September i, 1881.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
291 
INDIA-I 
A local advertisement an 
pink rubber seedlings 
added that tho rubbei 
manufacturers. In res 
generally, the follow: 
tcrcst, taken from C 
the Caoutchouc of Co 
Mozambique 
t) is a woody 
raj and abund- 
found Jar^t-lv 
in hi 
t of I 
Report on 
Fl. Owar ct 
). 320. 
ibes it ns a 
in diame'er, 
; indurated 
1 off. The 
range, con- 
ish brown 
is ca:en by 
tscli remarks 
juent in most 
where, at an 
B69. 
Vernacular Name.— Licongue or L 
Mac mgue (plural form) (Plate 4). 
MS to Collins) that this species " firs 
Palisot de Beauvai- in Owar and Benin, 
by Don in Sierra Leone, I have enc 
frequently in several of the highland di- 
and consequently the habitat of this 
stated as extending from 10" lat. N. 1 
the tropical coasts of West Africa." 
Bemarks.-Dr. Wei wit eh (1. e.) de 
"laree climbing plant, four to six inch 
at a height of two or three feet from the 
this point it is divided into several lor 
which are again and again divided, 
the stems and larger branches of neighl 
•which they fix themselves by means . 
ous spifully-twisted tendrils formed out < 
flower-stalks after tho ripe fruit has 
fruit is about the shape ol a tniddle-siz 
t: ining under a hard, nearly woody, 
shell, a sweet, rather acidulous pulp, w 
the natives." 
L TTetid'lotii. D.C. Prod. 1. c. 
Gi ographic Distribution. — Senegal. 
/.. fl rula, Bemh. in Fl. Nigritiana, 
Vernacular N 1 inc. — " ahok " or " aho 
Geographic Distribution. —Dr. Weh 
(1. c) this species is found "rather f 
of the primeval forests of inner Angola 
el. vaion of 1,500 to 2,500 feet, I often met with this 
beautiful climber, and gratified myself with its sweet, 
acidulous fruit, though not less eo with the beauty 
and marvellous abundance of its large snow-white and 
jas min-scented ll"wcrs." 
Lnndolphice Sfiecies incerta. Iu the Kew Herbarium 
ami Museum are ti>e following: — 
L. npycies. 
G graphic Distribution.— Tropical Africa, lat. 1° N. 
Remarks.— "The leaf of the African Rubber plant." 
< '..11. C. Mann. 
J,, ep < i>-. Prov Z ui/.ibar. Coll. Dr. Kirk. 
L. flnrxda ? I'*rn ts and Caoutchouc from the district 
on the Congo River. Coll. Dr. Milliard. 
Cariw species. Wood and rubber collected by Dr. 
Kirk (Livingstone expedition). 
L. ? ''Shuuanga, India Rubber shrub." Coll. Dr. 
J. Kirk. 
/. mar ihr ■ •('. • . is. Shupuiga, India Rubber liana, 
wo id, fruit, &c. Dar S-ilam. ISO'S. Coll. Dr. Kirk. 
G moral Remark 1. Of t esc unascertained species of 
Jiandolphioi which yield Caoutchouc, the Caoutchouc 
fcrat by Dr. Milliard is identical with our West coast 
"b.,i," Caoutchouc. 'Iho l ist two specimens sent by 
Dr. Kirk no identical, and a portion ol th>- etem of 
the ''India Ru"ber plant of Zanzibar and Eisttropi- 
SS Africa," at he call* it, also sunt by him, is, at 
least as far ax e<>nip iri-.>n of woods will ndinit, iden- 
tical with the first spoi'iint-n lent under tho name of 
Onri**a. and I agree »»nti .1 poet- sent l>y Dr. 
Mr emu, Horton fr m On •• Const fasti.-. Dr. Kiik, 
in,, ,11 1 .1 Ire d 1 . Dr. Hooker, O.B. (and which 
tho litti.ii- h.i., kindly allowed mo to copy), says:— 
says (1. c.) i 
Beau., that he 
of Gol ungo- A 
Caoutchouc ' 
the name of 
Benito Als. 
lands, and 1 
and Ikoi, the 
being consid* 
ction. It is not an article of trade at 
I have been endeavouring to induce the 
)llect it, John Kirk. December 25th, 
■lwitscb however (whose valuable addi- 
knowledgc of the Flora of tropical Africa 
mown) belongs the credit of first ideuti- 
ants yielding African Caoutchouc. He 
was principally from the L. Ovmriemis, 
saw the Caoutchouc collected by the natives 
to and of Cnzengo. Du Chaillu speaks of the 
iuc, doubtless a Landolphia, known by 
Dambo, as heing common about the River 
more plentifully in the valleys, bottom- 
igh grounds about the Rivers Moontlah 
produce of those growing on high grouuds 
The collection and preparation of African Caoutchouc 
is conducted in a very slovenly and wretched manner. 
The natives cut off a piece of bark and the milky 
juice is allowed to run into holes made in the ground 
or on leaves. In Angola Dr. Welwitsch describes the 
method there resorted to as even if possible worse. 
A native having cut a tree places the palm of his hand 
against the stem and allows the milk to trickle down 
his arm. He fe oes from tree to tree, and when his arm 
is covered, beginning at his elbow be rolls the 
Ca utchouc back towards his hand, till it comes off in 
the form of a ring. It is also by some collected and 
allowed to coalesce in wooden vessels. The wood of 
the plant contains a gum, >o that if the cut penetrates 
it this becomes mixed with it and spoils the Caoutchouc. 
African ' aoutchouc has however improved in some 
districts recently, and the price has been higher lor 
the improved kinds. Mr. Lee Norris, Ja'e Manager 
of the North British Rubber Company, wrote me that 
he believed the better kinds were prepared with the 
aid of strong liquor ammonias added in the proportion 
of 3 per cent. The chief districts from which African 
Caoutchouc is expo t ted are the Gaboon, Congo, Angola, 
Benguela, and Zambesi. 
African Caoutchouc is received in the form of Hakes, 
round balls, and tongues, has a disagreeable odour, 
possibly the result of decomposition, is viscous, and 
generally least elastic of nil the varieties. 
JUTE CULTURE IN EGYPT. 
L<: CuUivaleur, of Cairo, of June 1st, says: — Wo 
have on several occasions mentioned to our renders 
the jute culture which Mr. Grant has been trying to 
introduce into Egypt. Since our last advices several 
bales of iliis textile have been sent to England. These 
have been much appreciated, recognised as of ex- 
cellent quality, and sold at a very remunerative price. 
TIlia culture, it stems, tin n, should give good re-ulti. 
Daira Sanieh and the Administration of tho Domains 
have resolved t > appropriate a certain extent of terri- 
tory. 1 hcio h iv; been 200 acres sowed. D.iira Sanieh 
has ordered from India a, quantity of seed, «nd it is 
announced in the journal- that they aro willing to sell 
noun of it to the public nt cost price. Wo strongly 
recommend our renders to profit by thi« circumstance, 
and make a trial willi a small piece of ground. Tho 
price of grain comaa to l\ T. 27 per feddau. The 
sowing »houU be accomplished 15 days nt latest fr<>m 
tin- d i e. /.. Ciitt't-irtrur 1.L0 give* " Instruc.i.. s 
on the Cultivation of Juto iu tho First Period" 
