TEINIDAD. 



ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS. 



BULLETIN 



OF 



No. 8. OCTOBER, 1896. Vol. 11. 



CONTENTS. 



199 — Loranthacese- 



200.— The "Gru-Gru" Palm. (Acrocomia.) 

 201,— The "Timite" Palm. {Manicaria,) 

 202.— The "Date" Palm. (Phcenix.) 

 203.— The "Betel Nut" Palm. Ureca.) 

 204.— "Yams." (Dioscorea.) 

 205.— Report on Sacoglottis. 

 206.— Natural History Notes. 



No. 33,— "Wood Destruction in Trinidad. 

 207.— The "Avocado" Pear. {Per.^ea.) 

 208.— The "Fustic" Tree. (Madura.) 

 209.— "Guinea Grass." (Pankum,) 

 ■ 210.— Trinidad Orchids. (" Gonyoras.") 

 211.— "Arrowing" of Sugar Cane. {Extract.) 

 212.— Botanical Notes. 



No. 9.— Mechanical action and irritabiUty 

 in the Flowers of Catasetum tridtnta- 

 turn, Hook: 

 213.— Circular Notes. 



No. 31. 

 214.— Improvement of the Sugar Cane. 



Edited by the Superintendent Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 J. H. HART, F.L.S. 



TRINIDAD : 

 PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, PORT-GF-SPAIN. 



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