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soap, the preparation of oil varnishes, paints, and linoleum and 
tor other similar purposes to which oils of this class are applied 
industrially.’’ Further, the value (1906) for nuts in Europe is 
given at £12 to £13 per ton, and of the oil (1911) at £28 to 
£30 per ton, with the residual cake at £1 10s. to £2 per ton— 
‘* Agricultural News,’’ Barbados, . 6, 1906—showiag 
‘Moisture, 8-23; Albuminoids, 8°04; Oil, 59-93; Fibre, 2°62; 
ae 3:56; Carbohydrates (by difference) including pectous 
odies.”’ 
The nuts have been submitted to Kew for identification under 
the names ‘‘ Mireken Nut’’ and ‘*’ iri : 
more general one of ‘“‘ Candle Nut.’’ In Ceylon they are known 
as “* Kekuna,’’ and an important paper entitled ‘‘ Candle Nut 
(Kekuna) Oil as an Industry’’ is published in the ‘ Tropical 
Agriculturist,’’ vol. xlviii., May, 1917, pp. 300-302, urging its 
cultivation which, as the tree grows so freely, should not be 
attended with any difficulty. Planting 25 to 30 ft. apart in 
protected situations up to 2600 ft. above sea-level is recom- 
mended, and the tree is said to bear at the end of the second 
year. o's. H. 
Strychnos Nux-vomica in Cochin-China.—In A.B. 1917, 
pp. 184, 185, some evidence is given as to the occurence of this 
species in Cochin-China in the wild state. Since the account 
was written a letter and a packet of undoubted Nuw«-vomica seeds 
have been received from the Director, Agricultural and Com- 
mercial Services, Cochin-China, with the information that the 
seeds were obtained from trees growing wild in the country. 
.B.M.’s Consul, Saigon, also sends the following information 
about S. Nu«-vomica in Cochin-China which he has received from 
Monsieur Morange, Director of the Agricultural and Commer- 
cial Services of Cochin-China, and also a sample of the seeds 
obtained from a Chinese exporter. 
The tree exists in the Eastern provinces of Cochin-China, 
principally in the forests of Baria. The seeds are bought by 
Chinese from the savage tribes known as Mois, who collect them 
in the forest; the Chinese then export them to China or sell them 
again to firms exporting to Europe, The time of fruiting is in 
November and December. M. Morange considers that the tree 
is certainly indigenous in Cochin-China, and was not introduced 
by early traders. 
Strychnos psilosperma.—We have received from Mr. J. H. 
Meas. YRS. Botanic Gardens, Sydney, an excellent set of 
specimens of this Australian Strychnos, showing both the adult 
and juvenile states, collected by Dr. T. L. Bancroft, in the 
