61 



Caulis brevis. Folia conferta, e basi vaginante 1 cm, lata 

 lanceolata, leviter falcata, obtusiuscula, carnosa, appresse lepidota, 

 10 cm. longa. Scapi quam folia paullo longiores, simpliciter 

 spicati ; bracteae ovatae, aeuminatae, roseo-tinctae, 1/5 cm. longae, 

 5 mm. latae, apice marginibusque membranaceis. Sepala late 

 lanceolata, breviter mucronata, 1*5 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, circa 

 11-nervia, rigida, marginibus membranaceis. Petala rosea, oblan- 

 ceolata, obtusa, 3 cm. longa, prope apicem 1 mm. lata, tenuia. 

 Filamenta 15 cm. longa, complanata, recta; antherae linear- tg, 

 8 mm. longae, dorsifixae. Ovarium 8 mm. longuni, oblongo- 

 conicum ; stylus cylindricus, 1*2 cm. longns ; stigmata recurvata, 

 1*5 mm. longa, acuta ; ovula apice breviter caudata. 



Argentine Republic. T. Stuckert. 



430. Gymnogramme (Eugymnogramme) hirtipes, C. II. Wright 



[Filices-Polypodiaceae] ; ex affinitate G. Jlabellatae, Hook., a qua 

 pinnulis non cuneato-flabellatis differt. 



Stipes gracilis, rigidus, ater, 16 cm. altus, hirsutus. From 

 oblonga, acuminata, 16 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, tripinnatifida, crassa. 

 utrinque sparse hirsuta ; rhachis atra, dense hirsuta. Pinnae 

 erecto-patentes ; pinnulae oblongae, 2-3 mm. longae, 1 mm. latae, 

 saepe emarginatae ; nervi simplices. Sori 1'5 mm. longi. 



Colombia. R. B. White. 



XIII.-ECONOMIC NOTES : LIVERPOOL. 



J. M. HlLLIER. 



A visit is annually paid to Liverpool by the Keeper of the 

 Museums at Kew for the purpose of making enquiries on the spot 

 regarding various economic products which reach that port. The 

 following notes, made during the latest of these visits, November, 

 1906, give additional information with reference to several 

 products and industries that have from time to time been dealt 

 with in the Kew Bulletin. 



PALM Oil. — This substance is derived from the pericarp of the 

 fruit of Elaeis guineensis and is a product distinct from the oil 



obtained from the palm kernel which is alluded to in another 

 note. 



In Liverpool commercial circles from 25 to 30 varieties of Palm 

 Oil are recognised. They are classified as : 



i. Soft oils ; mostly from Bonny, Opobo, Calabar and Lagos : 



ii. Mixed oils ; from the Gold Coast and the Niger : 



iii. Hard oils ; from the Niger, Oil River District, Liberia, 



the Gold Coast and the Congo. 



Of these oils that from Lagos is esteemed the best and purest 

 and as a rule the most reliable. Generally speaking the price of 

 Palm Oil is governed by the price of Tallow. 



