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mox glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 9-11 intra marginem 
anastomosantibus ‘supra conspicuis subtus prominulis, nervis trans- 
versis pagina utraque conspicuis ; petioli validiusculi, 3 mm. longi, 
puberuli vel breviter pubescentes; stipulae deciduae, 5-6 mm. 
_longae, basi vix 1 mm. latae. Jnflorescentia axillaris, glomerata, 
Flos $. Calycis carnosi tubus 1:25 mm. longus, lobi inter se sub- 
aequales, 2 mm. longi, vix 1 mm. lati. Petala parva, transverse 
oblonga, longe cuspidato-acuminata vel tricuspidata. Stamina 5, 
filamentis ima basi connatis ovarii rudimentum cingentibus, Flos Q. 
Calyx corollaque maris sed calyce parum majore. Ovarium 1°5 mm. 
altum, dense adpresse albo-hirsutum. 
Sriricha, 4°5m., Mrs. D. J. Collins, 16. 
Phyllanthus Collinsae, Crab [Kuphorbiaceae - Phyllantheae] ; P. 
polyphyllo, Willd., facie similis ovario conspicue verrucoso facile 
distinguenda, 
Ramuli graciles, glabri, lignosi, fusco-corticati ; ramuli ultimi 
alterni, graciles, recti, folia pinnata simulantes, ad 18 cm. sed 
plerumque 7-10 cm. longi, glabri. olia oblonga, apiculata, basi 
inaequalia, late cuneata vel rotundato-cuneata, 1-2 cm. longa, 
3-5 mm. lata, apicem versus ramulorum gradatim breviora, tenuiter 
chartacea, utrinque glabra, subtus pallidiora, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 9-10 intra marginem anastomosantibus pagina superiore 
obscuris vel subobscuris inferiore conspicuis, margine revoluta, 
petiolo perbrevi suffulta. Ramuli ultimi floriferi, androgyni, inferne 
in foliis normalibus flores masculos vel interdum superne et flores 
paucos femineos gerentes, summo apice aphylli vel subaphylli, flores 
femineos et interdum flores paucos masculos gerentes. orts 
masculi pedicelli pergraciles, 2-3 mm. longi, glabri. Sepala 6, inter 
se subaequalia, 1 mm. longa. Columna staminalis 1°5 mm. alta ; 
antherae 3, vix 0°5 mm. longae. Pedicelli floris feminei 4 mm. 
ongi, icellis maris valde robustiores. Sepala 6, 3 exteriora 
1°75 mm, longa, 0°75 mm. lata, interiora 2 mm. longa, 1°25 mm. lata. 
Discus parvus, margine fimbriatus. Ovarium 1°5 mm, altum, valde 
verrucosum ; styli 3, liberi, bifidi. 
Sriracha, 4°5 m., Mrs. D. J. Collins, 12, Kerr, 2036. 
VIIL—MAHOGANY BORERS OF THE GOLD COAST. 
T. F. Cuipp, 
The general method of timber extraction on the Gold Coast is for 
a tree, after being felled and cut into logs, to be hauled by manual 
labour to the nearest stream. The logs are then floated down and 
collected into rafts at the mouths of the main rivers. 
In 1912 the abnormal summer in England was reflected on the 
Coast in an unusually low rainfall and high tides, particularly during 
the month of August. Owing to the small volume of water coming 
down, the river currents were not very strong and, the tides being 
high, most of the rivers obtained free access to the sea for a short 
time only, after which the sand bars again closed across their mouths. _ 
It was exceedingly difficult, on this account, to take any rafts out to 
