"E. TROP. AFRTCA. Zanzibar; on the Wanda, neat' Hun-;!. 
Lyne. 
Interesting as the first E; ist African species of the section F>-)i»s>h-, 
of which seven species are known from West Africa. Ir is said m 
be weak and straggling, and to climb upon the dense scrub. The 
flowers are described as purplish at the base, bur losimr their 
colour as they open, the lip being striped with purple and stiffened 
by a convex rib which bears a reflexed tuft of creamy yellow hair- 
one-third of i he way down. The fruit is spirally twisted. Dried 
specimens were sent to Kew by Mr. R. N. Lyne, Director of 
Agriculture, Zanzibar. 
MIL-CHINESE WOOD OIL. 
; Fo,vfii\ Hems!., and other species of . 
Wood Oil has long beei 
i of the most importa 
Mr. W. B. Hemsley 
revision ly him of the imnus Ah>m'ite«, lias led hint to conclude 
that the T'umr Yu of the Chinese— the source of the true Chinese 
wood Oil— is not A. ,;,;-fht<i. Imt a wry distinct species A. FnsJi,. 
Hemsl. It is. however, eonain that .!. ,..,*//". K. Mr., affords a 
similar product. The resume of his results, supplied by Mr. 
Hemslev, which is -iven at the end of this note, will -how hmx 
intricate the- confusion between the various species of Afmnf^ 
has been. Thi> eonfu-ion has been par;l\ the result and parily 
the cause of a confusion that has prevailed with regard to then- 
economic properties. 
In an interesting article on this subject in the Chernist and 
Druggist, Mav .".I.:. VM2. -wiieh N .,-" :. d fr.-ely in this note 
Dr.A Henrv's tt. s th n !e- ha. • h ih>- T _ t u ree wild 
in the moi " ml China at elevations 
of from ;,ih» to ;,.(MH) t..:. whore it attains a height of about 
40 feet. It - 
provinces u. Hunan, Chekiang, and Fukien. 
in Central China it succeeds best in rocky barren spots where 
there is a thin soil and where farming is impossible, cultivated 
trees rarely exceeding 20 feet in height. A small tree is said to 
vield from 1IH) to 200 lbs. of fruits, each containing three or four 
large seeds, and little labour is required either in l 
trees or in collecting the fruits. The climate in those parts of 
China where the tree is most cultivated is an extreme one. Ine 
summer is hot, the temperature rising to 100° F. in July ami 
August. The winter is cold, snow often lying on the ground for 
days, but severe frosts are unknown. The tree is also planted 
muchfurth- as. It soon 
comes into bearing, the fruits ripening in the autumn ; it would 
