entire or slightly dentate, veined, triplinerved at base, smooth. 

 Flowers dioecious, axillary ; male ones fascicled, female ones 

 solitary. Peria7ith 5 fid, tomentose. Corolla none ; stamens 

 18-20 ; styles 2 ; stigmas truncate. Fmiit an ovate berry. 



This tree attains a height of from 20 to 30, and a breadth of 2 or 3 

 feet. Stem knotty ; bark greyish-white. Wood citron-yellow, close, 

 hard, and chiefly used for yokes, various wagonvvork, and rural im- 

 plements. 



The fruit Zuurhesje, Cranberries, which has a sourish taste, is eaten 

 by the natives, and brandy and vinegar have been distilled from it. 



Common in the woods of the Krakakamma, Tzitsikamma, Olifants- 

 hoek, and Van Stadcns Mountains. Fl. May — June. 



7. Kiggelaria Africana. Lin. (Spekhout; Pork-wood.) — 

 Branches erect; twigs purplish, more or less downy. Leaves 

 stalked, lanceolate, unequally serrate, smooth above, downy 

 beneath. Flowers white, dioecious ; male ones small, racemose, 

 nodding : female ones much larger, solitary, stalked, erect, axil- 

 lary. (7(flZ?/^ 5 cleft ; stamens 10-12; aiithers hairy, perforated 

 at top ; 'petals 5, glanduliferous at base ; styles 5. Capsule 

 globose, scabrid, one-celled, many-seeded. 



Height of trunk 20 to 25 feet ; diameter one foot and a half to two 

 feet. Wood soft, spongy. Used occasionally for spars, rafters, rural 

 implements, and fuel. 



Common about Cape Town, Wynberg, &c. Fl. November. 



TILIACE^. Juss. 



8. Grewia Occidentalis. Lin. (Kruysbesje.) — Shrubby. 

 Leaves alternate, ovate, blunt, smooth ; peduncles solitary, one- 

 flowered. Calyx 5 cleft deciduous, coloured within ; stamens 

 numerous ; anthers roundish ; style 1 ; stigma 4 lobed. Petals 

 5, bright-purple. Drupe 4 lobed, fleshy ; lobes 2 locular, 2 

 seeded. 



This shrub climbs 10 to 12 feet high, but is little more than 3 inches 

 in diameter. Stem and branches very like those of the small leaved 

 Elm. Bark smooth. The wood is very tough and bends extremely 

 well. Being of fine grain, the larger pieces answer for turner's work. 

 From this species, and from the Grewia Obtusifolia. Willd. & G Jlava 

 DC, the Bushmen make their bows. The fruit are eaten by them and 

 other savages. 



Common near Cape Town and in many parts of the Colony. Fl. 

 January — February. 



OLACINE^. MiRB. 



9 Apodytes dimediata. E. Meyer— Branches grey, spreading, 

 twigs angular; furrowed. Leaves alternate; stalked, ovate or 



