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shaped, as larg^e or somewhat larger than a hazelnut. Hook. 

 Lond. Journ. of Botan. vol 7. tab. 3. B. 



A tree of considerable size and width. Z?a;7£ rougli, fibrous. Wood 

 white, sofr, and of little value. 



Common in the primeval forests of the Krakakamma, Tzitsikamma, 

 Zuurbergen and Natal — Nov. 



CELTIDE^. Rich. 



96. Celtis rhamMifolia. Prsl. (Rhamnus celtifolius. Thhfj.) 

 — {Camdehoo- Stinkwood.) Branches and twigs pimpled, rou"-h. 

 Leaves short-stalked, alternate, ovate, bluntly-acuminate, serrate, 

 more or less unequal sided at base, pale with elevated veins below, 

 leathery, smooth. Flowers monoecious, stalked, solitary or 

 clustered, axillary, greenish, small. Flower-stalks pilose. Perianth 

 4 celft, persistent ; its segments ovate, concave. Corolla none. 

 Stamens 4, shorter than the perianth and opposite its lobes ; 

 anthers cordate, introrse ; ovary ovate, hispid, 1 celled ; stigmata 

 2 terminal, recurved. Z>rwj;e fleshy, yellow. Burm. PI. African. 

 Decad. t. 88. 



Height 20, diameter 2 feet and more. Barh grey, even. Wood 

 yellowish-white, tough. Used for planks, yokes, triggers, axehandles, 

 laths, fences, and cooper's work. The Kafir name for this tree is 

 Omhahe 



Common in the forests both of the Western and Eastern Provinces, and 

 in British Caffraria. Fl. — Sept. 



AMENTACE^. Juss. 



97. Salix Gariepina. Burch. (JVillow-tree ', Wilgehooni.) 

 — Branches smooth, pendulous. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, acute, 

 sawed, glabrous, glaucous beneath. Scales of the catkins downy. 

 3fale catkins cylindrical ; stamens 5 ; female catkins racemose. 

 Capsules stalked, ovate, 2 valved. (Burchell.) 



Height from 15 to 20 feet ; breadth from 1|^ to 2. Bark brOAvn, almost 

 like cork. Wood wdiite, light, soft ; liable to attack by insects of the 

 beetle tribe. The larger twigs are used for spars in house building, the 

 slender ones in the manufacture of baskets, &c. 



This tree much resembles the Weeping-willow, and grows chiefly 

 along the banks of the river Gariep. 



CONIFERiE. Juss. 



98. Widdringtonia Juniper oides. Endl. {Cedar-tree; Ceder- 

 boom.) — Branches purplish, squarrose, twiggy. Leaves opposite, 

 minute, decussate, densely imbricated, appressed, ovate, connate. 



