br. (Itoemeria. Thhg.) 

 (Cape Beech; Deukenliout.') — 5m wc^es rough, spreading. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, stalked, leathery, entire, blunt, veined, green 

 above, pale beneath, placed at the extremities of the younger 

 branches. Flowei^s (3-4) small, 'fasciculate, axillary. Calyx 6 fid. 

 Corolla 4-5 parted ; anthers 5 ; stigma 1 , capitate. Drupe 

 pisiform, one-seeded. 



Height from 15 to 20 feet; diameter from U to 2. Stem straight. 

 Bark grey, Avarty. Wood tough and grained like European Beech. 

 Used chiefly for wagonwork. 



To be found in the bushy ravines on the east side of Table Mountain, 

 in the forests of Swellendam, Kuysna, &c. Fl. October. 



SAPOTE^. Juss. 



67. Sideroxylon Tnerme. Lin, {Milk-wood', Melkhout.) — 

 Branches flexuose, erect ; twigs angular. Leaves alternate, stalked, 

 oblong, obtuse, entire, leathery, smooth. Flowers small, white, 

 fasciculated, axillary. Calyx 5 parted; stamens 5, opposite the 

 lobes of the corolla; style 1. Corolla 5 cleft, rotate. Fruit 

 globose, baccate ; ovaj'y 4 — 5 celled. 



Height from 15 to 20 feet; diameter 1 to 1^. Bark grey, craggy, 

 milky, inside. Wiwd whitish, very hard, close, and durable. Being 

 little atfected by damp or moisture, it furnishes one of the best materials 

 for boat-building, mill-work, bridges, &c., and is likewise Avell suited 

 for ploughs and rural implements. The fruit (Jackalshesjes) are edible. 



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

 Fl. December— June. 



68. Mimusops Obovata. Sond. — Branches and hranchlets 

 round, grey, spreading. Leaves alternate, stalked, obovate, nar- 

 rowed at base, entire, blunt, or often retuse, smooth, leatheiy, glossy, 

 paler below. Flower-stalks axillary, shaggy, much longer than 

 the petioles. Calyx 6 partite, arranged in a double row, its 

 outer sepals rusty-brown, inner ones velvety, white ; all lanceo- 

 late, taper-pointed. Corolla as long as the calyx, white, with 

 linear-lanceolate smooth lobes. Anthers arrow shaped, acute, 

 longer than i\\e filaments ; style subulate, longer then the corolla; 

 stigma acute. Drupe ovate, apiculate, smooth, orange-coloured, 

 about an inch long. Harv. Thesaur. Cap. t. 44. 



A tree 15-25 feet high and 1^-2 in diameter. Bark thin, smooth. 

 Wood yellowish-white, close-grained, tough, heavy and durable. Used 

 principally for fellies, axles, and various wagonAvork. 



Grows in the aboiiginal forests of Olifimt's Hoek, Natal, & Fl. 

 Nuvemb. 



