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Cymes stag flowered, corymbose, the oreo short, pedicels equalling 
oe flow Flower-buds s rusty-puberulous. Calyx lobes five, spread- 
, OV ate- -deltoid, bifoveolate, fleshy, capl keeled on the inner 
ce. Petals none. Filaments as long as the anther. Style three 
lobed at the top. Fruit tole smooth, one seeded, 8 to 10 lines in 
diameter. Pericarp crustace seeds roundish, cotyledons plano- 
convex. Radicle inferior. ur dia nu Mey nylon, Nees Syst. 
Laur. p. 66. Laurus Chloroxylon, L. Sp. Pl. Ed. ii, p. 528.— Jamaica 
in the interior mountains, moderately common 
There is only one small specimen of the Jamaica cogwood in the Kew 
- Museums, and this was obtained frcm the Paris Exhibition, 1855. It 
is labelled the «t best wood for mill framing and cog w heels, very 
durable in water.” | In this specimen the heart wood is developed only 
to a small extent, occupying in fact only the M core about 3 inches 
in diameter out of a total diameter of about 9 inches. To procure service- 
able heart wood of the characteristic colour, texture, and weight, it is 
probable the trees oe be allowed to attain considerable age and 
si The value of the timber is unquestioned, and in any system for 
the conservation of sees and replanting denuded areas that may be 
adopted in Jamaica, the eogwood will no doubt receive, as it deserves, - 
special consideration. So far as can be gathered this valuable tree 
is entirely confined to Jamaica. 
aa poe 9. Calyx lobes. 3. PEE 4. Ovary (calyx seg- 
iiti removed). Same, vertical section . Tranverse section of fruit. 
Excepting Fig. 6, am enlarged. 
XCIX.—COCOA-NUT COIR FROM LAGOS. 
As may be gathered from the reports published in the Kew Bulletin 
(1888, p. 149, and 1889, p. 69), Governor Moloney has organised very 
extensive nurseries in different parts of the Colony of Lagos for the 
purpose of extending the cultivation of the cocoa-nut palm. ‘Plantations 
eaves ng of 30, 000 trees have already been established by the Govern- 
ent, whilst seedlings in am quantities are supplied at low rates to 
opa persons with the view of making the industry as general ns 
possible. In this work the recently established Botanic Station is 
actively engaged, as also the Government organisations attached to the 
Commissioner: ships of the Eastern and Western Districts, and of Palma. 
With the view of utilising to the best advantage the produce "E these 
cocoa-nut plantations, when in full bearing, Governor Mo 
recently prepared see ose some samples of cocoa-nut fibre so 
that an opinion might signers ngs as to its value in this country. This 
West African coir was sent to Kew, and very ME particulars 
respecting it are beh ele in the following correspondence 
CorontaL Orrice to Roya GARDENS, KEW. 
Sir, wning Street, 2nd February 1889. 
I am directed by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you a copy of a 
despatch which he has received from the Governor of vig rep 
that he had despatched a bale of eed coir to Kew 
E 58767. 750.—5/89. A2 
