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Director, Kew, Nov. 30, 1898). Three quarts of milk were 



extracted from a tree (described below) at Badagry, Lagos, 



without injuring it in any way, during the dry season and when 



•in fruit and it was suggested that from four to five gallons could 



iiave been obtained with but little trouble between the months 



of July and February (Kew Bull. 1888, p. 254; Add. Ser. Wi. 



p. 143) where full particulars of tapping and coagulating are 

 ^ven, 



A tree 40 ft. high, banks of the Nun (Mann, Herb. Kew) ; 

 about 40 ft., Gold Coast (Johnson, Herb. Kew), large and 

 xiifibrageous, and throws out many branches at a height of from 

 3-5 ft. from the ground, seldom seen in the forests; but met 

 with in every village in Sefwhi and Wam, Gold Coast, where it 

 serves as an excellent shade tree and the name " Nyedua-Djidua 

 —to grow round " is given because of the epiphytical character; 



from 



to 



become a fair-sized tree in „ ^ .„ ^.„ ^^^, ^.^.^ „,,^ „ ^^^^ ^^ 



Eadagry, Lagos, 13 years old was from 50-60 ft. high, 6 ft. 4 in. 

 in girth at 3 ft. from the ground and foliage area a quarter of an 

 acre; large spreading trees, planted for shade in the market 

 places, streets and compounds, are commonly seen. It is planted 

 by the simple method of cutting off a branch and pushing it in 

 the ground and is largely used for fence posts (Millson, Kew Bull. 

 I.e.), and it is reported that the " native balata " is being grown 

 from seed and promises well in N. Nigeria (Lamb Ann. Rep 

 Dept. Agric. 1914, p. 3). 



i?e/.— "Lagos Rubber {Ficus Vogelu)," in Kew Bull. 1888, 

 pp. 253-261; 1890, pp. 89-93: Add. Series vii. "Rubber," 



pp. 141-155. " Rubber of Ficus Vogelii," in Col. Rep. JMisc. 



No. 82, 1912, pp. 342-347.— Balata Rubber {Ficus Vogelii) in 

 JBull. Imp. Inst. x. 1912, pp. 209-210. 



Castillo A, Cervant. 



Castilloa elastica, Cerv. in Suppl. Gaz. Lit. Mexico (1794) 

 p. 7. 



A tree 60 ft. high and upwards. Leaves 10-16 in. long, 

 4-6 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, base cordate, apex acuminate,' 

 rough, somewhat hairy, dark green above, softer and paler below! 

 Inflorescence, unisexual, green, flat or concave receptacles. 



Fruiting receptacles 10 in. or so in diam. containing 35-45 

 achenes ; fleshy & brick red when ripe ; seeds more or less 

 ovoid ; about i-| in. by J in. through : testa white and papeiy. 



Castilla elastica, Cervantes, in Pittier, Genus Castilla, Contr. 

 U.S. Nat. Herb. xi'i. part 7, 1910, p. 277. 



//?.— CoUins, Caoutchouc, t. 2; Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. (1881- 

 1^887) tt. 27-28; Kohler, Med. Pflan. iii ; Ann. Jard. Bot. 



1896, t. 1 (habit) ; Jumelle, PI. Caoutchouc et 

 a Gutta, p. 37, f. 3 ; Tropenpfl. ii. 1898, p. 339, ; Rev. Cult. 



1901, p. 331; PreuBs, Expedit. C«nt. und Sudamer. 



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