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representatives of Cryptocarya, some of whicli will probably be 

 foimd to be of eeonoiuic value. Sim describes tlie wood of C 

 Woodii, Eiif^l. (C. acuminata, Scbinz) as hard and close-grained, 

 and mentions anotber undescribed tree, frequent in E. Pondoland 

 and Natal, wbicli grows up to 60 feet in lieiglit and 3 feet in 

 diameter. It is locally knoAvn as " Umtungwa," but so far no 

 material lias been supplied for scientific examination. It should 

 be kept in mind that tbe foliage is more or less variable in the 

 same species, according to tbe age or tbe parts of tbe tree. Leaf 

 brunches should therefore be collected froju Toung trees, from 

 the flowering region of old trees and from adventitious shoots. 

 The description of the tree is as follows : — 



Cryptocarya vacciniifolia, Stapf [Lauraceue] ; C. myrtifuliae, 

 Stapf, proxima, sed foliis minoribus minus acutis vel obtuse 

 acuminatis supra medium latissimis subtus glaucis paulo 

 brevius petiolatis, iloribus et fructibus paulo majoribus distiucta. 



Arhor circiter 25 ra. alta; raumli juveniles graciles, fulvo- 

 pubesceutes, tandeui glabrati, cortice nigro tecti. Folia obovata 



vel late obovato-lanceolata, basi subcuneata, apice breviter 

 obtusiuscule acuminata, 2-3 cm. longa, 1-14 cm. lata, coriacea, 

 primo utrmque fulvo-pubesceTntia, cito glabresceutia, tandem 

 pilis panels subtus circa areolas relictis supra impriiuis iu costa 

 persistentibus, nervis lateralibus teuuibus utrinque 4 5, reticula- 

 tioue arctissima supra foveolatn-exsculpta; petiolus 2-4 mm. 

 longus. Paniculae terminales, 1-1-25 ctu. longae, densiusculae, 

 ramuiis paucifloris e foliorum 3 vel 4 proximorum axillis auctae, 

 fulvo-pubescentes ; bracteae caducae ; bracteolae obsoletae; pedi- 

 celli ad 1 mm. lougi. Perianthmvi campanulatum, 3-5 4 mm. 

 longiim,^ extus totuni fulvo-cinereo-pubescens ; receptaculum intus 

 in liners a -stamiaodiis decurrentibus dense pallida fulvo- 

 tomentosum, caeterum glabrum ; segmenta ovato-oblouga, sub- 

 acuta, mtus piaeter margiues latos tenues minute fulvo- 

 pubes^centes. Stamtmim filamenta tenuiter pubesccntia; antherae 

 breviter apiculatae; glandulae majusculae, globosae, tenuiter 



stipitatae. PistiUum glubrum. Fructns globosus 1-1-3 cm. 

 uiumetro. 



,/^F™ ^^«iCA. Cape Province : King WiUiumstown Division ; 

 W olf Eiver Forests, Keet 1432. 



XXVIIl.-THE ARBORETUM AT TORTWORTH. 



W. J. Bean. 



Court tt £ "" °^. rees growing in tbe grounds of Tortworth 

 those 'iAte^n'-°V^'' ^'^'^ "^ ^^'^^«' ^'^^ l^^g ^«-n known to 

 It has seTeroT ? ' ""\ "'i'^' "^-^^^ ^^««* ^^ f^^« British Isles. 

 ^^^t^t^^:^^:^:^;^^^ -e admirably 



.pecies are ^^ere represent by l^^tl^Sn^^ SS^ 



Iso an interesting: 



personal fiofnr ir. +1.^ ir 1- , .^"^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ interesting 



1 01 Ducie, who has been an assiiluous planter for 



