BIXACE^. Endl. 



3. Plioheros Muncltii. W. Arnott. (Eriudaphus Nees. ab. E.) 

 (^Klipdoorn, Michell-wood) — Branches spreading, twigs com- 

 pressed ; the young shoots from the root, thorny. Leaves 

 coriaceous, rhomboid-elliptical, acute, bluntly toothed, veined, 

 glossy above ; racemes axillary 4-6 flowered. Perianth 10 cleft ; 

 its bottom clothed with dense, cushion-like hairs. Flowers small, 

 white; stamens in many rows, numerous; anthers beaked; style 

 thick. Fruit baccate, roundish. 



Heiglit between 20 and 30 feet, diameter 3 feet and more. Bark thin, 

 gi'ey. AVood hard, close, and highly useful for builders, and especially 

 for wagonmakers 



Found in the aboriginal forests of the Tzitsikamma, Kny^-na, and 

 also, but sparingly, on the east side of Table Mountain, in Kirstenbosch. 

 Fl. Api-il— May. 



4. Phoheros Ecklonii. W. Arnott. (Eriudaphus Nees. ab. E.) 

 (Redpear, Itoodpeer.) — Branches divaricating ; twigs com- 

 pressed. Leaves broad, alternate, leathery, rhomboid-lanceolate, 

 acute, indistinctly dentate, smooth, glaucous. Racemes axillary, 

 simple, shorter than the leaves. Perianth, flowers and fruit, as in 

 the former species. 



A forest tree 30 to 35 feet high and 2 to 3 feet in diameter. Bark 

 black, chinky. Wood hard, heavy, close ; takes a fine polish, and 

 answers well for all kinds of furniture. In the Colony it is mostly used 

 by wbeel-wrights for axles, fellies, and spokes, and would suit well in 

 the construction of mills. 



This tree is common in the primeval thickets of the Victoria district, 

 and flowers in May. 



5. Phoheros Zeyheri. W. Arnott. (Wolfs-thorn; Hoender- 

 sjjoor) — Bi^anches ash-coloured, very spiny, Zeat'es alternate, short- 

 stalked, leathery, rhomboid-ovate or roundish-ovate, blunt, entire 

 and slightly wavy, netted-veined, smooth, dull green. Flowers 

 racemose, small; racemes terminal and axillary 8-12 flowered, 

 clothed with dense short hairs. Berry 4 seeded small, crowned 

 with the persistent style. 



A tree 15-25 feet high and from 1 to 2 broad. Spines very strong, 

 horizuntally diverging, and from one to four inches long. BarTi thin, 

 grey, smooth. Wood hard and heavy, like that of the preceding species, 

 and useful for the same purposes 



Grows in the forests of the Van Staden's River and Olifantshoek. 

 Flor. Jun — Jul. 



6. Bovyalis rhamnoides. Harv. (Flacourtia rhamnoides. 

 Burch.) — Branches white, armed with patent, axillary, horizontal 

 spines. Leaves on short stalks^ alternate membranaceous, ovate, 



