12 



RUBUS. Lin. 



{^Rosace(B,^ 

 XII. — 3. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



27. Rubus pinnatus. Willd. Shrubby. Branches, 

 stalks, and nerves of the leaves clothed with short 

 down, and armed with hooked prickles. Leaves 

 alternate, petioled, ovate, acuminate, double-sawed, 

 veiny, smooth. Stipules narrow, taper-pointed. Calyx 

 tomentose, its segments longer than the petals. 

 Flowers racemose. Fruit black. 



The roots are astringent, and used as decoction for 

 chronic diarrhoea, etc. The fruit of this species of Bramble 

 or Blackberry-hush (Braambosch) is equal in flavour and 

 taste to that of Europe. Abundant in mountain ravines 

 in the Cape and Stellenbosch districts. Flowers, October, 

 November. Fruit, January. 



CLIFFORTIA. Lin. 



(^SanguisorbecB.) 



XIII. 2. POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



28. Cliff ortia ilicifolia. Lin. Shrubby. Stem brown, 

 scaly, branched. Leaves cordato-ovate, elliptical, 3-5 

 toothed, spiny, many-nerved, amplexicaul, rigid, im- 

 bricated, smooth. Flowers dioecious, small, axillary, 

 subsessile. 



A plant pretty common in the district of Uitenhage, 

 where the Boers recommend it as an emollient and expec- 

 torant in coughs. This species, whose leaves are sharp- 

 pointed and spiny, is called Doornthee. 



PUNIC A. TouRN. 



{^GranatecB.^ 



XII. — 1. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



29. Punica granatum. Lin. A shrubby tree. 

 Branches often thorny. Leaves opposite, entire, 

 lance-shaped, pointed at each end, smooth. Floicers 

 at the top of the branches ; petals scarlet, wrinkled. 

 Fruit round, with a coriaceous rind ; pulp acidulous ; 

 seeds oblong, angular. 



• The rind of the Pomegranate (Granaat-appel) and its 

 roots are astringent, and contain tannin and gallic-acid. 

 They are used in diarrhoea, accompanying general debility, 



