105 



will suffice to show that enormous profits are derived' from this 



as the cost of upkeep. ' Counting 



£14 



£6 



£35 



.* » v , ,.«.„w, v** V i*kjuv<& U£U1C7 aiiVVYD 



other expenses. This of course is 



a high estimate. If the soil is at all poor the plants require two 

 dressings of stable-manure per year — in February and again in 

 Julv. If it is rich loam one 



suffices 



amount 



in the country is not sufficient to meet the local demand. 

 Enquiries made during the past year in various Mediterranean 

 ports show that there is a great market for Egyptian bananas, 

 waiting to be developed in Southern Europe. There is therefore 

 little danger of over-production for many years to come. 



The short distance and the excellent means of transport existing 

 from Egypt to the principal European ports, would make 

 competition with the Canary Islands comparatively easy. The 

 quality of the fruit is superior to that from the Canaries, and was 

 competing successfully even in France, before the appearance of 

 the disease already referred to. The area under cultivation is 

 increasing fast, so that the banana crop will probably be a much 

 more important one in Egypt in the near future than it is at 

 present. 



T. W. Brown. 



XVIL— DECADES KEWENSES 



I'LANTARUM NOVARUM IN HRRBARIO HOBTJ ReGII 



CONSKHVATAHUM. 



DECADES XLVII-XLVIII. 



461. Geunsia Havilandii, King <t Qambls [Verbenaceae] ; a (7. 

 farinose^ Blume, caulibus fbtiiaque fulvo->teIlato-pubescentibus 

 non farinosis etiam cymis subsessilibus differt. 



Arbor 1 ; rami, ut intlorescentia et folia subtus, fulvo-stellato- 

 pubescentes. Folia opposita, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, apice 

 breviter acuminata et mucronata, basi acuta vel cuneata, supra 

 praecipue in costa scabra et hispida, subtus rugosa, stellato- 

 pubesoentia et glandulis peltatis tecta, marginibus distanter 

 denticulata, 6-V) cm. longa, 4~C> cm. lata, costa crassa i>rominente; 

 nervi utrinque 9-11, nervulis transversis conspicuis inter se 

 juncti ; petioli crassi, fulvo-hispidi, 13-17 mm. longi. Cymae 

 axillares, pauciflorae, subsessiles, vix periolis aequilongae ; 

 bracteae minutae, subulatae; pedicelli breves, graciles. Calyx 



mm 



strigoso 



longi ; frnctifer persistenn, complanatus. Corolla campan- 

 ulata, glandulis peltatifl lncidis exeeptis, glabrescens ; tubus 2v> mm, 

 longus ; lobi 5, ovati, rotundati, demum recurvi. Stamina 



exserta 



^ 7 oblongis, 3*5 mm. longis 



lorso fulyo-glandulosis. Ovarium giandulosum, depressum, 



reviter 5dobato. Drupa 



mm 



nigra, depress, o'O mm. diametro, o-pyrena. 



