43 



«rJ£}?Y lt ? nd al f f irtl y in fracture this species is most nearly 

 « of W £ i conc ! Mtum ^ch. and Fosl. from the Pacific coast 



- annro?^ „ Amen f ■ - T 7 h * conceptacles of sporangia however 

 approach those of L. haptericolum, from New Zealand, and 



« ™7J1l lm ' F0Sl * ! r T Japan - If onl y a cursoi T examination be 

 « wfn ;^ c 7 + 9fP tacl f s °* sporangia may easily be confounded 

 witli those of the cystocarps." 



Mel 



Heydr., Lith. Mus. Paris, 1901, p. 542 



Foslie though previously regarding this plant as a form of 

 ^. lichenoides, Heydr. states in a letter that he now considers it 

 a separate species as remarked -in < Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic 

 ^orallinae' now in the press." 



Distribution. New Zealand. 



Cheilosporium Wardii, De Toni, Syll. Alg. vol. iv., p. 

 Amph,roa Wardii, Harv., Ner. Austral, p. 99, tab. 38. 



Distribution. Australia. 



Corallina armata, Harv., Ner. Austral, p. 103, tab. 40, fig. 1-7. 



Distribution. New Zealand. 



Corallina Cuvieri, Lamour., Pol. flex. p. 286; Harv. Ner. Austral 

 P- 10b. Jama grant/era, Decne. J. subulata, Sow. 



Distribution. S. Australia, New Zealand. 



IX.-THE WESTERN CATALPA. 



{Catalpa cordifolia, Jaume [(7. speciosa, Warder.]) 



W. J. Bean. 



A number of enquiries have recently been addressed to Kew as 

 to the likelihood of this tree proving of value in the British Isles 

 lor the production of timber. Some of these enquiries probably 

 had their origin in statements that have appeared in the daily 

 press describing the wonderfully durable qualities of the timber of 

 this tree. But one correspondent says : M I was told by the chief 

 ^ engineer of 3,000 miles of railroad in the Southern States of 

 46 U.S.A. that the railway companies were now planting large areas 

 * to supply them with sleepers, and that he had known this timber 

 " to stand 30 years in situations where i White Oak ' rotted in 6 

 " or 7 years." 



The wood of Catalpa cordifolia undoubtedly possesses a 



remarkable quality of resisting decay in moist places or in contact 

 with the soil. Numerous instances of this are recorded by 

 American authorities. In Sargent's Silva of North America, vol. 

 vi., p. 90, the following statement occurs : " The trunks of the 

 " Catalpa trees killed by the sinking and subsequent submersion of 

 M a large tract of land near New Madrid, Missouri, which followed 

 u the earthquake of August, 1811, were standing and perfectly sound 



