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Epwarp ALEXANDER NEWELL ARBER.—The untimely death at 
Cambridge on June 14th, 1918, of Dr. E. A. Newell Arber, at the 
Hibiscus cannabinus in Nigeria.—This is the most important 
species of Hibiscus grown for the production of fibre on a com- 
mercial scale. It is cultivated in India, the Madras Presidency 
being the centre of the trade; in Java; the Philippines; Persia; 
Nigeria; French Senegal, &. The fibre has been dealt with 
as ‘‘Ambari’’ or ‘* Ambasi,’”? ‘‘Deccan,”’ ‘‘ Indian” o 
‘“‘ Kanaff’’? (Capsian Sea) Hemp, “‘ Hemp-leaved Hibiscus,’ 
“Bastard Jute”? and “Bimlipatam Jute” in Kew Bull. 
Add. Series ii. egetable Fibres,’ 1901, pp. 9-11 and 
Add. Series ix. 1908, pp. 70-71. In the last mentioned issue, 
a”’ or ‘‘Rama ” (Hausa) is attributed only to Hibiscus 
lunariifolius, Willd., but on specimens in the Herbarium 
, 
oe 
atagum it is cultivated near huts for fibre. A specimen 
collected by Higginson, La gives the same native name and 
8, 
a specimen of H. lunariifolius (Foster, Lagos) called ‘“‘ Ramo’ 
or ‘* Yemo i 
per hectare. 
In general the fibre is regarded as an efficient substitute for 
= Jute” (Corchorus capsularis) in the manufacture of cordage, 
sacking or any of the coarser textiles. 
_ The seeds yield an oil to which some attention was drawn in 
* See a note on “the ‘Da Fon’ in U Niger,” 
ted in Th pper Senegal and on the Niger, 
quoted in The Inter. Review of the Seine and Practice of Agriculture, 
, viii. Nov. 1910, p. 69, from Bull. de l’Office Col. Paris, No. 29, 1910. 
