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LAURACEAE. 



Cryptocarya (Siebertiana, Engl. ?).— A common tree of the mist- 

 belt forests, which I have not yet been able to collect either in 

 flower or fruit, is evidently a Cryptocarya. It does not match 

 any South African material at Kew, but the foliage is very like 



no-°f Buchwald < lo7 and 492 from Usambara, labelled 

 0. Siebertiana, Engl., at Kew. Until flowers and fruits of our 

 tree have been compared with the type at Berlin, it will be best 

 to retain this as a tentative name. I have collected it as follows :— 

 Patatabosch, near stream, 4,750 ft, alt., Jan. 5, 1906, Davy, 5094 

 and o0%, approach closely to Buchwald's specimens ; Hout- 

 boschberg forests, 4,000-5,500 ft. alt., June 11, 1905, Davy, 5209 ; 

 Lydenburg District Van der Merwe bush, 5,400-5,750 ft. alt., 

 Jan. 30, 1906, Davy, 5210. 



LEGUMINOSAE. 



Acacia arabica var. Kraussiana, Smth.— Macaliesberg, Burh'. 

 270 ; Wonderboom farm, near Pretoria, Davy ; Potgieter, Leyds- 

 ^Sk??-! 8 ??\ D ? mj ' A PP^ently not common/though 



rnlll nbUte «' > ields ^ um - The ^P^al form of .4. arabica 

 appears to be eonhned to north and tropical Africa. 



PibS^l a ^ aX f Ca ? tha ' A f ^-Borders of forests, Haenertsburg, 

 AfrW^fw -\ £ My s P ecime ns agree well with tropical 

 fnrt Zft I t ? ei " e , are no other Transvaal specimens at Kew, 



Africa PPearS the firSt reC0,d 0f it8 occurrence in South 



of A mv ul^ B v d \' " i a PJ^-<loorn " (No. 120, species « E " 

 ftvS f2T Ma 9^:'^ Burke, 126; "tree fls. Oct and Dec." 

 andpit^Pr A ron' ^\° ; Sava nnah country near Nylstroom 

 1 finf t fe ^ MO f?"f 'T ft * U '\ D<U, y ; Maligna hills, Zambesia, 



natiVesfor wLV. U ^ ; » 0od not hard > h ^ tenacious, used by 

 natives for hoe handles, & c .'\ Afeller, 9, in herb. Kew. 



ttl^J^ w^T*^^**^* Streydpoort, Rehmann, 



XuLEt&ttk ^wboompoort, Rehmann, 4603 ^Houtbosch, 



5 S d L t ft ^^ Q ueen ' 8 BiWi Valley, alt. 



herb &«£ tc^a P 89 ; "• tree n 1; ' ) *•" ***•> M6 ; a11 in 



are also at W « ■ ' Pr ? ona » ^^ in herb. Kew. There 

 land ClamSl LnT'Trif fr ° m Xatal ' Kaffraria I «ross Nama- 

 " bush seldom Ihl ; K^J Herer °l a nd ; N'Gamiland (Kwebe, 



local name ^Whi to T? ' *"? fc ^ White > baik of branches white ' 

 " BufTeTdoorn Acacia^T' J2FT*> 93 ; Tamalakane River, 

 abundant species on ' vi-' McG ^ 29). One of the most 

 middle veld oftenfl PJ - eS and talus slo P es ^ the western 



becoming a large re e T T- g When ""^^ » buah ' retimes 

 specimens belonL to th;* a 8 uncerta in whether all the Zurich 

 been treated as one P6CieS ' &S * and A - enadenia have there 



Acacia Catechu Wilhi a t 

 a handsome and strikin ;7,. £ est B P ecies of Acacia, forming 



middle veld between o cw? 0I i the river bank s of the eastern 

 common between Th«wA. ^1 2 ' 500 ft - *& Thabina River, 



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