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Rubus Veitchii, Rolfe in K.B. 1909, p. 258. 
Of all the newer Rubi introduced from China, this will, I think, 
prove to be the most attractive. It is a bush of neat habit, with 
an 
prickles like the stems. The flowers are produced a few together 
in terminal flattish panicles, the calyx densely pubescent, the petals 
ppl Fruit of medium size, black covered with a purplish 
bloom. 
This striking plant was discovered by Wilson in the Min Valley, 
It flowered with Messrs. Veitch in 1908, The Kew plants were 
raised from seeds sent by Harvard University in 1908. 
Its purple stems and especially its handsomely divided leaves 
. 
ought to make the species popular in gardens. 
VIII—TREES OF THE NORTH-EASTERN TRANSVAAL. 
; GAT. 
(Conservator of Forests.) 
Notes on the Tree Vegetation seen between Pietersburg and 
Messina, and between Louis Trichardt and Shewass in North- 
Eastern Transvaal, September 13th—30th, 1908. 
The following notes and photographs by Mr. C. E. Legat have 
been sent to Kew by Mr. J. Burtt Davy, Botanist to the Transvaal 
Government. The route traversed by Mr. Legat was through a 
district situated in the extreme north-east of the colony, a region in 
which very little botanical collecting has been done. 
€ specimens gathered on the journey were, unfortunately, 
in many cases not sufficiently complete for a critical determination of 
the species, but better material could scarcely have been obtained 
owing to the unfavourable time of the year at which the visit was 
made. 
The Transvaal Department of Agriculture published in 1907 a 
list of the native trees of the colony compiled by Mr. Burtt Davy, 
and the same author subsequently added a list of addenda in the 
Kew Bull., 1908, pp. 145-175. The species recorded by Mr. Legat 
which are not included in those two lists are indicated by an asterisk. 
Where a name in the notes is followed by a number in brackets, the 
species in question has been collected by Mr. Legat and identified at 
Kew; the numbers are those of the Herbarium of the Transvaal 
Department of Agriculture. In all other cases, except where 
otherwise noted, Mr. Legat is responsible for the accuracy of the 
names, 
