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1232. Black kowree. Same donor. 



1233. Bread-fruit resin. — The resin of Artocarpus integrifolia L. {Moraceae — 

 Mulberry Family). Native of the East Indies and cultivated. From the 

 Field Museum of Natural History. 



1234. Resina de Jataba. — Probably the product of Hymenaea Courbaril L. (Caesal- 

 piniaceae — Senna Family). Native of tropical America. From Ceara, 

 Brazil, through the Field Museum of Natural History. 



1235. Locust resin. Same source as the preceding. From Surinam, Guiana. 



1236. South American copal. — Produced by a species of Hymenaea, probably the 

 same as the preceding. Used in Brazil by the natives for making ornaments 

 similar to those made from amber. Acquired in eastern Bolivia by H. H. 

 Rusby. 



1237. Brazilian copal. Identical with the last and used for varnish making. 

 Presented by Patterson & Co. 



1238. Zanzibar copal. (See No. 1116.) Same donor. 



1239. Guaiac resin. — Produced by Guaiacum officinale L. {Zygophyllaceae — 

 Guaiac family). Native of West Indies and northern South America. An 

 impure specimen from Haiti. Presented by Hugo Brussel & Co., of New 

 York City. 



1240. Olibanum, or frankincense. — A gum-resin produced by Boswellia Carterii 



Birdwood. Native of Arabia and East Africa. {Burseraceae — Myrrh 

 Family). Presented by Seabury & Johnson, of New York. 



1 241. Elemi. — A gum-resin produced by Canarium villosum (Blume) F. Vill. 

 Samefamily. Native of the Philippine Islands. Same donor. 



1242. Tabanuco. — Produced by Dachryod.es excelsa Vahl. Same family. From 

 Porto Rico. Used for torches and kindling. Presented by Mrs. N. L. 

 Britton. 



1243. Toona gum. — A gum exuded by Cedrela Toona Roxb. {Meliaceae — Mahogany 



Family). Native of New South Wales. From the New York market. 

 Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



1244. Malayan Chen or pitch. — A resin from the Malay Peninsula, of unknown 



botanical origin. From the Field Museum of Natural History. 



1245. Stick lac. (See number 1 163 etseq.) From Siam. From the Field Museum 



of Natural History. 



1246. Another specimen of the same. Presented by Zinsser & Company, of New 



York City. 



1247. Button lac. Same donor. 



1248. Seed lac. Same donor. 



1249. Orange shellac. Same donor. 



1250. Another sample of the same. Presented by Adam Thorner, of New York. 



1251. Bleached lac. The same product after being decolorized. Same donor. 



1252. Mastic. Mastiche. — An oleo-resin produced by Pistacia Lentiscus L. 



(Anacardiaceae — Sumac Family). Native of the Mediterranean region 

 and cultivated. Same donor. 



1253. Japanese lacquer tree. — A portion of the stem of Rhus vernicifera DC. 



Same family. Native of eastern Asia. Presented by T. Rein. 



1254. Japanese lacquer. Secured from the preceding. 



1255. Wood dressed with the preceding. 



