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Landolphia florida. (Apocynaccae). Mozambique Rubber. \ 



L. Kirkii. Zanzibar Rubber. 



_ .. _ >Large Afncan lianes. 



L. owanensis. Congo or Sierra-Leone Rubber. 



L. Petersiana. East African Rubber. 



L. ugandensis. Nandi Rubber. A vine found in B. E. Africa, at elevations of 

 6,000 to 7,000 ft. Tapping is effected by shaving off slices of bark, the 

 latex being coagulated by smearing salt water on the surface, also by 

 chewing. 



Leuconotis elastica. (Apocynaccae). Borneo. 



Mascarenhasia elastica. (Apocynaccac). " Hazondrano." A tree 50 to 60 ft. high, 

 with slender branches, native of Madagascar and East Africa; introduced 

 at Peradeniya in 1902. The trunk usually branches low down ; leaves 

 opposite, coriaceous. Adapted to swampy ground. 



Parameria glandulifera. (Apocynaccac). Talaing milk-creeper. A Malayan liane. 



Plumeria acutifolia and P. rubra. (Apocynaceae). Respectively white -and red- 

 flowered Temple-trees, both indigenous to tropical America. They 

 yield a quantity of white latex which, though resinous, is used in Mexico 

 for the extraction of rubber. See Flowering Trees. 



Sapiun Jenmani. (Euphorbiaccac). Large trees yielding the "Carthagena rubber" 

 of Colombia and " Tonckpong Rubber" of British Guiana. 



S. Thomsoni. Virgen Rubber ; also a native of Colombia. 



Tabernamontana Crassa. (Apocyuaceac). Medium-sized tree, native of Central 

 Africa. 



Ureceola elastica, (Apocynaccac). A climber of Burma. 



Willughbeia firma. (Apocynaccac). Borneo rubber. A large liane of Borneo, etc. 



Tea; Thay-gas, S.; Tey-ile, T. The tea of commerce consists 

 of the cured young leaves and tender tips of shrubs belonging, 

 according to SIR GEO. WATT, to either of two distinct varieties or 

 races of Camellia Tliea, viz., Camellia Thea variety Viridis and C. T. 

 variety Bohea. To variety Viridis, a native of North-eastern India, 

 is considered to be traceable the races " Assam Indigenous " 

 and "Manipur," as well as many other cultivated varieties widely 

 planted in India, Ceylon, and Java. The China Tea (variety 

 Bohea) is distinguished by its squat straggling habit and compara- 

 tively thick leaves ; it is the Tea plant chiefly grown in South 

 China, and is cultivated on some of the higher estates in Ceylon, 

 being hardier than, but not so productive as, the Indian kinds 

 named. The " Assam Hybrid " is considered to be a natural 

 hybrid between the "Assam" and "China" teas. Left to itself, 

 the Assam Tea is an erect tree, 30 to 40 feet high, but in cultiva- 

 tion it is " topped " early and kept as a bush, not being allowed to 

 grow higher than about 4 ft. Tea has been cultivated from time 

 immemorial in China and Japan. Its cultivation in Ceylon on a 

 commercial scale may be said to date from 1867, although the 



