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on Kilima N'jaro, at 10,000 ft., in 1885, and was described E 
Prof. Oliver (Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot., 2nd ser., vol. ii., p. 331) as 
ee de ia Johnstoni. lt is a near ally of the widely d 
S giai ar a which it closely resembles. Mr. Whyte wrote:— 
her refoil of clover growing in the marvellously fa attoniti 
vits of "Kiküyk: A splendid plant to introduce into hill 
pastures of other tropical countries.” Seeds have been distributed 
for trial in the Colonies and elsewhere. 
Penguins.—Mr. Albert Linney, the Head Gardener at Govern- 
ment House in the Falkland Islands, who was za in the 
employ of Kew, has, on recently returning home on leave, 
brought with him three Penguins d the collection of aquatic 
birds in the Royal Botanic Gardens. Tw e specimens of 
Aptenodytes papua and the third, the aller hase dead), is 
Spheniscus magellanicus. 
Use of Orchid-bark for Ornament.—In — s et otes on Mie 
in the Jungle" (Orchid Review, 1893, 82), the late 
Major-General E. S. Berkeley described pce use € the e fibre ^ of 
Dendrobium secundum for making the string or “connector” 
with which the aborigines of N. Andaman attaeh the, head to the 
shaft of their arrows. The employment of orchids for any useful 
purpose is rare, and the present seemed so exceptional that 
application was made to Mr. E. H. Man, C.S.I., Deputy Superin- 
tendent of the [Tu eei for specimens illustrating it for the 
ew Museum. 
Mr. Man very kindly forwarded to Kew an interesting letter 
(dated December 6, 1893), from Mr. M. V. Portman, Officer-in- 
Charge of the Andamanese, which corrected General Berkeley's 
account in many particulars :--- 
he connector attaching the head to the shaft of the ‘ Bla,’ 
uie arrow used for shooting pig, is made of the fibre of Anoden- 
dron paniculatum (* Yölba’), and Dihi bark is never used in 
its manufacture 
“Orchid bark (Rá) is, however, worked into the Yólba fibre 
binding the heads of the fish arrow (Táulbod), and also in the 
head of the Ela, but as an ornament only, owing to its bright 
yellow colour. It i is prepared as follows The orchid is roasted 
over embers, until the bark becomes of a straw colour, and the 
k is then stripped off by a shell-knife. It is very brittle, 
owing to the baking it has received, has no toughness at any 
time, and is absolutely valueless — ally." 
Mr. Man has been good enough to send to "Kev an interesting 
series of objects consisting of catering alex a waist-belt, an 
head ornament, made of shells fastened to a coarse cord which is 
covered with the bright yellow skin or bark exactly corr espond- 
pu Pt that which covers the pseudobulbs of Dinti obium 
E a farther letter, dated June 18, 1894, Mr. M. V. Porras 
says :—“ The Ongés of the Lit ttle Andaman "Island make more use. 
of the bark than the aborigines of the Great reer “their 
