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site, ovate, acuminate, serrate, smooth. Floivers stalked, axillary, 

 aggregate, nodding ; peduncles one-flowered. Calyx persistent, 

 very short, 3 lobed. Corolla irregular, curved, funnel-shaped, 

 purple ; Unih bilabiate. Stamens 4, exserted ; stigma acute. 

 Berry globose, smooth. Bot. Magaz. t. 1,744. 



Usual height of trunk, which is straight, about J2-14 feet; diameter 

 from 6 8 inches. Barli very thin, greyish- white, much rent. Wood 

 like Hed Beech, but of a finer grain, hard, tough and well adapted for 

 carpenter's work, planes, screws, joiner's benches, and tools of every 

 description. It also supplies the wagonmaker with a good article for 

 poles, &c. 



This small tree is found both in the Western and Eastern districts. 

 Moisty, shady places are most favourable to its vigorous growth. Fl. 

 June— July. 



84. Halleria Elliptica. Tlibg. (Oudehout.) — Branches opi^o- 

 site; twigs erect, quadranoular, patent. Leaves oblong, narrowed 

 towards each end, serrate, rigid, smooth. Flowers peduncled, 

 axillary, standing in two's. Corolla nearly equally lobed, tubular 

 at base, bell-shaped at top, purple, nodding. Stamens, style, and 

 herry as in Halleria lucida. Lin. Burm. Plant, Afric. Dec. t. 

 89, fig. 1. 



Height 6-10 feet; diameter 8-9 inches. Bark white, smooth. Wood 

 yellowish, soft but tough. Used chiefly for plough-beams, axe handles, 

 &c. 



In the woods of the Uitenhage district, and other parts of the Colony. 

 FI. June. 



85. Nuxia Florihunda. Benth. (Wild Elder.) — Branches 

 greyish, white ; trvigs angular or compressed. Leaves opposite, 

 sub verti cilia te, mostly in threes, long-stalked, oblong-elliptical 

 blunt or mucronate, margined, penninerved, entire or faintly 

 toothed, smooth. Flowers panicled, white ; panicles terminal, 

 many-flowered, pyramidal, dichotomously branched. Calyx bell- 

 shaped, glossy, 4 toothed ; teeth short. Corolla short, tubular ; 

 limb patent, 4 lobed. Stamens 4:, exserted, style undivided; stigma 

 thick. Caj)sule 2 valved ; Seeds minute, numerous. 



A handsome tree, measuring from 20 30 feet in height and from 1-2 

 in diameter. Bark thin, whitisli. Wood close, heavy, wiiite, and 

 useful for common furniture, rural implements, wagonwork, &c. 



Grows in the forests of George, Uitenhage and Natal. Fl. May — 

 June. 



86. Chilianthus Arboreus. Burch. {Wild Elder.) — Bran- 

 ches and twigs alternate, angular, shaggy. Leaves opposite, 

 stalked, oblong-lanceolate, acute, veiny, entire, hoary beneath, 

 much resembling those of the common Olive tree. Flowey^s 

 numerous, small, white, paniculated. Panicles large, fastigiate. 



