191 
rs ; 
reported as thriving well; others are not so satisfactory. The plants 
put out at the station are by no means a suecess as yet, one only being 
in a really healthy state." 
From Trinidad the prospects are mors encouraging. In Mr. Hars 
Annual Report for 1895 we find :—“ From seed of this new coffee, sent 
from Kew, a number of plants have been raised. Some of the larger 
plants have Deti planted in permanent positions, and are now over 
three feet in height, and it is expected will flower in a few weeks for 
the first time.” 
At the ae Gardens, Jamaica, Mr. Fawcett is able to report :— 
“ Fifteen plants of Coffea stenophy yii raised from seeds from Kew, have 
been planted in different places about the garden and are doing well." 
From the Report of the m of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
he for the year 1895, we learn 
mall plantation of 36 plants of oe igne or ‘upland coffee? 
( Coffee Pam croraR received from Kew in 1894 was made in. April, 
and plants of Lonchocarpus sp. (the one dd in Trini as a shad 
tree for Cacao) planted among them for shade. The growth of the 
coffee plants has been very irregular, varying from a few "gga 
to 3 feet, and cannot be said to be ver promising. The h 
“tinier of plants out of their element, and look as if the alata 
id not suit them n the other ‘hand, the Lonchocarpus is 
PEER at home, having grown very rapidly with a branching habit, 
and it promises to be a very useful shade-tree at low elevations. Some 
of he shoots have grown 8 feet in nine months.’ 
e Director of the Botanic Gardens and Forest Department, Straits 
Vire BUDE refers to the African coffee in his Report for the year 1895, 
as follows :— 
Among P Lesonomie plants] is a small lot of the new coffee 
( Coffea Jed Za), plant "posen. A pum It is growing 
steadily and well, and at present does not appear to be affected a t all by 
disease. Plants have been distributed to coffee planters in different 
parts of the Peninsula for experiment and observatio 
Explanation of Plate, 
Fig. 1, ge of leaf, showing upper surface and glands; 2, ovary, style, and 
stigmas; 3, etree of corolla with stamens, laid open ; 4, vertical section of ovary, 
exposing ovules; 5, berry (from the Kew Museum) ; seeds ; transverse 
section of seed ; 8, vertical section of seed ; 9, embryo. All but No. 5 aa 
DXXXIII.—EXPLORATION OF THE KARONGA 
MOUNTAINS. 
An exploration of the Karonga Mountains in North Nyasa within 
the territory of the British Central Africa Protectorate has lately been 
undertaken by Mr. Alexander Whyte, the chief of the scientific staff 
under Sir H. H. Johnston. An account of the botanical work pre 
viously done by Mr r. Whyte in Nyasaland was Len in the Kew Bulletin, 
1895 (pp. 186-191). The following preliminary report of the results 
obtained on the Karonga range is contained in a letter from Mr. Whyte, 
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