CHEONOLOGICAL TABLE OP PLANTS. 9 



Doundake bark {Sarcocephalus esculentm), Matee bark (Colu- 



brina reclinata), and Cascara Amarga [Picranmia antidesma) 



introduced to medicine. 

 Chooo [Sechium edule) introduced into Ceylon, India, and 



Singapore. 

 1886. — Fresh, fruits of various kinds from "West Indies, British. 



Guiana, Australia, and North America received at Colonial 



and Indian Bxhibition, and sold in the Colonial market. 

 Piche [Fabiana imbricata) introduced to medicine. 

 About this time Gum Euphorbium was introduced for mixing 



with rubber. 

 1887. — Lophira alata seeds introduced as oil seeds. 



Shantung cabbage (Bi-asska chinemis) grown at Kew. 

 Crosnes tubers [Stachys t^berifera) grown in this country and 



introduced as a vegetable. 

 1888. — Demerara rubber [Forsteronia gracilis) .a.ni. Jamaica rubber 



(F. floribunda) introduced for trade. 

 Brazilian gum arable (Piptadmia maeroearpa) introduced to 



commerce. 

 Bombay aloe fibre brought to notice at Kew. 

 Jarrah wood [Fucalyptus marginata) first used for road-paving 



in London. 

 1889. — Bolobolo fibre (Sonckenya fidforid) introduced from Lagos. 



Madagascar and Lagos Piassaba first brought to the notice of 



the Kew authorities, though the former appears to have 



been known in cummorce for some years. 



