Mr. W. H. Johnson, F.L.S., Director of Agriculture, Gold Coast, 
has just been issued by the Government of the Gold Const Colonv. 
The note dealing with Cola is as follows : — 
"The cola tree is very seldom planted, and the tending of those 
"of bush and wvids: bin W.-rv '-u.-h i ',-,.,. h-^'an ..wn-'V wh'.'. 
"claims this right in virtue of having efTeefd the first clearing. 
"Cola trees raised from seed eomm-nee to fruit when six or 
■ which 
the former is 
the prin 
re not collected 
, asthev: 
■the tr, 
in the 'si 
black. 
' When the nn 
ng them, 
■ time, the skin can be 
; nuts harvested exceed the den 
I with the leaN 
Drmir, 
Ui, Benth.) in 
broad h ; , 
stored. 
« The 
Hausas, who at 
• i ■ iiu ■ -,■■!..•■-_• • ■ ; 
ively. while the , 
o the hinterland 
"Thepr 
XVI.-FUNGI EXOTICI, IV. 
The fungi described below are new species that have been 
recently received at Kow for identification. With the exception of 
one from the Tibetan Tableland all are species from South Eastern 
Asia. Those from Narcondam, a volcanic outlier of the Andaman 
group, some ninety miles to the east of Port Cornwaliis in 
North Andaman, were collected by Mr. 0. G. Rogers, F.L.S., of 
