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of Florida Keys and the Bahama Islands. Acquired at Inagua, Bahamas, 

 by G. V. Nash and Norman Taylor in 1904. 



367. Thrinax rope. — Made from the leaf-fibers of a species of Thrinax. Native of 



the West Indies. Acquired by G. V. Nash at Palate, Haiti, in 1905. 



368. Thrinax bag. Made of the leaflets of a palm, probably a Thrinax. Native 



of the West Indies. Acquired by G. V. Nash at Palate, Haiti, in 1905. 

 369-370. Latanier hats. — Made from the leaf-fibers of a West Indian species of 

 Thrinax. Obtained by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1905. 



371. Silver-thatch rope. — Made from the leaf-fibers of thesilver that ch palm. 



Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd.) Sarg. Native of tropical America. Acquired 

 by N. L. Britton, at Cat Island, Bahamas, in February, 1907. 



372. Palm basket. — Made of the leaves of the same plant. Acquired at White- 



lands, Cat Island, Bahamas, by Britton and Millspaugh in February, 1907. 



373. Leaf strips of the same plant. Native of Florida and the Bahamas. Ac- 



quired at Bimini Cays, Bahamas, by M. A. Howe, in 1904. 



374. Braid made from the preceding. Same source and donor. 



375. Hat made from the preceding. Same source and donor. 



376. The leaflets of a species of Coccothrinax. Acquired by J. A. Shafer at Hol- 



guin, Cuba, in April 1909. 

 377 _ 378- Daraguano rope, of two sizes. Made of the fibers of the preceding. 

 Same source and donor. 



379. Buri palm hat. — Made of strips from the leaves of the Buri palm, probably 



Corypha elata Roxb. Native of eastern Asia. Acquired at Balinag, prov- 

 ince of Bulican, Luzon, Philippine Islands, by C. B. Robinson, where it is 

 largely used in making many articles. 



380. Buri. — Strips cut from the preceding. Acquired in the Philippine Islands 



and presented by Theodore Muller. 



381. Buri raffia. — Raffia made from the same leaves. Same source and donor. 



382. Calasiao splints. — Splint from the leaf-stem of the same plant. Same source 



and donor. 



383. Buntal. — Fiber prepared from the same leaves. Same source and donor. 

 383.1-383.4. Palmetto brushes. — Made from the stems of Sabal Palmetto (Walt.) 



R. & S. Native of the southeastern United States. Acquired in Miami, 



Florida, by J. K. Small. 

 383.5. Rope made from the same. From Watling Island, Bahamas. 

 383.6-383.7. Mexican sopladores or fire-fans. — Made from the leaf-fiber of a species 



of Sabal. Native of Mexico. Acquired in Mexico by J. N. Rose in 1901. 

 383.8-383.9. Palmetto fans. — Made from the leaves of the dwarf palmetto, Sabal 



glabra (Mill.) Sarg. Native of Florida. Acquired in Miami, Florida, by 



Mrs. N. L. Britton, April, 1903. 



383.10. Palm-leaf braid. — Made from the leaves of Sabal Blackburniana Glazebrook. 

 Native of Bermuda. Acquired at Harrington Sound, Bermuda, and pre- 

 sented by Miss Rose Wilkinson, in 1912. 



383.11. The same, presented by N. L. Britton. 



384-386. Unfinished hats of palm leaves. — Made of the leaves of Sabal causiarum 

 (O. F. Cook) Beccari. Native of Porto Rico, West Indies. Acquired by 

 Percy Wilson, in 1902. 



387. Ornamental palm basket. — Woven from the leaf-fibers of a species of Sabal, 



