TAB. 8584. : 
NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMIL. 
Australia, Tasmania. 
' Fagacear. Tribe FaGEag. 
Nornoracus, Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. vol. i. p. 307; Engl. € Prantl, Nat. 
Pflanzenfam, vol. iii. pars i. p. 52.—Fagus § Nothofagus, Benth. et 
Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 410. 
Nothofagus Cunninghamii, Oerst. in Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., ser. 5, vol. ix. 
(1873), p. 355; Henry in Elwes ¢ Henry, Trees of Gt. Brit. and Irel., 
vol. iii. p. 550; species N. Menziesti, Oerst., proxima, sed foliis grossius 
crenatis, staminibus multo magis numerosis, involucri valvis latioribus, 
perianthii lobis multo magis inaequalibus diversa. 
_ Arbor in Tasmania ad 60 m. alta et trunco ad 12 m. ambitu metiente, vel in 
alpinis frutex compactus, humilis, ramulis diu pubescentibus, ramis 
cortice fusco vel griseo-fusco tectis. _Gemmae conico-ovoideae, 3-4 mm. 
longae, glabrae, perulis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis acutis vel subacutis 
brunneis nitidis. Folia sempervirentia, magis minusve deltoideo-ovata 
vel rhomboidea, acuta, basi late rotundata vel perlate cuneata, crenata, 
plerumque 1-2 cm. longa et 7-10 mm. lata, sed interdum multo minora vel 
majora, coriacea, glabra, nervis tenuibus saepe inconspicuis, utrinque 4-5 ; 
stipulae lineares, 3 mm. longae, caducae; petioli ad 2 mm. longi, minutis- 
sime puberuli. Flores maris axillares, solitarii, subsessiles vel pedicello 
ad 2 mm. longo suffulti. Perianthiwm subcampanulatum, 3 mm. longum, 
glabrum, lobis 6 ovatis acutis. Stamina circiter8. Flores foeminet terni, 
laterales 8-meri, centralis 2-mierus involucro communi cincti, ex axillis 
superioribus orti. Involucrum breviter pedunculatum, 4-valvatum, valvis 
in dorso glandulosa-apiculatis maturis lineari-oblongis circiter 5 mm. 
longis appendicibus magis minusve recurvis squarrosis demum deciduis. 
Receptaculum 8-gonum vel centrale anceps angulis alatis. Perianthiwm 
6-4-lobum, lobis interangularibus minoribus. Ovariwm  stigmatibus 
brevibus 8 vel 2 divergentibus. Fructus 3- vel 2-alati, 3-3°5 mm. longi, 
alis ad 1 mm. latii—Fagus Cunninghamii, Hook. f. in Journ. Bot, vol. ii. 
_p. 152, t, 7; Benth. Fl. Austral. vol. vi. p. 210.—O. Srapr. 
The Southern Beech which forms the subject of our 
illustration is that which in Tasmania is spoken of as 
the “‘ Myrtle-tree.”” In Tasmania it forms much of the 
evergreen forest, and occurs on the mountains up to an 
elevation of 4,000 feet, but towards their summits becomes 
much dwarfed. It is also met with in various localities 
in south-eastern Australia. Though not hardy at Kew, 
and though rarely cultivated at ali, N. Cunninghamiu 
makes an elegant small tree in the milder parts of the 
British Isles. There are fine specimens in Ireland at Fota, 
Novemser, 1914, 
