DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



these proved to be the block from which Hooker's old sections 

 had been cut, and it bore an old label, much broken, on which 

 the word " Greensand " is .clearly to be seen, with a date, partly 

 obliterated, but suggestive of 1856. In much more recent 

 writing the words " from Kew, 1881 " can be seen. 



Both these blocks were cut, and a number of sections showed 

 beautifully preserved tissues. I have named the species after 

 Mr. W. N. Edwards in recognition of the trouble he took to 

 obtain the pieces and all information possible about the 

 specimen. 



When tike radial longitudinal sections were examined, the 

 transverse and the longitudinal sections through the wood 





's* 



B 



KifV. 



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pm. b x, y, r, y f x 3 y 3 u > *;> 



Text-fig. 101. Ccfywifotes Edu'di-dai, t-p. rvov. Diagram showing the 

 arrangement, of the stem-Anatomy, in A, transverse, B, radial longi- 

 tudinal section, p., pith ; pm., perimedullary xylem zone; 6., bays of 

 first, vertically running, secondary xylem ; o^, .r 2 , etc.. /x>nes of hori- 

 zontally running secondary xylem cut in transverse section in the 

 radial, and in radial section in the transverse section of the trunk ; y^y v 

 etc., longitudinally running secondary xylem, cut in transverse section 

 in transverse and radial section in radial longitudinal section of the 

 trunk. 



seemed to be identical, both showing several series of trans- 

 versely cut series of secondary wood-elements. As this seemed 

 incredible, I carefully oriented and marked another portion of 

 the trunk to be cut again, and Mr. Joseph Lorn ax deserves much 



