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seeds and particulars of two new species of African plantains (Muse 
livingstoniana and M. proboscidea), as recorded in the Kew Bulletin 
(1894, p. 225). 
A kind of dye- -wood ove Rape Bur.), probably of 
porc Aii was described by Sir J. Kirk (Journal of the Linnean 
Society, ix., p. 229) as the produce a a new species of Cudrania. The 
edible fruit “has somewhat the flavour of an insipid custard-apple. 
The tree ranges at least from the Zanzibar coast to British Central 
generic rank. 
Sir John Kirk’s services to horticulture at home cover the whole 
period of his residence in Africa. The following list of plants 
introduced by him to European gardens, chiefly through Kew, is an 
resting record of what is possible to be done by an enthusiastie ad 
devoted traveller :— 
Prants introduced from East TROPICAL AFRICA to Kew by 
Sir Joun KIRK 
Aloe brachystachys, nay n. 8. d Bot. Mag. t. 7599. 
» concinna, Baker, 
» Kirkii, Baker, n. $35 x i t. 7386. 
» penduliflora, Baker, n. sp. 
Chlorophytum Kirkii, Boker, n. sp.; Gard. Chron. 1882, (i.) 108. 
Clerodendron cephalanthum, Oliver, n. sp.; Ie. £l. t. 1557. 
Crinum Hildebrandtii, Vatke.; Bot. Mag. t. 6709. 
» Kirkii, Baker, n. sp. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6512. 
Drimiopsis Kirkii, Baker, n. sp. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6276. 
Encephalartos Hildebrandtii, A. Br. 
Hibiscus schizopetalus, Hook. f , n. sp. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6524. 
Impatiens Sultani, Hook. f., n. sp.; Bot. Mag. t. 6643. 
Kempferia (Cienkowshya), Kirkii, n. sp. ; Bot. Mag. t. 5994. 
Keramanthus Kirkii, Hook. f.,n. gen. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6271. 
Landolphia vit Benth.; Bot. Mag. t. 6963. 
» rkii, Dyer, n. sp. 
5 persone, Dyer, n. sp. 
tsoni, Dyer, n. sp. 
Maa ksvih gol onde Kirk, n. sp.; Journ. Linn. Soc. ix 
» proboscidea, Oliver, n. sp.; Ic. Pl, t. 1777. 
Neobenthamia gracilis, Rolfe, n, gen. ; Bot. Mag. t. 7221. 
Ochna Kirkit, Oliver, n. sp. 
Sansevieria Kirkii, Baker. n. sp.; Bot. Mag. t. 7357. 
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Every effort has been made by Kew to assist the establishment of 
planting industries in British Central Africa by the despatch of plants 
suitable for cultivation there. But owing to the length of time occupied 
by the transit, the operation is beset with considerable difficulty. - 
