200 



species, of which the descriptions will appear in the forthcoming 

 part of Bugler's Botanische Jahrbi'tcher, vol. XL., now in the 

 press : and the third, which was described by Loesener in 1893 as 

 a new species, G. lepidota, Loes. {Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xvii., 



common 



polymorphic £. acuminata, Szysz., a native of South Africa. 



I 



Warnecke in the neighbour- 



hood of Amani, East Usambara, at an altitude of about 2,700 feet, 

 and is described as a relatively slender tree, attaining a height of 

 100 feet. G. bukobina, on the other hand, appears to be a climber ; 

 it was discovered in 1903 by P. Conrads not far from Bukoba, to 

 tha Woa * "* Victoria Nyanza, at about 4,000 feet, G. lepidota seems 



_____ widely distributed than the other two, even if we 

 regard it as distinct from G. acuminata, having been recorded 



West 



more 



from 



from 



11,000 feet above sea level. According to Loesener it is a tree about 



iinna^ hlgh ' but Dawe > who collected it on Ruwenzori at about 

 11,000 feet describes it as a shrub 10 feet high, and no doubt the 

 height varies according to the altitude and exposure. In the 



according to Goetze. 



exposure 

 Mbamala " bv th 



5 natives, 



T.A.S. 



Botanic Gardens, Olokemeji, Southern Nigeria.-These gardens 



were formed in 1901 to take the place of those at Ebute-Metta on 

 tne partial appropriation of the latter for other purposes. The 

 ornamental portion of the gardens, together with the arboretum, 

 comprises about 4| acres, but the garden proper consists of 156 

 acres laid out in plots, edged with grass verges, and each plot is, 



F.iT l S V -? S » h \ e l devote * to products of a like kind, such as 

 t ibre, Fruit, Rubber, &c. 



mm! l bre Pl0t - co 7 ntains Boehmeria nivea, Urcna lobata, Same- 

 Hibiscus esculentus, all of which give good results. 

 (wf^y-ST ime n tree80f Man go, Pitanga cherry, A nacardium, 



cairns t;& 8 } Pom T' anate ' Anma **> Arhrls Sapota, Arte- 



such L nZ t n'' and Various members of the Citrus family 

 established ?n^ ° range i Lime ' Gra Pe-fruit, Shaddock, etc., are 

 San ttJl i f 6 ™ luabl * in furnishing seeds, from which 

 tSStSZ ! f °- ****»«<». Rneappfes are grown in large 

 ?emarka b] . f jT 1Sh f Ckers for distribution, and grow with 

 plated m ' PlSntS fruitin S twelve months after being 



good^eluks C °&»1 ber T and 0ne of °°ff ea «™ hi ™ are S' 1 ™* 

 fmuSn^S 1S alm ° 8t " failure in thi8 district uwi ^ t0 



stration 



iensis, L. 

 demon- 



A number of Para 



stration plot grown ! «n*w* • *v t * l * ,3< ' ftx< '> lut! liihwr a ueu±-«i- 

 rubber trees ponied nS ™ ** °pen. A number of Para 

 great success £ ttffp^S^^^"-^. but are not a 



