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Senor J. Limao da Costa helps to show the difficulties besetting 



the subject : — 



" The Manicoba of Jequie is a variety of that plant existing in 



Oeari ;ui(l in this State, in the San Francisco region. Absolutely 



different to that is the species named Jequie (locality where it 



abounds in a wild state), as it presents various specimens 



[? considerable variation] in the trees from which latex is 



extracted. The trees commonly known as Jequie Manicoba 



abound mostly in the municipalities of Maraca, Pocoes, Con- 

 quista, &c." 



in Mr. O'Sullivan-Beare's letter to Kew of September 4th, 1907, 

 already quoted, reference is made to Professor Ule's visit to the 

 States of Bahia and Piauhy for the purpose of investigating the 



so.nv.s of Manieoba. His results have recently been published 



mNottzblatt des K&nigl. botanuchen Gartens und Museums zu 



Berlin, Dahlem, No. 41 (Bd. V.), of November 27th, 1907, where 

 diag"'— -* * u ~ -- 1 - - 



v.-^.w^c v,^ luc mice new species or Mantnot are given, ana a 

 farther and more detailed account of these newly discovered 



for December, 1907. 



openpflanzer No. 12, 



From the Consular Report on the trade of Bahia, quoted above, 

 it seems probable that these species are likely to be of considerable 

 importance, and the following account has therefore been compiled 



information 



tftft i, i„„ • . ~ v, T*T fucBe papers, ur. Lie unuer- 



™iv' TT'Tt ******* 0± " Bahia and Piauhy under the 



1 , 0f T th f. Bahia . R^ber Syndicate of Leipsic in the 



vh hi nl l\ J" < 1 , n r ter }° r 1 two dist^ct and nearly related rubber 



Son, S5«?S l 7i, Mamj-oba were found, the one growing on the 



confine, t, "&* ™\ ° f the Rio San Francisco, and the 

 W oce ^.'i the . c 1 ( ; imry at some di8ta ^e from the left 



Co v ered u P ti; * ,1 5 s better s P ecies - °™ species was 

 grow LTin r^L^ $?*??* ° f the Se ™ do San Ignazio 

 also &&£ U kL MUc e oba Ia h gabdra (*"•"*■ spliosa) 

 rockvcuntrvfFelie IS ^ ' ^w. grows rather on the 

 The WiSrstlS^'S V hm atrue mountain plant. 



following di: noses are taken from TV ri P muh U msis > and the 



Manihot dichotoma, Uie. " ' Papev : ~ 



Petioli limb um aequantes lhnh ** * 

 laciniae otovatae, integrae 'vol I"? ?~ D P 31 ** 1 *^* membranaceus ; 

 lubpauciflori ; bracteae margine de.n! r + nuatae ' glabrae; racemi 

 cadueae: flor < in: us extu un , atae ' ( l uam flores Dreviores ' 



breviter alato-t',-c« tae ; g mina e?li • f ; ca P sulae ellipsoideae, 

 M. heptaphylla, lie. P **' 



Petioli limbnm fere 



5-partit„ s . i toiae'oblaS^' l ? mhm Profunde 7-, raro 



onstrictas, e°rW,n«S£S^ le ^r vel altius lyrato- 

 '•racteae flore* ,npenmtes £ to 22? ? fl mCemi d ^^iflori, macranthi ; 

 apsnlae subgloho^, exatoSS^L??" 8 *^« mtusqne glafari ; 

 M. piauhvenui., it.. GVltei *'-»ngulosae acutae. 



piauhyensis, 



laciniae 



obovatae v e nS£nJl in l bnR P rof ™ie 5-partitus ; 



oblongo-obovatae, apice rotundatae, 



