



* 4 
ix vesito, stipite gracili nudo, frondibus ineimbradaceis idi in sil tent 
T attenuatis simplicibus lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis profunde 
; pinnatifidis, lobis primariis jugis ascendentibus lanceolatis integris, 
venis in areolas copiosas hexagonas venulis Lagen itin: ec e 
= santibus, soris linearibus inter costam 
Grammitis mem Parma: Bailey Synops. Queensland Tia Seppe 
ment, iii. p. 94, non E 
Hab. — Australia : Gosia on the Bellenden-Ker range, alt. 4,000 ae 
feet, Bailey. 
Stipes 3-4 pollicaris. dein Mag oca 9-12 lin. lata, cies 
4-5 poll. lata, pinnis 5-6 lin 
This appears to be quite races both from the Javan G. membran : 
Hook., and the North Australian G. Sayeri, F. M. & Baker. In habit : 
and variety of cutting it closely RARA the well-known ieee a 
scandens, Forst. ; 

COXL.—AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF ZANZIBAR. 
A correspondence has taken place ee ndn the Foreign Office and © 
Kew respecting the plant industries of Zanzibar. Samples of fibre - 
prepared from “the pive-apple and other Per were Pind and an 
estimate obtained of their commercial d 
arta ae the Secretary of State M oiid a report, in which — 
tal, C.B., Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General, 
dealt at some length. with the agricultural industries of Zanzibar gene- — 
rally. ‘This report is included in an aecount ed the trade bs iieri 

Consular 
e I BASÉ —44], and is therefore not now reprodu ! 
ring the time ‘that Si John Kirk was Tosidebt in ge SH Ev 
tanintáined at his expense an experimental bam lu-shich Bé 
iriel every useful tropical plant likely to be adapted to the climate. — — 
These were for the most part supplied Nom Kew. It seemed desirable 
work in which Sir John Kirk took an enthusiastic interest. For a 
qu a he has very kindly furnished the following letter. " 
The importance of the subject may be measured. by the fact that. the’ 
plants established by Sir John Kirk’s energy in Zanzibar and Pemba — 
will always in the future be avai abe for M laetos on ce 
mainland of Easte ern Afri rica. 





Sir Joun Kink, a. CM. G., to Roya Ganpexs, Kew. 
—— . DEAR Trisstrow-Dren, ‘Sevenoaks, 21st February 1892. 
LH read with ateren the papers you sent me for perusal on - 
7. ghe vigia products of the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, now 
' under the direct administration of British offi 
"The following remarks apply only to the islands | of Zea and i 
Pemba where the climate and produets differ r considerably from from those of | 
st mainland i in consequence of the greater v Bai legge a c vip and — 
Eis there of rain for several months of d is s 
j^ Eb MEG tnpanying e giving the results of a series of observ ationa — — 
taken with i reliable instru st t. a series of five : nin which | 
have been corrected for index and other errors at the Meet 
Boney, * will show better than = um URN thes main n featares 


