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to its use for spokes and felloes he adds that it is more constantly 
in demand than any other kind. Specimens of the wood, with 
e 
Museum No. I at Kew, and in Museum No. III there is a 
plank 18} in. wide. 
are usually broadly oval, thick in texture, yellowish-green in 
colour, and 2-3 i 
Zealand,’’ pp. 
69-70, says that the timber is very durable and of considerable 
value notwithstanding its small dimensions, for it is rarely 
obtained in greater lengths than 12 ft., on account of the crooked 
character of the trunk. It is dense, firm, compact, slightly 
brittle although of great strength, reddish in colour, shrinks 
very little in drying and is used for house-blocks, fencing-posts, 
sleepers, boat and ship timber, and other purposes. ¢ is some- 
times used for inlaying but is not in demand for cabinet-work. 
In the warmer parts of the British Isles it forms a fine bush 
12-20 ft. or more high and reproduces itself from seed. 
G. lucida, /orster.—Puka. ‘ 
This is of smaller dimensions than the last-named for, in 
New Zealand, according to the conditions under which it 1s 
rowing, it reaches maturity at heights varying from 3-30 spe 
the trunk diameter of the best examples being rarely more than 
12 in. In its native country it is both epiphytal and terrestrial 
in its habits; some plants begin life as epiphytes, and after 
sending roots down from their support to the soil, continue and 
end their life as terrestrials. Its leaves are oval or ellip- 
Nyssa sylvatica, Marshall._Tupelo, Tupelo gum, Sour gum, 
Black gum, Yellow gum, Pepperidge, Stinkwood, Hazel pine, 
Bay poplar. 
This is an important North American tree distributed over a 
wide range of country from 8. Canada to Florida and Texas 
It usually occupies wet or moist land, often growing in swamps 
and marshes with Liquidambar styracifiua. Under favourable 
conditions it averages 60-65 ft. in height, with a trunk 
diameter of 2131 ft., but is sometimes upwards of 100 ft. high. 
le leaves are deciduous, oval, 3-4 in. long, glossy, and become 
brilliantly coloured in autumn. The wood is light, soft but tough, 
