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F(jr thia purposc the flrst thing we needed was a Lin- 

 nean description of the wood of Aptiana in order to compare 

 it with the several summarizing descriptions of the wood 

 of whole families, already published in our „Milcrographie 

 des Holzes". Having done this we found that our fîrst 

 impression had been correct and that Aptiana was no 

 doubt a plant belonging to the family of the Ternstroe- 

 miaceae, very nearly allied to the genus Eiirya, if not 

 belonging to it indeed. 



In order to give the reader the means of judging for 

 himself, we will now go somewhat more in détail, first 

 giving the Linnean description of Aptiana, mentioned above, 

 then a translation of our description of aspecies of 7i'«r^(/, 

 .given in the „Mikographie des Holzes", and ending with 

 a discussion of the results obtained. 



The Linnean description of the wood of Aptiana now 

 following was of course abstracted from the paper of 

 Mrs. S top es. The data thus gathered were arranged in 

 the Linnean fashion, according to a form for the descrip- 

 tion of secondary xylem, which we always use as a basis 

 of our description '). As far as possible Mrs. S top es' own 

 words were used and the pages where they are to be found 

 were mentioned. But in some cases, where our interpré- 

 tation disagreed with that of the writer or where characters 

 were described only to be seen in the drawings or photos, 

 this .was of course impossible. Thèse passages were printed 

 in italics and if necessary a footnote explains whyitwas 

 désirable to alter the writer's statement. 



1) This form lias been published with raany others in: „J. W, 

 M oll. Handboek der Botanischc Micrographie". Gronicgen. I'.l07. p. 49. 



