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wood, native of the Eastern Himalaya. He says that it is a 
je S. E. Peal as sayin 
that it grows to an immense size in Assam, 60-70 ft. to the 
first branch, and up to 20 ft. in girth, the wood being used for 
tea boxes. 
Garrya elliptica, Douglas. —Silk-tassel-tree, Quinine-tree. 
This Western N. American shrub or small tree is grown in 
the British Isles for the sake of its evergreen leaves and long, 
pendent catkins of yellowish-green flowers which develop during» 
winter, he wood has little value, although Britton, ‘‘ North 
American Trees,” p. 736, says that it is sometimes used for 
faney cabinet work, and adds that it is hard, close-grained, 
greyish-brown, and polishes well but checks badly. It is found 
from Monterey northwards to the Columbia River, as a shrub or 
small tree up to 20 ft. high. 
Aucuba himalaica, Hooker, and A. japonica, Thunberg. 
Although the former species sometimes grows to the dimen- 
sions of a small tree in the Himalaya, both are better known 
as large evergreen bushes. The wood -is sometimes 6-9 in. in 
diameter, and its chief use appears to be firewood. In Museum 
No. I at Kew, tooth-picks are to be seen made from the wood 
of A. japonica. 
Corokia buddleoides, A. Cunningham. 
Of the several species of Corokia this is probably the most 
vigorous. It is a native of New Zealand, where it forms an 
evergreen, yellow-flowered shrub or tree 10-14 ft. high. The 
wood does not appear to possess any special value although it 
is hard, close-grained and of good appearance. 
XIX.—NOTES ON AFRICAN COMPOSITAE : I. 
J. Hurcuinson. 
Schistostephium, Less. 
Three species of this genus, Schistostephium. hippiaefolium 
(DC.), S. heptalobum, Oliv. & Hiern, and S. grisewm (Harv.) 
Pointed out they all differ from Tanacetum proper in having 
4-lobed and not 5-lobed corollas in the hermaphrodite flowers, 
and they agree in every respect, except a trivial distinction in 
the Sexes, with the genus Schistoste hium, Less. _As_thus 
limited Tanacetum is entirely boreal, and Schistostephium South 
and South-tropical African in. distribution. The latter genus is 
represented in Harvey & Sonder’s Flora Capensis, vol. iil. p. 168, 
Y three species, S. flabelliforme, Less., S$. rotundifolium, Fenzl, 
and §, crataegifolium, Fenzl. To these are now added the three 
nae 
* Benth. et Hook, f. Gen. Pl. ii, 432. 
