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(p. 199) had been neither described nor identified. The specimen 
at Kew shows that this is not a moss, but the almost cosmo- 
politan hepatic, Herberta juniperina, Spruce, in Trans. Bot. 
Soc. Edinb., xv., p. 342 (1885); Jungermannia juniperina, Sw. 
Fl. Ind. Occ., p. 1855 (1806); Schisma juniperinum, Dmrt. 
Comm. Bot., p. 114 (1822); Sendtnera juniperina, Nees in Gott., 
Lindenb. et Nees, Syn. Hepat., p. 239 (1844). 
The locality given on Rehmann’s label is: ‘‘ Transvaalia; in 
silvis primaevis mont. Lechlaba in latere meridionali in summi 
montis Snellskop ad arborum truncos.”’ C. H. Ww. 
Candle Nut.or Indian Walnut (Aleurites triloba, Forst.).—\ 
tree 40 to 60 ft. high; native of Polynesia and Malaya, distri- 
buted by cultivation to India, Burma, Ceylon, Hongkong, 
Mauritius, West Indies, East Africa (specimens of nuts sent to 
Kew from Blantyre) etc. 
Allied species A. cordata, R. Br., A. Fordii, Hemsl., and st. 
trisperma, Blanco, have been dealt with in previous issues ot 
ae Bulletin (see ‘‘ Chinese Wood Oil,’’ 1906, pp. 117-119, pp. 
Wood 
previously been given a place in the Bulletin, except for 
(1887; Sept., p. 7), where it is stated “this plant is widely 
distributed in tropical countries. The seeds contain a large 
stuck upon a stick, are used as candles in the Polynesian 
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Islands. 
from Hongkong and Mauritius to the Imperial Institute. The 
oil, however, is of growing importance because of the industrial 
. a ( rties, typi ied 
by linseed oil, and recommends it ‘‘ for the manufacture of soit 
