4 

 Table II. 



Percentage of Germination of Seeds from Tapped Trees coated with 

 Bees Wax and Paraffin. 



* Untreated seeds from tapped trees (see Expt. I.) 



In no case was there apparent a large falling off in germin- 

 ating power from the third to the tenth week. 



It is hoped to repeat both experiments in 1912. 



GOGO VINE 



iSntada seandens, Bcnth). 



In the "Board of Trade Journal," September 14th last, reference is 

 made to samples of "soap bark," the prepared bark of the Gogo 

 Vine recently received from H. M. Consul at Manila, with the in- 

 formation that the material is suitable for the manufacture of soap 

 and hair-washes. 



From small specimens of the stem and prepared bark obtained 

 from the Board of Trade, it has been possible to determine the 

 material as the produce of Entada seandens. This is an immense 

 climber cosmopolitan in the tropics, and may be readily recognised 

 by its spirally twisted stems and huge pods which are from two to- 

 four feet long, containing hard polished fl.t circular seeds of a chest- 

 nut colour. So long ago as May, 1855, the late Mr. T. C. Archer 

 presented to the Museum a siniilarly prepared sample of the bark 

 under the same vernacular name, with a note to the effect that it 

 contains saponaceous properties, forms a lather with water, and is 

 much used by Manila ladies ior cleaning the hair. The following 

 particulars as to the mode of preparing the bark and its local appli- 

 ations are gathered from "The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines," 



