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Specimens of Odontopus sexpunclulatus , an insect which 

 pollinates WelwUschia mirabilis. From Prof. H. H. W. Pearson, 

 M.A., F.L.S., South African College, Cape Town. 



Portrait of Lord de Tabley as a young man. Presented by the 



Warren 



deformed 



Mr 



a pear tree grown at Kew. From Mr. Pitt, Kew Green. 



Samples of Raphia wax and fibre from Madagascar. From 

 Editor, British Trade Journal. 



I. Poly st ictus sanguineus. 2. Stems of Lapageria rosea twii 

 into rinsrs; also used for basket-making. Temuco, Chili, f 

 Mr. R. M. Middleton, F.L.S., Kew. 



West African Mahogany. Eight small sampL 

 A. Weale, Bootle, Liverpool. 



Bamboo joint from a correspondent in Japan showing the 

 manner in which the Japanese use the Bamboo as a natural 

 mailing-case. Presented by Mr. C. Q. Lloyd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 



U.b.A. 



, ** 7 °?S n and finished hay forks of the wood of " Micocoulier " 

 (teltis austrahs), from the Riviera. The tree is cultivated for the 

 purpose of making forks in this part of France, being pollarded 

 and trained to the shape required. The wood is also much used 

 tor whip-handles and the fruit is eaten by the country people, 

 lhese specimens were presented by Mr. Kyllmann of Antibes at 

 the suggestion of Mr. J. F. Duthie, F.L.S. 



J. M. H. 



Triumfetta cordifolia -Numerous African specimens of fibre- 



ifetta 



4il«**+'fi *• -i. i -""v^w««viug uvvu receiveu recently lui 



! ! ! l ?' , t b ^ me necessary to re-examine the African 

 material which had been referred to T. co 

 triloba, and the results are now given 



•difolia 



difolia 



>f 



coHected to - ,„,,» woods "aTSape^de.' ' W«h Se exertion of 



'difolia 



Af, 



'1 



'dijolia 



P, 



»/< 



Afi 



npirlv oil „„i„ '--"• — "o^.db ramcuon was acci 



P SandnpWii } ' H human ? *%*• ///• OM/fcf vol C, 



Lui h^ deman {Ann > Jf " s - Congo, &. 5, vol. i., p. 56) ; 

 ?^flTA^v^ Mpa ? lted the A ^can material of T. semitri- 

 and inflore«rPn J" 1 " / a S r * can «> based on differences of foliage 

 ^£7^^^ that » »** perhaps be better to 



