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known to extend as far as Ecuador, rere _ is called Jebe, other- 
wise Jeve or Heve. According to Au this latter name was 
ue in EN rthern Ecuador to a species "i Facer and in founding 
that us he derived its name accordingly. In the Amazon 
T ike name for the species of oe vea is “ Seringa," and in 
Central America for those of Castilloa “Ule” or “Tunu 
Kew Bulletin, €: pp. 141, 142). Pohi in Western South 
America the nam diesen and Jebe are applied Sadincttnitantely 
to Eher pronior tre 
3. According to a et by Mr. D. B. Adamson, H.B.M. Consul 
at Iquitos, dated December 24, 1898, and published in the Trans- 
actions of the Liverpool Geographical Society for the same year, 
Peru has two kinds of rubber-producing trees: Caucho, which 
appears to belong to Castilloa, and Jebe to Hevea (p ) 
t amson and Mr. Churchill ss that be rubber is 
out," In consequence, anon ng to Mr. Adamson, * man of the 
qaare [or rubber čollectora] are working on Brazilian 
rivers, where the supply is yet more plentiful.” 
4. It is not, however, any to fell the Castilloa trees to 
collect the rubber. The method of x fd is minutely esie 
ir He e ic 
enquiries to the Foreign DA i in ou Cue of April 14, 1897. 
I am, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
The Under Secretary. = State W. T. THISELTON-DYER. 
for shoves in Affai 
reign Office, Downing Street, S.W. 
EXTRACT pe Report by Consul D. B. Adamson in Transactions 
verpool ees Society, 1898, pp. 39-40. 
“ As you are aware, rubber is the chief article of export, and 
hitherto has been practically the only one of any importance. Its 
extraction from the trees and remise t for the market is 
- work is ro and the hardships mentir with etn: 
t. The kind exported from = in past years has 
boni ceti Caucho, the gatherers of w are known as 
