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THE OCCURRENCE OF " TERBLANZ " (FAUREA 



MACNAUGHTONII, PHILL.) IX NATAL AND 



PONDOLAND. 



By E. P. Phillips, M.A., D.Sc, E.L.S., and 

 J. J. KoTZE, B.A., D.Sc. 



Read July 15, 1920. 



Since publishing' our note on the g-enus Faurea 

 (S.A. JouRN. Science, vol. xvi, p. 232) we have seen further 

 material of Faurea. The examination of this fresh material 

 has confirmed what we suspected, namely, that F . Mac- 

 nauglitonii and F . natalensis are specific. 



Faurea natalensis, Phillips, was described (" Flora Ca- 

 pensis," v, p. G41) from a sing-le specimen collected by Gerrard 

 in Natal, and was separated from F. Macnauglitonii on the 

 smaller flower buds. Forester Tustin submitted a specimen 

 recently collected (Forest Herbarium 2961) at the Ngomi 

 Forest, Ng-otshe Division, Natal, whic'h' has buds up to 9 lines 

 long and styles up to 10 lines long and agrees in every other 

 respect with specimens of F. Macnauglitonii from Knysna. 

 In comparing this specimen with a large series of specimens 

 from the same tree (Forest Herbarium 2331) collected in the 

 Ntsubani Forest, we find every gradation in the size of the 

 buds from 6 up to 9 lines long, and the same gradation in 

 size occurs in the Knysna specimens. 



In view of these further facts, we now regard the species 

 hitherto known as F. natalensis, Phill., and F . Macnauglitonii, 

 Phill., as one and the same. 



As the Knysna tree is the better know^i and the name 

 F. Macnauglitonii generally accepted by foresters, we propose 

 that this name should stand : 



F. Macnauglitonii, Pliillijjs, " Flora Capensis," v, 1, 

 p. 642' (Kotze and PliilL, S.A. JouEX. Sc, xvi, 

 p. 236); F. natalensis, Phill.. "Flora Capensis," 

 V, 1, p. 641 (Kotzc and Phill., I.e., 235). 



The Knysna " Terblanz " therefore occurs in the Knysna 

 Forest, then appears in the Pondoland Forests, and reappears 

 in the Ng-omi Forest in Northern Natal. 



