. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . the qualityof the fibre is exceptionally good. We have doubtless here anew fibre of great 1 Reprinted by special permission of the Controller of her MajestysStationery Office. (From Royal Gardens, Keii BiiUdin of MiscellaneousInforviation, No. 5, May 1897.)^ As to the identification of this plant, Mr. Baker remarks as follows— We have a specimen in flower from Buchanan, Shire highlands,Zambesia. Yields a most excellent fibre. So far as can
. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . the qualityof the fibre is exceptionally good. We have doubtless here anew fibre of great 1 Reprinted by special permission of the Controller of her MajestysStationery Office. (From Royal Gardens, Keii BiiUdin of MiscellaneousInforviation, No. 5, May 1897.)^ As to the identification of this plant, Mr. Baker remarks as follows— We have a specimen in flower from Buchanan, Shire highlands,Zambesia. Yields a most excellent fibre. So far as can be judged by arough sketch, Sir John Kirks is the same plant ; and there seems noreason why it should not be identical with 5. lo)igijio7-a, Sims, in t. 2634, of which we ha\e specimens from Guinea, Angola, etc. 707 7o8 APPENDIX E In the treatment of the leaves of Smisevicria by machinery,the great drawback hitherto experienced has been their com-paratixely small size, and the difficulty of cleaning the fibrecontained in them in an exj^editious and remunerative circumstances would not obtain in the case of the jjlant. Sansevicria zcylaiiica, \\ Flower laid open. /. Seeds. brought into notice b) Sir John Kirk. Indeed, for moist,tropical climates, as opposed to the dry, hot, and arid districtsof Yucatan, where the Sisal hemp is grown, this and S. longi-Jlora, if they arc really distinct, would be likely to prove ofexceptional \aluc as fibre-plants. ^ Reproduced by special permission of ihe Controller of lier .MajestysStationery Office. EXTRACTS RELATING TO FIBRE-PLANTS 709 It may be mentioned that all species of Sanscvicria prefera rich, moist soil and a com]3arativcly humid climate. Theyare essentially tropical plants, and do not thrive in a tempera-
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