ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, 



BULLETIN 



OP 



MISCELLANEOUS INFOKIATION. 



No. 5.] 



[1908. 



XXVII.-ECANDA RUBBER. 



(Raphionacme utilis, Brown & Stapf) 



Otto Stapf. 



Geraldes 



E; 



■achiferos," pp. 143-172, an article dealing with 

 * known in Benguela as 'Ecanda' or 'Marian^a.' 



was only in the summer 



became more generally 



5 rof. Geraldes' naoer unhl 



(vol. xxxvi p. 800). Abont the same time, in July of last year 

 M P r°£r 0f J*^ ™ submitted to Kew for identificSion by 



L ZlT^lfi f °?. d ™ bbe V n ± to ha ™ been sent "from 



belong 



ghbourhood 



made 



Later on in *kT . zr apv ' w i ,lduaw ^ genus Maphionacme. 



or « Tubers nf Yv,T ~i * "<*«"* j specimens oi ■ citmga Tubers ' 



extracted" ThPvJ ^° m *i W ^ ch the ' Bitil ^ a ' Rubber '* 

 mSed hr ^ p ** 6Vlde i ntly identical wi *h the tuber com- 

 AfeTh n Brett and stated to have come from West 



onTS 'tK a ber8 , have been S rown in the Royal Gardens and 

 iUs ltZ*°7% ed early in March of the Presenf year AUhou^h 

 ttSKlJLfClS* deS -! be , tbe P^t in the BoSi 



general 



iminary 



figures ' tiventv fZ7 r'^7? ver J ^ eu ™ nh tne description and 

 hvtudSZtoL y it Geralde s, of the ' Ecanda' plant, and there 



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