408 
Indian Forester, xxxi. 1905, pp. 309-320, plates XXX.—xXil. 
=" Zur Gutta-percha Kultur auf Java,’ Büsgen, in Der 
Tropenpflanzer, ix. 1905, pp. 193-194. —— Uber ine 
und Guttapercha Kultur in Deutschen Kolonien," Preuss, l.c. 
p. 297-3807.——“‘ Rentabilitat einer Moro sarees für 
Privat Kapital, Kolbe (Neuguinea), l.c. pp. 519-525.——'* Gutta 
Percha Producing Species," Ridley, in fece Bull. Str. Sett. and 
Fed. Malay States, v. March 1906, x. 61-64. A compilation of 
Notes on India Rubber and Gutta Percha, Ahern, Bureau of 
Forestry, Philippines, Bull. No. 3, 1906, pp. 1-4, with map of the 
Philippines showing distribution of Rubber and Gutta percha. 
—— —*' Gutta Percha Trees of the Malay Peninsula," Gamble, in 
Kew Bull. 1907, pp. 109-121.——‘“‘ The Cultivation of Gutta 
Percha in Java," Berkhout, in The India Rubber Journal, 
April 6th, 1908, pp. 373-374. ** Gutta-Percha," in Comm. 
Prod. India, Watt, pp. 625-628. “Die Staatlichen. Gutta- 
perchapflanzungen ” : in Bericht über eine Reise nach Britisch— 
und Niederländisch—Indien, Deistel, in Der Tropenpflanzer, xii. 
1908, Beihefte, No. 2, April 1908, pp. 77-82.———Kautschuk, 
Gutta Percha and Balata in Unsere Kolonialwirtschaft in Ihrer 
Bedentung für Industrie und Arbeiterschaft, l.c. xiii. 1909, 
Beihefte, No. 2, March 1909, pp. 57-63. Die Analyse des 
Kautschuks, der Gutta- percha, Balata und Ihrer Züsatze mit 
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OMPHALOCARPUM, P. de Beauv, 
fpei m elatum, Miers in Trans. Den. Soc. Series 2, i. 
p. 16 [O. procera, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 171, non Beauv. 
O0. Radllofer Pierre, ex Engler, au "Ar. Pflan. cites 
(1904), p. 16]. 
Ill. as Linn. Soc. Z: i. t. 4; Engler, Monogr. Afr. 
Pflan. Sapotaceae, p. 16, f. 4 (0. Radlkoferi), tt. 4, 5 (0. 
Radlkoferi). 
Vernac. name.—Fidroh (Timineh, Mann). 
Old Calabar (Thomson): Oware; Bagroo River; Cameroon.  . 
Yields a latex used to adulterate that of good rubber (Col. Rep. 
Mise. No. 51, 1908, p. 39). 
The wee is light brown in colour, weight 35 lb. per cubic 
ft. (sp of a specimen in the Kew Museum collected by 
Mann aiee 0-558), moderately hard > close grained. 
Back 7 ; in. thi ck—on a section 51 in. in diamet ; 
oun xd as a tree 60-80 ft. Tum Cameroon River (Mann, No. 
ne, Herb. Kew). 
Omphalocarpum procerum, Beauv. in Fl. Owar. Benin, I. p. 7. 
A tall tree 60-80 ft. high with spreading branches. Leaves 
