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erect, woody, smooth or rough, persisting for some time after 

 shedding the seed. Seeds numerous, oval or ovoid, sometimes 

 curved, with 2 wings. Cotyledons two. 



Differs from Callitris in its smaller leaves, arranged in pairs, 

 and (normally) 4 scales to the cone. 



Wood of good quahty, fragrant, easily worked, durable, and 

 useful for similar purposes to that of Pinus Strobus. 



The Widdringtonias can be grown out of doors in the mildest 

 parts of Britain, but have no value for silvicultural purposes. 



Masters, Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx, 205 (1893), and xxxviii, 267 (1905) ; Flora of 

 Trop. Africa, vi, Sect. 2, pt. 2 ; Sim, For. Flora of Cape Colony (1907) and Native 

 Timbers of S. Africa (1921). 



Widdringtonia cupressoides, Endlicher. 

 Sapree-wood. 



Callitris cupressoides, Schrad. Berg Cj'press. 



A shapely shrub 6-12 ft. high, main branches 3-8 in. in 

 diameter. Branchlets compact, erect. Leaves of young plants up 

 to I in. long ; adult leaves small, closely pressed, triangular, 

 blunt. Cones with 4 relatively smooth scales, |-| in. long and 

 wide, 2 of the scales broader than the other pair. 



Distinguished from W. juniperoides by its dwarf habit and 

 smooth scales. 



Native of Table Mountain range and extending east and north 

 to Natal and the Drakensberg. 



The timber is of no commercial importance. 



Widdringtonia dracomontana, Stapf.^ 



A plant aUied to (and by Sim said to be inseparable from) 

 W. cupressoides, from which it differs in its rough cone-scales. 



Found in the Drakensberg range in Natal (Weenen District, 

 and the headquarters of the Bushman's River between Catkin 

 Mountain and Mont aux Sources), forming isolated woods or 

 clumps at high altitudes. 



Economic uses as in PT. juniperoides. 



Widdringtonia equisetiformis, Masters, based on a specimen at 

 Kew (Baur, 1164) from the Katbergen, Stockenstrom, Div. S. Afr., 

 turns out on further investigation to be only a cultivated form 

 of Callitris robusta.^ It was probably introduced at a mission 

 station. 



Widdringtonia juniperoides, Endlicher. 



Clan\villiam Cedar. 



Callitris arborea, Schrad. Cedarboom. 



A widely branched tree 20-60 ft. high. Leaves of juvenile 



1 Keiu Bull. 1918, 206. 



* Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii, 332 (1906). 



