The specimen growing near the Flagstaff is rather remarkable 
ior an (mora* _'i-.\\-s out from the trunk at 6 ft. 
Ltal direction for 60 ft. ; 
» is b tt. b ins. m circumference near the trunk. 
Lomatia obliqua -When Mi-. H. J. Elwes visited Chili in 1901-2 
ed various seeds which he presented to Kew. Among 
them were seeds of Lomatia obliqua, R. Br., which he found 
iy "between Quillen and Junin at an elevation of 
d-4,U0U tt, Jnnin de los Andes is a town on the Argentine 
y<'iMn-r. and the seeds wore collected in Argentine territory. 
Wants were raised from them and some have since been distri- 
buted under the name of Guevina avellanaf, the seedlings bear- 
nig ;i dose resemblance to seedlings of that plant. The mature 
•'■'ever, differ widely, and it is now clear that Mr. Ehves' 
plant is Lomatia obliqua, which is common in the south of Chili, 
where u forms a shrub or small tree up to 10 ft. high < Brid-es) ; 
iated locally for its prettily grained wood which is used 
>'" making furniture. There is no record of this species of 
'■ " '' '■ biiving pre\ ously been grown in Europe, and as n is at 
least as hardy as its relations Embnthrinm and Memirar/tus, and 
■ ^moreover, an evergreen with large ovate serrated leaves and 
likely to become established 
Presentations to Museums.— Fibre from Uganda (Asclepias 
- X.K. Mr.), ,W, 7 ,/„r/,v„<.— Mr. M. T. Da we, Director, 
^ cien * inc and Forestry Department, Uganda, has forwarded for 
the Museum a sample of fibre prepared from the stems of this 
1 is found in Nile Land, 
Lower Guinea, and South Central Africa. A report on this 
red in the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, vol. iii., 
No. 4, 1906, p. 316. 
Fibre prom Gold Coast (Triumfetta semitriloba, Jacq., var. 
«jrtr (/lt a), Tifiaarw.—The Cort Development Syndicate. Limited, 
gently submitted dried specimens of the above plant from the 
Gold Coast for determ ii ui ed samples 
of fibre obtained from it tor the Museum. The fibre had been 
submitted to a London broker, who reported with regard to it that 
if clean and uniform ii it would realize about 
127 per ton. 
Floss from Labrador (Eriepherum wginatum, L.), Cijper- 
aeeae.— Flowering specimens of this plant collected by Sir W. 
MacGregor h . Labrador, have been placed in 
Case 84, Museum No. II.— Under the name of Supput (Eskimo) 
the silky bristles of the flowers are used to receive sparks from 
two pieces of pyrites, in making fire. 
Australian Grass whack (Posiihnia australis, Hook, f.), 
*aiadarmr.—X marine plant peculiar to Australian waters. A 
correspondent recently forwarded for determination a sample of 
fibre from this plant, with a note to the effect that large quantities 
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