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665-668. Bags made from same. 



669. Sandals made from same. 



670. Crude bast-fibers of a species of Tilia. 



671. Another specimen of same, from Russia. 



672. Basket made from same. 



673. Rope made from same. 



674. Mat made from same. 



675-676. Basswood sacks. — Made of the fibrous bark of a species of Tilia, in 

 Russia. From the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



677. The inner bark of a species of Apeiba. Native of tropical America. Used 



for making coarse rope. From San Carlos, Costa Rica, through the Phila- 

 delphia Museums. 



678. The same from Guatemala. Same donor. 



679. Rope made from the fiber of Apeiba Tibourba Aublet. Native of tropical 



America. Acquired by R. S. Williams in Panama, March 21, 1908. 



680. Anilao. — Bast-fibers from the stem of Columbia serratijolia DC. From the 



Philippine Islands. Presented by Theodore Miiller. 



THE MALLOW FAMILY {Malvaceae) 



681. Paritium rope. — From the bast-fibers of Paritium elatum G. Don. Native 



of the East Indies. Acquired at Buitenzorg, Java, in 1901, by Percy Wilson. 



682. Mahoe rope. — Made of the bast-fibers of Paritium tiliaceum (L.) St. Hil. 



Native of tropical America. Acquired in Jamaica, by Mrs. N. L. Britton. 



683. China jute stems. — The stems of the velvet leaf, Abutilon Abutilon (L.) 



Rusby. Native of southern Asia and widely naturalized in America. 

 Collected at Easton, Pennsylvania, by A. A. Tyler. 



684. China jute fiber. Fiber from the preceding stems. Presented by the United 



States Department of Agriculture. 



685. Okra fiber. — Fiber from the stem of Hibiscus esculentus L. Native of tropical 



Africa and widely cultivated for its fruit. Deposited by Columbia Uni- 

 versity. 



686. Ambari or Deccan hemp. — The bast-fiber of Hibiscus cannabinus L. Native 



of the East Indies. From Hyderabad, India, through the Philadelphia 

 Museums. 



687. Rozella hemp. — Bast-fibers from the stem of Hibiscus Sabdariffa L. Native 



of tropical regions of the Old World. From India, through the Philadelphia 

 Museums. 



688. Mukuge fiber. — The bark of Hibiscus Syriacus L. Native of the Orient and 



widely cultivated for decorative purposes. From Japan, through the 

 Philadelphia Museums. 



689. Malvaviscus fiber. — The bark-fiber of Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. Native of 



tropical America and cultivated for ornament. Deposited by Columbia 

 University. 



690. Tanay. — Bast-fibers from the stem of Kleinhovia hospita L. From the 



Philippine Islands. Presented by Theodore Miiller. 



