205 
Native name, ‘‘Matuu undaby.” This palm appears to be very 
ed ae the natives do not use the oil, as it is said to be a 
“* feti 
as * Jaa Mbana ”’ in Old Calabar, ii ae or ‘* Klude ”’ of 
cens var. Poissonii, A. Chev. E. Poisso nit, Ann ei. P rom a 
sowing made by Dr. Gruner (Togoland) in 1905 of 61 seeds of 
“* Klude,’’ 51 palms were raised which bore ‘‘ Klude’’ fruits and 
10 palms which bore fruits of ‘‘ Dento’’ or he ordinary variety. 
It may be early to generalise or to draw any conclusions as to 
the prospects under cultivation. Everything, however, at the 
moment, tends to the advisability that not only experiments in 
pollination and development of particular varieties on the lines 
indicated, but that selection on lines similar to those recommended 
for the “ Coco- nut ’’ (see A.B. 1915, pp. 72-76) should also be 
advanced in every possible way. If either of these palms could 
be raised from suckers in the same way as the ‘‘ Date Palm”? there 
would be quite a different story to tell in the fixing of varieties 
and no shadow of disappointment when the time came to gather 
the crops. 
XXIX.—DECADES KEWENSES f 
Priantarum Novarum in Hersario Horti Regit ConSERVATARUM. 
Spgs XCVIII. 
minus profunde lobatis interdum indivisis elliptico-oblongis 
crenato-serratis vel lobulatis, floribus et fructibus multo majori-. 
bus, calycis tubo more generis. 
Frutex vel arbor 3-8 m. alta. Rami patentes, leviter pen- 
aa infimi prope terram orti, purpureo- vel brunneo-fusci, nrg 
ellos araneoso-villosos glabri vel glabrescentes; gem 
paren ovatae, acutae, sparse lanuginosae. Yolia decidua, we 
8 cm. longa, pratiingds lobata, ambitu ovata vel evatoneliptica, 
crenato-serrata, rarius indivisa et tune elliptico-oblonga, 
attenuata, supra viridia, subtus pallidiora, ad nervos pabetente. 
caeterum glabrescentia ; petioli supra leviter canaliculati, 
1 gi, araneoso-villosi. Flores in  fasciculis vel 
corymbis subsessilibus 3-6-floris. Calycis lobi elongato-triangu- 
lares, acuminati, circiter 4 mm. longi, 1 
breviores, utrinque ut tubus dense tomentosi. Petala late ovalia, 
obtusa, parce subcrenulata, breviter unguiculata, 0-9-1 cm. longa, 
* “ Agode” “Klude” was attributed in Kew Bulletin, 21’ p- 288, o 
var. idolatrica. ee because it ha described as the “ Sacred Palm 
Togoland (K. B. 1909, p. 43); bat In view of Mr, Wright’s note Wnt B. 1919, 
p- 238) there seems to ie more than one “ fetish ” palm in Wes 
