May I, 1883.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST 919 



Packets of seeds have to be acknowledged from the Botanic establishments at Kew, Dublin, 

 St. Petersburg, Calcutta, Saharunpore, Ootacamund, Singapore, Hongkong, Buitenzorg, Jamaica, 

 and Demerara. 



Seeds, &c., have been forwarded to the Government gardens at Kew, Dublin, Calcutta, 

 Saharunpore, Ootacamund, Singapore, Buitenzorg, Hongkong, Brisbane, Jamaica, and Demerara ; 

 to the Koyal Botanic Society of London, the Horticultural School of Belgium, and the Agri-Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Madras ; to the Colonial Secretary of Western Australia ; to the Secretary 

 to the Bombay Government, and to the Conservators of Forests, Madras and Assam ; also to Messrs. 

 Bull and Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, and to Mr. Roberts, of Melbourne. 



Plants and seeds have been delivered gratis to the Government Agents at Kandy, Eatna- 

 pura, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Vavuiiiyan-Vihinkulam, Jaffna and Mullaittfvu ; to the Pohce 

 Barracks, Kandy, and to the Municipality of Colombo. 



For gifts of seeds or plants to the gardens during the year, I have to thank the following : — 

 Sir H, Lefroy, K.C.M.G., &c. ; H. Low, C.M.G. (Perak); Hon. M. Lister (Sunjei Ujong) ; T. 

 Christy (London) ; L. B. von Donop (N. Borneo) ; Mr. H. Starling (Bombay); Sir F. von Mueller, 

 K.C.M.G. (Melbourne); Mr. Cresswell (Sydney) ; and M. J. de Cock (Ghent) ; and in the Colony, 

 His Excellency the Governor, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Harvey, Messrs. Auwardt, Capt. 

 Bayley, A. B. Braine, L. Brown, W. J. Cotton, E. E. Falls, W. Ferguson, F.L.S., A. H. 

 Macartney, T. H. Moorhouse, H. Nevill, C.C.8., J. C. Roberts, W. G. Sandison, H. S. Saunders, 

 F. S. Stephens, C. E. Welldon, J. Westland, W. H. Wright, and the Ceylon Company, Limited. 



III. — Additions to the Collections. 

 The following are the more interesting exotic plants added during the year. I was able 

 during my leave in England to visit the Royal Gardens at Kew, and with the kind assistance of Sir 

 Joseph Hooker, to make a selection from their duplicates of both tropical and temperate species 

 suitable for the gardens here. Many desiderata have been thus supplied, 



1. P^RADENIYA AND HeNARATGODA GaEDENS. 



DICOTYLEDONS. 

 fVorinia Burbidgei, Hk. f. N. Borneo. Figureii in Bot. Mag. 653L (Kew.) 



Canella alba, Murr. The "wild cinnamon" of the West Indies : the bark long used in medicine. (Kew.) 

 Pittosporum nielanospcrmnm, F. M. Queensland, (von Mueller.) 

 Garcinia {Xa)ithochi/nms) dulcis, (Roxb.) Moluccas. (Singapore.) 

 ilalvaviscus mnltiftorus, Spacli [Pavo/iia, .Juss.) Brazil. (Kew.) 



Sterculia acerifolia, A. Cunn. The "Flame-tree" of N. S. Wales ; very ornamental. (Roberts, 

 Melbourne.) 



diversifoiia, G. Don (Brachychiton popidneum). One of th« "Bottle Trees." N. S. 



Wales. (Id.) 



ramiflora, Beuth. N. Australia. (Id.) 



trifi'da, (Id.) 



sp. (Saharunpore.) 



sp. " Macoque." (Kew.) 



Metochia velutina, Beiid. (Vise7na, Yoight.) India. (Madr.is.) 



Elceocarptis ( Motiocera) lanceolata, Hassk. Java. (Buitenzorg.) 



Giiaiacum officinale, L. The wood "Lignum Vitm"is remarkably hard and tough, and yields a 



peculiar stimulant resin used in medicine. W. Indies. (Jamaica.) 

 Miirraya, sp. (Roberts, Melbourne.) 

 Ailanlus mohiccana, DC. Moluccas. (Buitenzorg.) 

 Flindcrsin australis, E. Br. Queensland. (Brisbane.) 



Carupa ffuianensis, Aubl. Trop. America and W. Trop. Africa. (Brit. Guiana, 1881.) 

 Ilex paraguaijcnsis, St. Hil. The "Yerba" of Paraguay. Leaves afford " Mate" or Paraguay Tea, 



the favourite drink of the Spanish Americans. (Madras and Kew.) 

 Enonymus sp. nov. Affords Ihe " Paich'ha" ( = White Tea) wood in which the well-known Ningpo 



carvings are wrought. (See Kew Report, 1878, p. 4L) (Hongkoug.) 

 Catha editlis, Forsk. "Arabian Tea." Native of Abyssinia, much cultivated, like coffee, in Arabia: 



the leaves and twigs, called " Kat," are made into a stimulant drink and also chewed. (Kew.) 

 Cissus porphyrophyllus, Hort. Very ornamental foliage. (Kew.) 

 Paullinia caracasana, Jacq. Trop. S. America. (Kew.) 

 Crotalaria, sp, nor. Australia, (von Mueller.) 

 Sophora, sp. Trinidad. (Buitenzorg.) 



