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UhiuiI hci^'ht G Icct ; diairiclcr doirj /) to (> inches. /^arA grey, .smooth, 

 WoofI \i:\vi\, \n'/.\.vy ; (;ni|)loy(;(| hy wheelwrights jiiid tiiniciM. Answers 

 vary well for wooden .serciws, l)iit is chiefly ti.sed ms fuel. 



Cjlrovvs on the west sith; of Devil's Mounhiin, in V;in C;nni)'s Bay, 

 n(;ur VVyni)erg, ;ind in nniiiy oilier ioe;ili(i'-s. I''l. June. 



JASMfNACKyi:. Jt;.ss. 



7(5. O/aa Verrucosa,. [Anh. ( ()l'hm-w()od\ OlyvpMliout.) — 

 JSranchca and /w/V/.s- orect, totiJi^onouH, rouf»li, with swittercd 

 clovsited wnrtH. Lcjircii hiriccohitf!, silmo.st sosfiile, tapering at 

 both C'xtrcrniti(!.4, (lallouH at toj), loathory, (jntirc, flossy, and ^roen 

 above, ycIlowiHli boncatli. .F/o'mera Hrnall, vvliito, paniciilnted. 

 PaniclcH axillary, tricliotonious. (Jah/x 4 cloft; lobas sliarp- 

 [)()itit()d. S/,a/mcus 2 ; .sVyy/r-.s short, 2 lid. Co/'o/Za rotate, 4 parted. 

 Drupe, pisifonn, ahnoHt dry, oiic-Heechid. 



Height Iroin VI lo l.'J U'v.{, l)re;idth Iroin 8 to I'i inches. Ihirk thin, 

 grey, chinky. 'I'Ik! woml,,, which ia very compact and heavy, h)ok.s 

 liandsome when polished, and is one of the most ns(;fnl woods in the 

 Colony. On ac(;onn( (jf ils densily and ('X(r(!ine hardnciss, which even 

 weiirsont iron, it is adniiiahly a,d;ipt(!d lor fnrnitnrc!, tools, wagonwork, 

 and lor the constiMiction of mills and other machinery. 



'I'his tree mnch res(!ml)les tin; J<jMro|)ean Olive, for which it was 

 formerly mistaktMi by bolajiis^s, a,nd whicJi might be grafted ti|K)ii it 

 with i)rol)al)l(! snc('ess. SInuied, stony localities are the places where it 

 grows best, while trees exposed to heat and wind remain dwarfish. 



S|)r(;ad over a grcrat |)ortion of Sonlh Africa, fr(jm Cape 'J'own to 

 ])eyond the Orange Kiver. I'M. April— May. 



77. OIca fjaur'i folia. Lamh. ( 01. undulata, Javq.) ( Bhich 

 Ironwood', Zwnrl YzcrlunU.) — /{ntnchcs Hpreadin*^, rou^Hj, 

 warty. Jjcave.s Htalked, oppo.site, oblong, wavy, entin;, coriac<M)iis 

 Hrnooth, pah; bcrKialh. I^'/owrrs while;, nimicrous, i>iC('nt(Hl, sinali, 

 pani{Mdal,(!d. 7'aAi'/V;/6'.s' terminal, trichotoniousiy branched. Anthers 

 yellow ; uLiyma gioboHo. Drupe bjiccate. Botan. Ma^^az. t. 

 ;3()Ht). 



II(!iglit from 15 lo 20 f(!ft; diani(^lrr from 1,^ lo 2. /Azr/dgrey. Wood 

 brownish, hard, cl()a(;-graine(l, and h(!avy. Looks wcdl when varnished, 

 und is used by (;al)iiiet-ma,kerH for all kinds of fnrnilnre, but ischielly 

 employed for axles, poles, and geni^ral wagon work. Tools, also plonghs 

 and agiicnltnral im|)lemenls, are m.inufaci nred from it. 



(jlrows abundantly in most of tli<; forests of tin; east(!rn i);irts of the 

 C:(.lony. V\. l\lay— dune. 



7H. ()/('((, Foneoldf/f. JC. J)f('//er. (Ironmood; Vzerhoitt.) — 

 JJrauc/ies aHh-cohmred, Hpicadin;; ; f/vi(/.s forked, yoiin^-ones 

 downy. Leaves opposite, Hhort-.s talked, ovat(!-oblon«^, HUiootli, 

 ponninorv(Ml, v.uUrc, with revolnte margins, blunt, rctUHo and 

 recurved at apex, leathery, gloHsy above, |)ah; and pitted in tho 



