116 NATURE NOTES. 
one! The leaves are oval; in colour they are pale sage 
with a touch of chrome. 
In Africa Livingstone’s tree is often spoken of as a Mvula; 
but since discussion was rife regarding its real nature, a leaf 
has just been submitted to one of our Edinburgh botanical 
authorities. His opinion is that it may be a species of 
evergreen oak ((Jwereus Ilex), although, in the meantime, he 
gives this merely as a tentative suggestion and advises an 
appeal to Kew. 
But whatever it may prove to be, a tree was surely the 
fittest memorial for the man whose name will long remain 
green in that land and this. Monumental trees, from the 
oak at Bethel to this one at Hala, might, I think, furnish a 
fertile paper for any Natural History Society. The true 
scientific spirit is broad and penetrating, while the human 
interest attached to such trees illumines them with vital light. 
E. J. CAMERON. 
LITTLE CoKER NUTS. 
Two nuts were sent me lately, with the information that 
they were sold in fruit shops in England under the above 
name. 
The nuts were evidently those of a palm, and on inquiry 
it proved to be Jubea spectabilis, the Coquito Palm of 
Chili, the only Chilian representative of this family. 
According to the account given in Lindley & Moore's 
Treasury of Botany, the nuts are used by the Chilian 
confectioners in the preparation of sweetmeats, and by the 
boys as marbles. The same work also states that “a 
quantity of them were brought to this country a few years 
ago, and sold under the name of ‘ Little Coker Nuts, and 
that they had a pleasant, nutty taste.” 
Specimens of the palm may be seen growing in the 
Temperate Palm House at the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Edinburgh, but they are too small to bear fruit. 
J. FREDK. JEFFREY. 
