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Department of Public Gardens and Plantations of Jamaica, West Indies. 



1282. Logwood of good quality. 



1283. Logwood roots. 



1284. Another sample of same. 



1285. Sapwood of the logwood tree. It contains no coloring matter and is worth- 



less. 



1286. Red logwood. For some unknown reason, it contains no coloring matter and 



is worthless. 



1287. Blue logwood. So called because of the bluish-green tint of the foliage. 



1288. Old and worthless logwood. This is too old to contain its coloring matter 



and should have been cut previously. 



1289. Another sample of the same. 



1290. Bastard logwood. Another variety which contains no coloring matter for 



no known reason, and which is worthless. 



1291. Red sandal-wood or Red Saunders.— The heart-wood of Pterocarpus santa- 



linus L. f. Same family. Native of the East Indies. Presented by 

 Merck & Company, of New York City. 



1292. Santalin or santalic acid. The coloring matter extracted from the pre- 



ceding. Same donor. 



1293. Indigo plant. — The herbage of Indigofera Anil L. and other species of 



Indigofera. (Fabaceae — Pea Family.) Native of tropical America and 

 cultivated. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



1294. Crude indigo. A crude extract prepared from the preceding. 



1295. Bengal indigo. Manufactured in Bengal. Presented by Merck & Company, 



of New York City. 



1296. Another sample of the same of inferior quality. 



1297. Baptisia. Wild indigo. Dyer's green-weed. — The herbage of Baptisia 



tinctoria L. Native of eastern North America. Used for dyeing, as a 

 substitute for indigo. 



1298. Kiwaba bark. — The bark of Phellodendron amurense Royle (Rutaceae — Rue 



Family). Native of eastern Asia. From Japan. 



1299. Pitti — The bark of the root of Ventilago maderaspatana Gaertn. {Rhamnaceae 



— Buckthorn Family). Native of the East Indies. From British India, 

 through the Field Museum of Natural History. 



1300. Blue mallow flowers. — The flowers of Malva sylvestris L. (Malvaceae — Mallow 



Family). Native of Europe and cultivated. From the New York drug 

 market. 



1301. Hollyhock flowers, with calyx and epicalyx. — The flowers of Althea rosea (L.) 



Cav. {Malvaceae — Mallow Family). Native of Europe and everywhere 

 cultivated for ornament. Presented by Merck & Company, of New York. 



1302. The same, without calyx. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



1303. Annatto. — A fruiting branch of Bixa Orellana L. (Bixaceae — Annatto 



Family). Native of tropical America and cultivated. Collected on the 

 upper Rio Negro by Weiss and Schmidt. 



1304. Annatto pods. The fruits of the same plant. 



1305. Annatto seeds. The seeds of the preceding. 



1306-1307. Native extracts from the preceding. Made by the Indians of the 

 upper Rio Negro. Same source as the preceding. 



