285 



iongo siiffulta; stipiilae circiter 1-25 mm. longae; Fl. cl" 2-5 mm. 

 diameiro, pedicello graoili 3 mm. Iongo praeditiis. FL ? ad 

 4-5 mm. dianietro; pedicelli vix 2 mm. lougi, basi parvi-brac- 

 teati. Calycis segmeiita ad 1-75 mm. longa et lata, inferne 

 atteiiuata. Ovarium apice truncatiim, stylis tribus bifidis ad 

 ovarii mnrginem positis, 



Chiengmai, Dio Siitep, mixed jungle, GGO m., Kerr 2635. 

 Chorizandra orientalis, Craib [Euplicrbiaceae-Plijllantlieae]; 



■a C. lyinnata, TMght, inter alia foliis puberulis distinguenda. 



Suffrutex, ramulis gracilibus primo aiigulatis puberulis mox 

 teretibiis glabris coiticeqne brunneo A'el fusco-brunneo obtectis. 

 Folia obovata vel elliptico-obovata, apice rotundata vel saepius 

 parum rotiisa, basi cimeata, ad 1-3 cm. longa et fere 1 cm. lata, 

 chartacea vel fere rigide cliartacea, pagiua ntraque sparse bre- 

 Titer puberiila, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 sub oculo armato 

 jjagina utraqne conspicuis, nervis transvei\sis paucis subtus 

 .sub lents fere €onspicuis, margine recurvo, petiolo 1 mm. 

 plerumque A'ix nttingfe'nte suffulta ; stipulae pavae. Florcs 

 masculi circiter 1 mm. diametro, staminlbus liberis periantbium 

 fere duplo superantibus. Capsula depresso-globosa, 1 mm. alta, 

 2-5 mm. dianietro; semina parva brunnea. 

 ■■ Me Ping Rapids, Keng Ap ?s'ang, abundant on limestone rocks, 



180 m., Kerr 2946. 



LV.— THE VARIETIES OF OIL-PALM IN WEST 



AFRICA. 



[EJneis guineensis, Jacq.) 



Some particulars of tbe varieties of this palm were given in the 

 Keic BaUetin, 1909, pp. 33-49, cliieflj compiled from reports 

 received from our Colonies in West Africa. The specimens of 

 the palms submitted to Kew in connection with tliese reports were 

 fiiibsequentlv sent to Prof. 0. Beccari, of Florence, for critical 

 examination and he has recently published his results m an 

 ■extensive paper, " Contribnto alia Conoscenza della Palma a 

 Olio," which appeared in L'Agricoltura Coloniale (Firenze) 



vol. viii. 1914, pp. 5-37; 108-118; 201-212; 255-270: Reprint 

 ^1914) pp. 1-76, tt. i.-xviii., to which issue the pages quoted below 

 refer. The following statement merely correlates as far as 

 possible the native names mentioned in the Kew Bulletin referred 

 to with the varieties established by Prof. Beccari, and the names 

 given by liim to the specimens of fruits in the Museum at Kew, 

 ^re included. 



C( XT'* Tl-l " 



Perhaps the most striking of the varieties are the " King Palm 

 (var. idohitrica, Chev.) with its undivided leaves, a photograph 

 of' which has recently been sent to Kew by Mr._ J. H. J. Farquhar, 

 of the Forestry Department, Southern Provinces, Nigeria — the 

 *' white oil-palm nut " (var. albescens, Becc), known so far only • 

 from the Gold Coast, the ''soft-shelled nut" (var. communis^y^ 

 'Chev. forma tcnera, Becc.) and the " soft nut" or "shell-less" 

 (var, graciliniLV, Chev.). 



