250 LT.-COL. D. PRAIN ON THE MANSONIEA, 
PLATE 8. 
Vegetation on Gough Island, showing Adiantum ethiopicum, Lomaria alpina, 
Acrostichum conforme, Polypodium aquilinum, and Scirpus sp. 
(From a photograph by W. S. Bruce.) 
Parte 9. 
CorUurLA aovanExsis, R. N. Rudmose Brown. 
Plant, natural size. 
Fig. 1. Apex of leaf. x 2. 
2. Inflorescence. x 3. 
3. Inflorescence with bract. 
4. Vertical section of inflorescence. x 6. 
5. Outer 9 flower with no corolla. x 10. 
6. Dise-flower with corolla. x 10. 
7. Stamens of disc-flower. x 12. 
8. Disc-flower with corolla and stamens removed. x 10. 
9. Enlarged stigma. Xx 15. 
Mansoniee, a new Tribe of the Natural Order Sterculiacew. 
By Lt.-Col. D. Peats, I.M.S., F.R.S., F.L.S. 
[Read 6th April, 1905.] 
(Prate 10.) 
Mr. F. B. Manson, of the Indian Forest Department, has of 
late assisted the Botanieal Survey of India by the communication 
of material from the rich forests of Tenasserim. Among speci- 
mens sent by him to the Calcutta Herbarium are examples of a 
species that is of interest, in a variety of ways, alike to forestry 
and to botany. 
The immediate occasion of the communication of these speci- 
mens has been an enquiry into the source of Kalamet, which has 
long been known as a scented wood held in considerable 
estimation by the Burmese. Except that it appears to be 
employed as a cosmetic by Burmese ladies, the uses to which 
Kalamet is put are not fully known ; even as regards its use as 
a cosmetic details are wanting as to its preparation. There is, 
however, a considerable demand for the wood and its retail 
value varies, in Rangoon, from 12 annas to 3 rupees (=one to 
four shillings) per viss (= 3:0857 lbs.), apparently according to 
the abundance or scarcity of supplies. It is exported from 
Mergui pretty regularly, and the following table, furnished by 
Mr. Manson, exhibits the quantity and value of the exporis from 
1887-8 to 1902-3. 
