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to our notice, there is no reason to regard the latter part of the 

 note in the " Flora Capensis "* as incorrect, viz., that Sim was 

 mistaken in recording the i)resence of this species in the Egossa 

 and St. John's and Pondoland Forests, but that the species 

 referred to by him is F. natalensis. 



Simf is also in error when he speaks of there being iMily 60 

 trees. ]\larloth;j; points out that McNaughton estimated the total 

 number at Gouna to be approximately .^0.000, and this may be 

 taken as correct. Sim, on McNaughton's authority, further states 

 that it occurs at Blaauwkrantz, Tzitzikama, but the Conservator 

 of Forests at Knysna, Mr. R. Burton, states that he has person- 

 ally, during the course of a fairly long inspection of the Blaauw- 

 krantz Forest, kept a sharp look-out for this species, but has 

 never come across any trees. He has, moreover, reason for 

 thinking that what has been thought to be this species there is 

 Pygeum african am. 



The examination of the fvirther material does not suggest 

 any departure from the key to the species given in the " Flora. 

 Capensis "' which has been taken over. 



Adult flower-buds 4J/2-5 lin. long, 

 with a limb up to 1^2. lin. long and 

 correspondingly small anthers and 

 stigmas. 



Flowers i^edicelled 



Flowers sessile 



Adult flower-buds 7-10 lin. long, with 

 a limb 2^^ to over 3 lin. long, and 

 correspondingly large anthers and 

 stigmas. 



Indumentum of branchlets and 

 spikes very fine, reddish. 

 Leaves glabrous. 



Adult flower-buds 7 lin. 

 long, w^ith a rather stout 

 tube and a limb not over 



2j^ lin. long 



Adult flower-buds 9-10 lin. 

 long, slender, with a limb to 



over 3 lin. long 



Indumentum of branchlets and 

 spikes densely greyish-tomen- 

 tose, that of the branchlets 

 coarse. Leaves tomentose, svib- 

 glabrous only when quite old. . 5. speciosa. 



*" Flora Capensis," V. i., 642. He (Sim) remarks on its absence 

 from the Kaffrarian Forests and the Transkei, but says that it is not 

 very rare in the Egossa Forests, and has been seen in St. John's and' 

 Pondoland Forests. 



t Sim. "The Forests and Forest Flora of Cape Colony.'' 



tMarloth. "Flora of South Africa." 



1. Galpinii. 



2. saligna. 



3. natalensis. 



4. Afcnaughtonii. 



