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Seeds. 



Entada scandens, Bth. Natal. 

 Afzelia quanzensis, Oliv. East Coast. 

 Raphia sp. Delagoa Bay. 

 Arachis hypogoea, L. Natal. 



„ „ Improved variety. 



Millettia caffra, Meisn, Natal. 



Atriplex holocarpa, F. v. M., adhering to Mohair. Transvaal. 

 Ipomoea albivenia, D. Don. Natal. 



Fibres. 



"Worsted" from Jute. (Gorchorus olitorius, Linn). 

 Cotton grown in Botanic Gardens. 



„ " Sea Island " grown in Natal. 

 Fibre from stem of Granadilla. 



„ native plant unknown, from South Coast. 



„ Sida rhombifolia, L. Natal. 



., Sanseviera guineensis, Willd. Natal. 



,, Furcrsea sp, with portion of leaf. Natal. 



,, Agave americana, with portion of leaf. Natal. 



„ Yucca sp, with portion of leaf. Natal. 



Miscellaneous. 



Rubber or Ebonite, from Euphorbia. Tirucalli, L. Natal. 

 Rubber from Somkeli. Natal. 



„ „ St. Lucia Bay. 



Bark of Simaruba glauca, D. C. " Overland Bark." 

 Twigs of a tree said to be poisonous to cattle. 

 Flowers of Mesembryanthemum sp. Natal 



,, Geropegia Sandersoni, Dene. Natal. 



,, Disa crassicornis, Ldl. Natal. 



„ Hyphasne crinita, Gaertn, with portion of inflore- 



scence. 



„ Cotyledon orbiculata, L. 



Mole Crickets. 



Roasted and Ground Coffee from G. Zanguebarieae. 

 Aecidium, vangueriem on fruit of Vangueria infausta % Burch. 

 Wood pulp of Esparto grass. 



The descriptions of several hitherto undescribed Natal plants 

 have lately been published in the Kew Bulletin, but as that 

 work is not seen by many persons in the Colony it will be as 

 well to give them here, they are as follows ;— ? 



