84 
Flindersia Greavesit, C. Moore, l.c. 16 = F. australis, R. Br. 
See Maiden, Forest Fl. N. S. Wales, vol. ii. p. 151 (1905). 
Meryta undulata, C. Moore, l.c. 43 (Polynesia).—This species 
has not been identified hitherto. 
Randia macrophylia, C. Moore, lic. 47 = R. stipularis, F. 
Muell. Descr. Notes Papuan Pl. vol. i. p. 69, in obs.—R. 
stipulosa. F. Muell. Fragm. vol. vii. p. 47 (1869), non Mig. 
(1856). M: i. @s 
Teak in Trinidad.—The following note on the growth of Teak 
in Trinidad has been received from Mr. C. S. Rogers, Forest 
Officer, Trinidad and Tobago, with some interesting photographs, 
showing the remarkable size of the leaves and the vigour of the 
young trees :— 
ast Indian Teak, Tectona grandis, was first introduced in 
the plantations in the Forest Reserves in Trinidad in 1913. 
The seeds were obtained from the Tharawaddy, Burma, 
through the courtesy of the Conservator of Forests, Pegu Circle. 
n 1913 about 14} acres were planted; 2} acres being situated 
in the Southern Watershed Reserve, about 7 acres in the Arima . 
Reserve, and 5 acres in the Central Range Reserve. In each 
locality the original forest containing no: marketable timber of 
any consequence was felled, burnt, and lined out with stakes or 
pickets at 10 ft. by 10 ft. : 
So far the best results have been attained in the Central 
Range Reserve Plantation where 5 acres were planted 10 ft. bE 
10 ft. Of the 2178 pickets, 35 were on unplantable ground, 
ee 2143 were sown with Teak seeds in July (18th 
o 24th). : 
_ ticability of getting the area ready at an earlier date. In the 
following January (1914) 1339 pickets, at which seeds had not 
yet germinated, were re-sown. 
At the end of March, 1914, 1758 Teak seedlings had resulted, 
and some of them were 6 to 10 ft. high. In the following wet 
season the blank pickets were again re-sown. At the end 0 
March, 1915, when stock was taken it was found that there were 
only 12 blanks. 
Some of the plants had attained a heicht of 23 ft., and leaves 
were measured ep to 36 in. in length by 25 in. in width, the 
etween 20 to 21 months old from the date of 
and 14) in. at 5 ft. from the cround. was 2 yeal 
and 3} months from date of wii ate 
he soil is a sandy loam of Tertiary origin. The elevation 
does not exceed 1000 ft. The original forest contained some 
trees of large size, but the more valuable species had been cut 
out, and the remainder were for the most part unsaleable owing 
io distance from a m : 
The normal rainfall for the district is about 115 in., but 
during the last two years it has been 20 per cent. below the 
average. 
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