ovate-oblong, entire, revolute, blunt, penninerved, leathery, wedge- 

 shaped, and often oblique at base, smooth, shining on the upper, 

 and pale on the lower surface. Flowers small, white, panicled ; 

 panicles terminal, much branched; ^?e^i^?ic/e5 and y^eJice/s strigose ; 

 hi^acts minute. Calyx 4-5 toothed, free. Petals 4-5, smooth. 

 Stamens 5 ; style 1 . FruH one celled, kidney-shaped, compressed, 

 unequal-sided, with a lateral fleshy appendage. Linn. Transact. 

 vol. 18. tab. 41. 



A tree 30-50 feet high and from one to two or more, in diameter. 

 Bark thick, rough, chlnky, greyish-white. W^ori light, yellowish, looks 

 well when polished, and is used for common furniture, and agricultural 

 implements. 



Common in the forests of George, Uitenhage, Albany, British CafFraria, 

 and Natal. Fl. Decemb. and Januar. 



SAPINDACE^. Juss. 



10. Sckmidelia decipiens. W. Arnott. (Rhus spicata. Thbg) 

 — Branches smooth, spreading; hranchlets white, and as well as the 

 leaf and flower-stalks, downy. Leaves 3 foliate, alternate, leathery ; 

 Leajlets sessile, obovate or lanceolate-oblong, narrowed at base, 

 grossly and bluntly toothed upon the upper half, revolute at the 

 margins, smooth, pale below, bearded in the axils of the veins. 

 -FZoryers spiked, minute, subracemose, pedicellate. Spikes as long or 

 somewhat shorter than the leaves ; jiowerstalks axillary, slender. 

 Calyx 4 cleft, concave ; Petals 4 white, Jllaments hairy, style 2 

 fld. Fruit globose, of the size of a pepper-corn. 



A small tree 10 to 15 feet high ; 6 to 10 inches broad. Bark thin, 

 white, knotty. Wood hard, fine grained, useful for turners and fancy 

 cabinet-makers, and looks very handsome when polislied. 



Not uncommon in the woods of the Knysna, Uitenhage, Albany, and 

 CafFraria. Fl. Jan. 



11. 8apindus Pappea. Sond. (wilde Priiime; wild Plum- 

 tree.) Pj'anc/tes and ^w?^.s spreading. X(?«re.s- alternate, ovate, or 

 oblong, unequal at base, smooth, blunt, coriaceous, veiny, slightly 

 rolled back at the margin. Cali/x 5 fid; petals 4-6, bearded 

 inside. Sta77iens S -10 ; Jilam en ts shaggy; style 1; stigma sub- 

 trifid. Flowers small, lacemose with separate sexes by abortion. 

 Fruit 3 capsular, drupaceous, fleshy, globose, downy. Hook 

 Jcon. t 325. 



A moderate sized tree or shrub Height 15 to 20, diameter 1, to 1^ feet. 

 .BarA, greyish-white, cracked. TToo^ handsome, hard and tough, and 

 used for furniture, yokes, poles, ploughs, etc. Fruit red, of a pleasant 

 taste ; called wild plum by the Colonists, and f Kaamshesje by the 

 Natives. It furnishes a vinous beverage and very good vinegar, and 

 its kernel contains an oil, which, though eatable, is slightly purgative. 



