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LXXXVI.—_INDIGENOUS PLANTS OF YORUBA-LAND. 
[K. B., 1891, p. 219.] 
FIBRES. 
Agbari Ettu. (Alafia sp.?) Very considerably used, not culti- 
vated, pivatifuls might, if of value, become an object of export, but its 
value _ but native use appears doubtful. 
Fe- Rawaye. OERAL pero a Bark makes 
good sins prinesi used as such by Yorubas and Houssas; plentiful, 
sufficient supply for exportation, not cultivated. 
Ake-iri. (Urena lobata.) Fair rope bark, used for various 
purposes by Yorubas and Houssas, chiefly in house building ; plentiful, 
not cultivated. 
LXXXVII..—BOTANIC STATION, ST. VINCENT. 
[K. B., 1892, pp. 101-103.] 
From a report on the Botanic Station at St. Vincent, for December 
1890, Mr. Henry Powell, gs Curator, furnishes the following informa- 
tion respecting fibre plan 
Daring the latter part T November and the beginning of December 
also in assisting in the Airea of botanical specimens of nearly the 
yian = the plants essing economic and commercial properties in 
the c 
specimens proved of great interest and value, and they are men- 
tioned in the offivial correspondence reproduced in the Kew Bulletin 
May and June 1891, p. 166. Amongst the local plants yielding fibre is 
an Aroid little tae | ‘elsewhe re. This is Xanthosoma sagittifolium, 
Schtt., known locally as “China.” The petioles of the leaves are 
macerated in water, and a agar cara oarse fibre extracted from them. A 
form of Agave rigida, with short anes was found in St. Vincent by 
Mr , and latterly sage has been received from that island for 
identification a specimen of Furcraea gigantea, var. oaa 
This is similar to the prp hemp plant, but with so eeth. 
In his lecture delivered at the Court House, on the Tih i: mber 
last, Mr. Morris stated that the Sansevieria or Leopard Lily, a valuable 
fibre plant, could be readily propagated by cutting the leaves into 
lengths, and inserting the same in sandy soil. About 700 plants have 
been already aba in this way 
The original plants were av from Jamaica (12 plants) and 
Trinidad (6 aa in July 1890. 
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