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Ulmus crassifolia, Nwtt.—Cedar Elm 
This species is referred to as cedar elm in several American 
publications. It is found in Arkansas, Texas, Mexico and other 
places as a small tree 30 to 40 feet high with a trunk 2 to 3 feet in 
diameter. The wood is described as reddish-brown, rather weak 
and used locally for furniture and hubs. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE, 
Cunonia capensis, .—Red Cedar, Cape Red Cedar, Red Alder, 
Red Els. 
This South African tree is fa ibed by Stone in “The ea Be 
Commerce,” pp. 109-110, as red cedar, but Sim, in “ The For 
and Forest Flora of Cape “Colony,” p. 217, SES atte apparently 
more familiar Cape names of red alder and red els. the 
species as a small ites tree growing up to 50 ‘feet high with 
a short bole sometimes 3 to 4 feet in diameter. It appears to 
attain cr largest proportions in Kaffraria, where it is found at 
altitudes varying from 2000 to 5000 feet, rarely within 40 miles 
of the sea. In Pondoland, where it approaches within a few miles 
of the sea, it is said to occur as a stunted specimen. It occupies 
open country rather than dense forest and is reputed to be a go 
fire resister. The wood is red in colour and has been compared to 
boxwood in hardness; it takes a good polish and is suitable for fur- 
niture, spokes and turnery. The South African Forest fii eos 
encourages the planting of this tree. 
STERCULIACEAE. 
Guazuma tomentosa, 7.2. os Bastard Cedar. 
In the Index to the common names of plants described in 
“Griesbach’s Flora of ha British West Indies,” this tree is 
referred to as bas tard cedar. _ Usually met with from 15 to 20 feet 
introduced tree in India, Java, &c. Gamble, in “A Manual of 
Indian Timbers,” says that the wood is used for panels of coaches, 
furniture and packing cases. 
Protium altissimum, March.—Red Cedar, White Cedar, Cedar. 
his tree is a native of Beitich and French Guiana, and Aublet in 
‘‘ Historie des Plantes de la Guiane Francois,” i, pp. 342-343 
describes it under the name of Icica altissimum, saying that it bie 
about 60 feet high with a trunk 3 to 4 feet in diameter. Acco 
to Batterden, “Timber,” p. 129, the wood is obtainable in ioe 
lengths up to 2 feet square. It is "reddish in colour and is used for 
cabinet making and other purposes. Aublet refers to it as red and 
white cedar, and Batterden says that the wood is reddish-brown but 
that there is a variety known as white cedar. 
SuURINACEAE. 
Suriana maritima, L.— Bay Cedar. 
A description of this rails tree may be found in Britton’s “ North 
American Trees,” p. 589, where it is described as growing between | 
