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Botanical Magazine for J mabe —The plants figured are Meliosma 
ecae Franch, (t. 8357); Kennedya Bechzxia ana, FE, v. Muell. 
(t. 8 ; Urceocharis edentata, C. H. Wright (t. 8359) ; Fane 
por C. A. Mey. (t. 8360); and Macsietiihe pachyura, 
Reichb. f, (t. 8361). 
The Meliosma is a Chinese plant found in Szechuan, Hupeh and 
Yunnan. The specimen figured was raised from seeds collected on 
ount Omi and sent to Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons b 
Wilson. This genus is the only one of its order, Sabiaceae, which 
can be grown in the open in Great Britain. With its many- 
flowered, pyramidal panicles of small, greenish-yellow flowers it 
— an interesting addition to our collections of ornamental shrubs, 
ya Beckziana is a striking coc — rom twining plant from 
New South Wales and was raised at Kew from seed purchased 
from Mr. J. Staer, Wahroonga, New "South Wales, in 1908. The 
flowers are a good red with a greenish-yellow patch at the base of 
the standard and are larger than those of any other Kennedya in 
cultivation. The Urceocharis which forms the subject of the next 
plate appears to be a natural hybrid between Urceolina pendula and 
Eucharis grandiflora and is very similar to the hybrid Urceocharis 
Chibrani, Mast., raised by Messrs. Clibran and described in 1892, 
The plant fioured was collected in Peru by Mr. Forget and was 
iso ey from Messrs. Sander and Sons, si Albans. It flowered 
t Kew in a moist tropical house in July, 1909. The delicate 
little Cherry, Prunus microcarpa, was acquired for Kew from 
Zoeschen in 1900 and is a native of the near Hast. The species is 
a variable one as regards habit and tomentum, the form 
depicted resembles ar closely Cerasus tor tuosa, Boiss. & 
Hausskn, Under cultivation it requires a sunny situation and 
though it flowers freely in May it seldom sets fruits in this country. 
The Masdevallia is » member of the small group Amandae with 
—— flowers 9g oe from sexe where it was discovered 
by Roezl. It was described as long ago as 1874. Mr. Consul 
atin jnteodiced the plant to cultivation having sent plants to 
Mr. J. O’Brien, with whom it flowered in 1897. In its native 
country it is found at from 5600-8300 feet above sea level in damp 
thick woods on trees or occasionally on rocks, 
Lagos Silk Rubber Tree (Funtumia elastica). caps species which 
is under experimental cultivation in many tropical countries, is 
ce ame both to East and West Tropical Africa. In these 
regions it is widely Bap one for rubber which, when carefully 
prepared, finds a ready market and commands a hig rice. 
The Provincial Forest Officer, Western Province, Southern 
Nigeria has conducted a series of experiments both in tapping and 
coagulating the latex of this tree ; the following observations upon 
the results obtained bein gathered from the “ Annual Report on 
the Forestry and aan: aie Departments for the year 1909, 
p. 7, published at Lagos in 
“ There are two ways = lapping this tree for latex, namely the 
excision and the incision systems. 
