571 



om 



flowered (at St. Andrew's Rectory) after seven 3^ears from the 

 time of planting out as a seedling (Maiden, Agric. Gaz. N. S. 



Wales 



1888). 



Said to be rather brittle, so that it should not be used to plant 

 in wind}^ places. In S. India, Ceylon and Java it has been used 

 €LS a shade pl^nt in tea plantations (Gamble, I.e.), . 



The var. compactd is described as of denser growth than the 



mor 



mer] 



Horticultural 



Ref.~"The Silky Oak," Maiden, in the Agric. Gaz. N.S. 



Wales, iv. Sept. 1893, pp. 673-676. " Gomme Resine de 



Grevillea robusta,'' in Gommes; Resines, De Cordemoy, Annales 



rinst. Col. Marseille, vi. 1899, pp. 292-294. " Grevillea 



. robusfa, the Silky Oak," in The Forest Flora of N. S. Wales, 

 Maiden, i. jDp. 1-7 (Govt. Printer, Sydnej^ 1904). 



THYMELAEACEAE. 



Lasiosiphon, Fresen . 



Lasiosiphon Kraussii, Meisn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 1, 

 p. 231. 



Ill— Wood, Natal PI. iii. t. 256; Kotschy, PL Tinneanea, 

 t. 19B {L. affinis). 



Vernac. name. — Tururibi (Katagum, Dalziel). 



Katagum (Dalziel, No. 382, 1908, Herb. Kew), Kontagora 

 (Dalziel, No. 53, 1906, Herb. Kew) ; Natal. 



The thick woody root is said to be " one of the most virulent 

 poisons in the district, Kontagora (Dalziel, Bull, Imp. Inst. 1907, 

 p. 264 ; Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 98) ; common in the bush after 

 burning. 



Z, Tioepfnerianys, Vatke, is suggested as onlj^ a villous form 

 of the above species, A specimen from the Highlands of Batoka 

 (Kirk, 1860), native name '' Kingwhane," is described thereon as 

 an '' active poison," '' Kills cattle," and Wood (I.e. p. 8) states 

 that some species of Lasiosiphon are used by the Natives, Natal, 

 as a remedy in snake-bite, they have also bhstering properties 

 and have been used in sore throat. 



BALANOPHOREAE. 



Thonningia, Vahl. 



Thonningia sanguinea, VaJil; FI. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 1, 



p. 438. 



III. — Skrifter, Kat. Selsk. vi. t. 6; Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. 

 1859, t. 3 ; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. p. 657, f. 569 ; De 

 Wildeman, Etudes Fl. Bangala, p. 25, f. 4. 



Vernac. names. — Oyale (Lagos, MilUn) ; Knbla or KuUa 



(Hausa, Dalziel). 



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