166 



Th 



F. calf r a are 



^^ x^^cpuauieb uxi meruarium material ot typical r. cajjra are 



larger and less depressed-globose than those on our sheets of the 



, — „ „ __ , 



vith which to make a fair com- 



forms a tree, whereas 1 do not 



iffra other than as a shrub (often 



parison. The " Wonderboom ' 

 recall having ever found F. c 



with stout stem) climbing up „«, „v^ v , cl u^ i«^o „* - 



outcrops on kopjies. Burke notes, however, on his label on the 

 type of F. caffra from the " Macalisberg," that it is a tree. As 

 there are no Magaliesberg specimens of Burke and Zeyher's 

 collection with leaves as narrow as our herbarium specimens of 



Wonderboom 



i t ca ff ra ma y n °f possibly have come from that tree, or 

 whether the latter is perhaps an undescribed species overlooked 

 by them. It seems strange that, as they collected at the Aapjies 

 Kiver, the Magaliesberg, and the Crocodile River, they should 

 nave neglected to gather specimens of a tree as striking as the 



W onderboom " probably was, even 80 years ago. The resem- 

 Diance to * caffra of Atherstone's specimens of 1873-74 lends some 

 co our to this suggestion, but the point can be settled only by the 

 collection of a good series of fresh material and dissections of the 

 receptacles. I hope to be able to do this next November, that 

 Demg the month of the year when Burke and Zeyher collected 

 * • caffra, and when the receptacles of the " Wonderboom " should 

 be m the same stage of development 



Hutch 



Wonderboom 



ne!r tn % • */ *T\ V' in BoL Jahrh - x - ( 18 86), p. 5.-This is 

 2 n S;5 tr^lyj'hyUa, Fenzl., of N. Africa, and needs careful 



STJ, W1 . th tr °? 1Cal African tQ ™ ™v referred to that 



' « niv y ? e on°A F - dam <*remis is Marloth, 1267 "juxta 



cor tTce .lint °!'k 800 m 7 of which ^ *otes "ad 15 in. alta 

 «fm' ?! 8 escnlentuB." Engler also refers here Schinz, 



ouffinett snli ' h f £> ve not seen En ? ler '« type. It is one of 

 ?"piSTnSSS»f -**?£ and i8 a common tree in the sub- 

 I Ser Ln mJ^f ^U° f the D ™kensberg. I have collected it at 

 ^tSiBtte k } f nd Tzaneen ' Jt ia ^adily known by its 

 i > Wge er a n d , y ed £? 'M? ^ mUch Messed trunk. The fruit 

 unfit for fllri' ^, 0u f h o "dually so full of insects as to be 



(F C. SZm? ^ 1Vie CamP: B I^uwberg, Zoutpansberg 

 Urn Barbertn hni 6 ^ much more coriaceous than those 

 *T^2^S^a55 -*■ my observation *** 



uncertainty as the stTer f™ P °° rt to this s P ecies > but admit * 

 belong to fc B^ffiS are sterile ' U is Possible that they 



ei > ty P lcal material of which does not appear to 



