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Glaziovii or Ceara. I am sending you the seed of this plant and 

 eventually will forward some dried herbarium specimens. We 

 have at present about 3,000 young sturdy Jequie plants growing. 

 In appearance they are similar to the Ceara except that the ribs of 

 the leaves have a red tinge while those of the Ceara are whitish. 

 Again, in itself, the Jequie shows differences in the form of the 

 foliage of the young plants, which you will understand when I 

 forward the dried specimens." 



Unfortunately no flowering specimens have as yet reached Kew 

 trom Mr. Davy, but that they are very necessary will be clear from 

 the letter of our next correspondent on the subject. 



In October, 1906, Mr. J. P. 



x„ vu WU law, mr. j. f. Kowe (since deceased) of Messrs. 

 Anderson and Howe, Bahia, wrote for information as to the tree 

 which yielded Manitoba rubber, and later presented a large 



tZ ITu n Seed8 \ Which ap P eared t0 be iden tical with those 



wSlfimM ^l Vy \r A ^ the 8ame time the following particulars 

 were turnished by Mr. Rowe :— 



.lifferont^SJfi ^"ST™ k lmdll « yuu P arfc iculars of the 

 ffreat nnmht^ ^ ° f ^mcoba r ^ber trees which are found in 

 great numbers in the district of Jequie. 



subitcTthe 1 ^ for 1 ?? agent hl *£*' distl ' ict ' wh0 has 8fcadied the 



he has etamtnS T *' Jm ?\ there are seven varieties which 

 he ha examined. In my opinion, however, there are more. 



and is nSnrtna n i. yari i eti f S my a S ent ha « selected for cultivation 



and seeding at an early I^'th il I pmg Very q , Uickly flowedn ^ 

 to tap. y ge ' Wlth bark vei T smooth, soft, and easy 



MtaS^^ > l^#S i S££S^ i ' Ma »i<?° ba blanca' (white 

 surface with ribs of il.i^t^ are *> ale ^ reen on the under 

 the leaf h ng uffic ef Tlfu^ * he ™^ of the ribs with 

 identified a t? g Ht T^ t0 ? nable this ^'^ fc ° bs 

 ■«neath the tree and look 2 Uatlve \ Who have only to stand 



tinguish the specie^ with cerEv 8 'W the f ° liage t0 di8 ' 

 flowa freely, and coJuiL^i^l' . , The latex is P ure white > 

 agent. coa =ulates immediately without the use of any 



"The seeds yuu huve uvam „<■ v 

 variety. 5 ndVe 6 ^ Q at Kew ought to be all of this 



of a purplish colour, the wfJS? i eaves on tlie under side are 

 lie «white' Manicoba Th s ^ ^ <* a darker hue than 



Manicpba rouxa ' % urp l e ! 'VL^- 18 Called bv the natives 



white' variety, and the late* i, M ^rous in growth as the 



coagulates as readily. teX 1S e( l uall y white and flows and 



W 



A third variety (C\ *i 



We B.U1 v„ mg l^SSS^S^S^ in cultivation, being 

 ■creases in aee U., bark, w "ch i » w ^T ""ntioned, bat as it 



Kke that of th & fe rd< ™. ™S^™, ™d 



KM RSSBBB & KuSa 



I wo other variety m 

 SSSL^ Sm "» So^J^™ *• l^lh barks, bat 



