J91 
of  Chobo  and  was  analyzed  by  M.  AUFl-'KAY,  of  the  Laboratory  of 
It  gave — 
o 
Liquid  essential  oil 
2.25 
Concrete  crystalline  essence  • 
•••  97.75 
100.00 
Point  of  fusion 
178^ 
Deviation 
10,48 
The  chemical  analysis  giving  the  ioniuila  C‘"  O.  shows 
that  it  is  composed  of  Camphol  or  Borneol.  By  oxydation  it  gives 
camphor  and  inversely  the  camphor  by  hx  drating  becomes  Borneol. 
Ed. 
HORTICULTURAL  NOTES. 
'bUK  FRUITING  OF  THE  'I'rA VELLERS’  TREE 
R A \-  EN  A L A M A 1 ) A G A S C A R 1 E N S I S . 
The  Travellers’  tree,  often  erroneously  called  the  fravellers’ 
palm,  belongs  to  the  same  order  as  the  Banana  as  may  be  easilv 
guessed  from  the  foliage.  It  is  commonly  cultivated  in  the  Straits 
Settlements  where  it  thrives  \ery  well,  and  is  propagated  from  the 
side  shoots,  like  a Banana.  I have  heard  of  no  instance  of  its 
flowering  or  fruiting  in  the  Straits  Settlements.  In  Ceylon  at 
Peradeniya  I have  seen  it  in  flower,  and  recently  I found  it  fruiting 
in  July  in  the  grounds  of  the  Rajah’s  Bungalow  at  Matang  in  Bor- 
neo at  an  altitude  of  i,ooo  feet  elevation. 
This  is  the  only  record  I have  of  its  fruiting  in  the  East.  The 
flowers  are  white  with  long  pointed  petals  and  stamens,  a number 
of  them  borne  in  ivory  white  boat  shaped  bracts.  The  fruit  a large 
woody  capsule  splitting  into  three  \alves  each  enclosing  a number 
of  seeds  wrapped  in  a blue  aril. 
The  only  other  species  in  the  genus  is  R.  guia/iensis,  a native  of 
(juiana  which  is  almost  stemless.  Both  species  are  in  culti\ation 
in  the  Botanic  Gardens.  Singapore. 
ACANTHUS  MONTANUS. 
There  are  two  or  three  species  of  the  genus  Acanthus^  indigenous 
to  the  Malay  peninsula.  These  are  tidal  mud  plants  with  blue  or 
white  flowers  and  usually  holly-like  prickly  by  leaves.  They  are 
known  to  the  Malays  as  “ Jeruju,  ” and  the  ground  u[)  seeds  are 
considered  by  them  as  a specilic  for  boils,  d'he  handsomest  is  .i. 
ilicifoiius,  \\\\\\  large  blue  flowers,  the  other  local  species,  ari‘  A. 
cbracteatiis,  Vahl.  with  light  blue  or  white  flowers  and  A.  volubilis,  a 
half  climbing  species  with  white  Ihnvcrs  I hav(‘  failed  to  ('ultivale 
these  local  kinds  in  the  garden  as  the,}'  seem  to  recjuire  the  salt  mud 
of  the  tidal  river. 
