490. Cassebeera Woodfordii, C. H. Wright [Filices-Polypo- 



diaceae] ; C. pinnatae, Kaulf., proxima, sed planta proceriore 

 piniiisque sterihbus profunde inciso-serratis differt. 



Omulex 1 cm. crassa, radicibus ferruginoso-tomentosis vestita. 

 Sttpttea caespitosi, 20 cm.alti, 2 mm. diam., castanei,glabri, nitidi ; 

 lamina pinnata, deltoidea. coriacea, glabra, ad 30 cm. longa, pinnis 

 infimis bifurcates ; rhachis rtipiti similis ; pinnae breviter petiolatae, 

 lineares, acuminatae, 15-20 cm. longae, 5 mm. latae, inciso-serratae, 

 passim segmentis linearibus 2-4 cm. longis instructae. Son' recti 

 vel leviter curvati, 3-6 mm. lonm. 



Solomon Islands. 



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XXIV.-ECONOMIC NOTES; LIVERPOOL. 



J- M. HlLLIER. 



n- ? f fc „ h |. vai ' ied Vegetable Products noted in a recent visit to the 

 City ot Liverpool the following may be recorded as supplementary 

 to those referred to in the Kew Bulletin. Mo o ion? „ ai 



Miscellaneous 



West 



several forms of Piassaba (Raphiu vinifera) were seen, viz. : 

 Calabar m cylindrical bales 5 ft. in length and weighing about 

 Is cwt. « Grand Bassa " in U ft, lengths ; " Junk River " similar 

 in appearance and staple to "Grand Bassa," but more scraggy; 

 "bnerboro" in bundles of about f cwt. and 2^ ft. in length, 

 generally of superior quality to the foregoing, 'being of finer 

 texture, even, and better prepared ; " Hereby " in 7 feet lengths 

 securely bound with galvanised iron Avire into bales of 2 cwt. 



Palm Kernels in 2| cwt. bags from Sierra Leone and Lagos, th. 

 latter being the cleaner of the two. Pods of Acacia arabica in 



1% cwt, bags, used for tanning. Large quantities of Maize from 

 Lagos in 2\ cwt. bags. Capsicums from the Lagos District in 

 -2 cwt. bags. In commerce the larger fruits are known as 

 Capsicums, whereas the small fruits are classified as Chillies. 



Cotton Seed from Lagos in J cwt. bags, and Cotton Seed Cake. 

 a new import from the neighbourhood of Benin, consisting of 

 trash, the Cake containing about an equal admixture of Seed and 

 Cotton. Bales of Cotton from Lagos weighing 3f to 4 cwt,, well 

 banded with hoop iron, similar to the form in which Egyptian 

 Cotton is exported. Gum Copal from Lagos of mixed quality in 

 H cwt. bags. 



" Cocoa Beans " from Lagos were in quantity, and also com- 

 ercially distinguished forms from the Gold Coast and Cape 



uier 



Coast ; the latter being exceptionally clean and carefully prepared. 

 On the other hand some bags from Lagos consisted oi trash, being 

 full of weevils, decayed and dirty. 



^ Copra, the dried kernel of the Cocoa Nut, in 1£ cwt. bags from 



Cape Coast. Ground Nuts in 3 to 1 cwt. bags were observed from 



various ports on the coast; these were both decorticated and 



undecorticated. Rufisque Nuts yield the best oil, used for the 



manufacture of Margarine. Pakn Oil from Sherboro in 15 cwt. 

 casks. 



