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axils of the veins below. Floivers oymose ; cymes short, axillary ; 

 bractlets and segments of the calyx obtuse; lobes of the corolla 

 hooded at top. Drui^e dry, elliptical. 



A tree al)Out 20 feet high, and from 8-10 indies broad. Bark thin, 

 -vvhilisli, smooth. Wood white, very close g'Miued, heavy, and hard, 

 Well adapted for wagonwork of all kinds, and more particularly for 

 poles and the construction of wheels. Grows in the forests of the Kraka- 

 kamma and Olifantshoek. Fl. Febr.— March. 



79. Olea Capensis. Linn. — Branches and twigs quadrangular, 

 rough. Zeavf .5 short-stalked, opposite, oval or obovate, blunt or 

 sometimes mucronate, entire, leathery, smooth. Flowers panicled, 

 minute, crowded, white ; panicles terminal, three-lorked. Drupes 

 ellipsoidal, wrinkled, somewhat smaller than a pea. 



A tree 20-25 feet high, and M| broad. Bark wdiite, smooth. Wood 

 white, compact, and heavy, like the preceding, and used for similar 

 purposes. 



Common in the forests, throughout a great part of the Cohniy. Fi. 

 Januar. — Febr. 



ASCLEPIADE^. R. Br. 



80. Secamone TJiunlergii. E Meyer, ( Periploca Secamone. 

 Thhg.) {Bosch f on 7v; Melhtouw.)—^tem twining. Branches aller- 

 nate, opposite, spreading, leaves stalked, oblong, opposite, obtuse 

 or bluntly pointed, entire, ribbed, smooth, levolute. Flowers 

 cymose, wliite, minute. Cymes axillary, dichotomous. Pedicels 

 downy, rufous. Calyx 5 parted, coronet 5 scaled. Corolla rotate, 

 5 fid, villous within. Follicles brachiate, acute, glabrous. Seeds 

 hairy. 



This shrub derives its vernacular name from tha milky juice "which 

 oozes from it when wounded. The stem, which like that of the wild 

 vine, and other twining shrubs, climbs to the very tops of the tallest 

 forest-trees, serves the baboons instead of ropes, to swing themselves 

 from tree to tree, when in search of food, or in escaping from their 

 enemies ( Baviuonstouw ; Bahoonsrope). Bark grey, warty. Wood 

 wiiite, hard, and tough ; but although the stem often attains a cousider- 

 abie length, its thick ne.-s rarely exceeds a few inches. The natives use 

 these twigs as we do those of the willow. 



Common in the primeval forests of the Colony. Fl. October— Novem- 

 ber. 



APOCYNE.E. Juss 



81. Gonioma Kaniassi. E. Meytr. {Kamassi-wood, Ka- 

 massi-hout.) — Brattches erect, whorled. Leaves ojjposite, or more 

 frequently ternate, oblong-lanceolate, entire coriaceous, ribbed, 

 taper-pointed, dark green and glossy above, paler beneath. 

 /'7o??;e?>' small, cymose, leathery, yellowish, sweet-scented. Cyme?: 



