PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 



September 28, 1904. 



Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist, President, in the Chair. 



Eev. E. Goetz, S.J., of Bulawayo, and Mr. E. Oppenheimer, 

 of Kimberley, were nominated as ordinary members by Messrs. 

 J. E. Sutton, and L. Peringuey ; Dr. H. Becker, of Graham stown, 

 by Dr. S. Schonland and L. Peringuey ; Mr. F. Weir by Dr. M. 

 Wilson and Dr. E. Landsberg. 



Dr. E. Marloth read a Note on a new South African Cypress, 

 Callitris schivarzii, Marl. : — 



The two species of Cypress hitherto known from South Africa 

 belong to the genus Widdringtonia, which, however, is now mostly 

 merged into the genus Callitris. Until recently only one other 

 species of Widdingtonia was known, viz., W. Commersoni, from 

 Madagascar, but lately a fourth species has been found by Whyte 

 on the Shire Highlands, called by Sir H. Johnstone the Malanje 

 Cedar. 



The South African species are G. juniperoides, the so-called Cape 

 Cedar, and C. cupressoides, the Sapreehout. The former is a tree 

 from 30 to 40 feet high, and occurs only on the Cedar Mountains, 

 while the latter is only 10-12 or rarely 15 feet high, but is 

 common on all the mountains of the South- Western districts. 

 When recently he heard from Mr. E. Schwarz that he had seen 

 " Sapree " trees in the Baviaanskloof mountains, which were 50-60 

 feet high, he suspected at once that this must be a different species, 

 and applied to the Civil Commissioner at Willowmore, Mr. Hugo, 

 for some ripe cones. Mr. Hugo having gone to the trouble of 

 procuring these for him, he was enabled to ascertain that this tree 

 is quite distinct from the common C. cupressoides. The cones 



