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to burst and curl off in large flakes, as if their veneers of 

 fine satin-wood had warped off the foundation they were 

 laid on. The effect of this magnificent crown of leaves and 

 flowers, perfectly rounded in contour, and fifteen or more 

 feet in diameter, and as many from the ground, contrasted 



time a missionary in Kaffirland sent to Professor Macowan 

 a description of an arborescent Aloe, which was considered 

 distinct from A. Bainesii, and described under the name of 

 A. Barbercp. It has been proved, however, since that 

 time, that the two plants are identical. 



Fig. 24. — Hypericum Kalmianum. — See page 112. 



with the sterile rocks on which it grew, was lovely in the 

 extreme." 



The same traveler found this same species on the op- 

 posite side of Africa — namely, in northern Natal— and he 

 forwarded a living branch of it to Kew, from which a plant 

 now in the Kew collection was obtained. About the same 



The illustration represents three plants which had been 

 brought about twenty-five years ago from the Transkei, in 

 Kaffirland, by Commandant Bowker, and presented to Sir 

 Walter Currie, who at that time was residing in Grahams- 

 town. They are at the present time in magnificent health, 

 the dimensions of the largest being as follows : HeiVht, 



