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Leaves and flowering branches rs all three forms have been 
submitted to Kew by Mr. J. Jones, Curator, Botanic Garden, 
by which they can be didn guished, but the principal difference 
¢ leaves, that of the 
: Bois d’Inde Citronelle ”’ being citron-scented, while the others 
laboratory, but no conspicuous differences have been observed. 
Mr. Jones remarks that the varieties have been cultivated in 
the Botanic Gardens for fifteen years, and that they were 
é cymes 
larger than those of Bois d’Inde Anise and several times larger 
than — produced by the true Bois d’Inde. 
Fru 
stated hee the eer have not Sa . fruit. Any siterbaoes 
ere, however, if they exist, would be of no practical value as 
a as in —- ‘the leaves store the fruits are develo ped. 
elie fi 
merce are mixtures of leaves of several different species 
In the event of the plant eae brought under cultivation, as 
has been suggested, owing to the inaccessibility or destruction 
that the plants selected had been derived from a pure stock of 
true Pimenta acris, Kostel. At present the leaves are collected 
from the wild plants in several islands, including Dominica, 
Porto oe Montserrat, St. John’s, the Virgin Islands and other 
localitie 
i he oil be interesting if, as suggested by Mr. Jones, accura 
observations were made on these points 1m all os Stands in 
which Pimenta acris is native, and in which bay oil is manu- 
factured, with a view to clearing up these ing atientene 
questions. 
This case of varietal forms of Pimenta acris affords a parallel 
to those of Camphor, Cinnamomum camphora, and Chicle Gum, 
— Sapota (See Repo ort on Agric. Dept. Dominica, 1914-15, 
p- 11) f both these plants more than one form i own 
exist and the present ference affords yet Guraliee example of the 
making sure of the value of any particular 
strain or physiological form of an soon plant before estab- 
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