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upon to supply Instructors. Sugar, however, was not neglected; 

 ,eyery effort was made in Barbados to raise seedlings which would 

 repay the cultivator by a more productive yield. The result has 

 more than answered expectations ; prosperity has been re- 

 established with an increased revenue and an ampler trade. 



In West Africa Mr. Chamberlain had to deal with a similar 

 problem, though from different causes. The enforcement of 

 peace and order necessitated an internal revenue^ and this could 

 only be produced by inducing the natives to engage in agriculture. 

 Again the resources of Kew had to be drawn upon. The volume 

 of its official work constantly increased, and in order to facilitate 

 it the Director in 1902 was given an official status at the Colonial 

 Office as Botanical Adviser to the Secretary of State for the 

 Colonies, 



These things, and they are enough to recall, are overshadowed 

 by greater in the public eye. But Kew may say: 



r 



Forsan et haec olim meminlsse juvabit. 



It was its privilege to see the human side of a great statesman. 

 What love he could spare from the interests of his country he gave 

 to plants. During his visit to South Africa the Barberton Daisy 

 won his heart; and he brought it back as a personal trophy, hoping 

 to do great things with it at Highbury. 



Let this be for '^ Bosemary, that^s for remembrance." 



W. T. T. D. 



XLIV.-NEW EUPHORBIACEAE FROM INDIA AND 



MALAYA. 



A. T. GAGE. 



Euphorbia (Anisophyllum) katra|ensis, Gage; E, erythro- 

 cladae, Boiss., affinis, sed foliis majoribus linearibus vel sub- 

 linearibus et seminibus pustulatis differt. 



Herba erecta, involucris exceptis omnino glabra, ad 40 cm, 

 alta; caulis teres vel subteres, leve brunneus vel viridis, 2-4 mm. 

 crassus, dichotome ramosus sed saepe sympodialis, internodiis 

 1-5-5 cm. longis; rami cauli similes sed minores. Folia opposita, 

 breA^ssime petiolata, fitipulata ; lamina oblongo-elongata, vel late 

 linearis, membranacea, 2'5"-6-5 cm. longa, 3-8 mm- lata, apice 

 rotundata vel subacuta vel apiculata, margine arete serrulata, basi 

 inaequilateraliter semicordata vel semiauriculata ; pagina supe- 

 rior levi-viridis,sub lente minute punctata; pagina inferior glauca 

 vel subglauca; costa media utrinque prominens; nervi utrinque 

 obscuri ; nervi basilares in costae mediae parte non auricula ta 

 3-4,^ in parte auriculata 4-7, nervo in utraque parte summo valx- 

 dissimo excuryato; nervi laterales in costae mediae utraque parte 

 7-15 escurvati, inter se et inter nervos summos basilares anasto- 

 mosantes; reticulatio ultima nonnihil crassa, polygonalis; petiolus 

 vix 2 mm. longus, supra canaliculatus ; stipulae interpetiolares,. 

 minutae, triangulares, iimbriatae. Involucra in caulis et ramo- 



mm 



