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Some Sago palms planted in the hollow in the Gardens at 

 Old Calahar were reported to be in excellent condition 1906 

 (Thompson, Col. Rep, Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 49) and continuing 

 to thrive, as also some at Ibadan, 1911 (Aim. Rep. Agric. Dept, 

 S. Nigeria 1911, j>, 14). Recommended for cultivation in the 

 swamps of parts of the Pliilippine Islands (Barrett, PhiUppine 

 Agric. Rev. 1912, p. 333); but in general only cultivated in 

 Borneo and native habitats. 



i?e/.— " Sago/' in Agric. Bull. Malay Peninsula, May 1893. 



pp. 62-78. " Sago Cultivation in North Borneo," Kew Bull. 



1894, pp. 414r-417.^ " Sago," I.e. 1897, p. 420. '' Sago," in 



Wanderings in the Great Forest of Borneo, Beccari, pp. 287-288 



(Constable & Co. Ltd. London, Eng. ed. 1904). '' Sago 



Maldng in Ceram " in Journ. Roy. Soc. Arts, lix. Jan. 20th, 

 1911, pp. 222-225 ; extracts in Agric, News, Barbados, March 18th, 

 1911, p. 85. 



Raphia, p. Beau v. 



Raphia Hookeri, Mann & Wendl; Fl. Trop. Afr. VIII, 

 p. 107. 



ZZZ.— Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 1864, t. 39, f. B, t. 42, f. A; 



Agric. Col. iv. 1910, tt. 3, 4; Webbia, iii. 1910, p. 114, 



Vernac. names —Vkot (Old Calabar, Holland, Mann); Wine 

 Palm. 



Old Calabar, Cameroons, Spanish Gaboon, &c. 



Palm Wine or " Mimbo " of Old Calabar is obtained from 

 this tree by cutting off the inflorescence when it begins to show. 

 The natives of Old Calabar make cloths, &c. from the epidermis 

 of the leaves, and from the leaflets they make mats for roofing, 

 though said not to be so lasting as those made from the leaflets 

 of B. vinijera (Mann & Wendland, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 

 1864, p. 425), to which tree the uses ascribed here may also apply. 



Stem about 30 ft. high, 1 ft. through; leaves about 40 ft. 

 long; petioles strong, 10-12 ft. long; leaflets 4-5 ft. long,. 

 Found in humid places along the coast, commonly cultivated 

 Propagated from seed. The natives are careful to keep up a 

 supply of this palm; '' the pleasant taste of the wine obtained 

 — Mann (I.e.) remarks — " has ever been sufficient to overcome 

 the innat-e idleness of the natives of Old Calabar and has 

 induced them to cultivate it." It is planted on higher ground 

 in the neighbourhood of village compounds, as it does not favour 

 the sw^ampy conditions under which B. vinijera thriven. 



Raphia vinifera, P. Beauv.\ Fl. Trop, Afr. VIII. p. 106. 



///. — PaUsot de Beauv. Fl. Oware, Benin, i. tt. 44, f. 1, 45, 46, 

 f. 1; Desc. Ant. i. t. 33; Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiv* 1864^ t. 42, 

 f . c ; Martins, Fl. Bras. iii. pt. 2, t. 62, f . 1 (fruit & sections) ; 

 Sim, For. Fl. & For. Res. Port. E. Afr. t. 98, f, B; Agric. Col. 

 iv. 1910, t. 6, £f. 4r-7; Webbia, iii. 1910, p. 91, f. 5 (flowering 

 parts, &c.); Rev. Hort. Beige, xxxvii, 1911, p. 186; Bull. Agric. 

 Congo Beige, iv. 1913, p. 164, f. 50 (at Eala). 



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