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show the pericarp split open, exhibiting the nutmeg, surrounded by the 

 mace. Grown in the Trinidad Botanical Garden and presented by J. H. 

 Hart. 



1477. Nutmegs bearing their mace or arillode. Collected by N. L. Britton at Bath, 



St. Thomas, West Indies. 



1478. Banda mace. — The arillode of the seed of the preceding. Presented by 



Boustead & Company of Singapore. 



1479. Another specimen of the same. 



1480. Penang mace. The same produced at Penang. 



1481. The same in a ground condition. 



1482. Padang mace. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



1483. Minador mace. Same donor. 



1484. Bombay, or wild, mace. — The arillode of the seed of Myristica fatua Houtt. 



Native of the Spice Islands and cultivated. Used as a spurious substitute 

 for and adulterant of genuine mace. 



1485. The same in a ground condition. 



i486. Macassar mace. Origin and use same as in No. 1484. 



1487. The same in a ground condition. 



1488. Brown nutmeg. — Nutmegs with the testa removed, but without the appli- 



cation of lime to the surface. Presented by Boustead & Company. 



1489. Another sample of the same. 



1490. Dutch or limed nutmegs. — The preceding which have been dipped in milk 



of lime or whitewash. It is said that this habit originated with the Dutch 

 in order to prevent competition in their growth and production by other 

 countries. It was on this account that the article received the name of 

 Dutch nutmeg. It is also claimed that this custom originated with the 

 idea of preventing insects from attacking the nutmegs. Presented by 

 Boustead & Company, of Singapore. 



149 1. Another sample of the same. 



1492. Another, of poorer quality. 



1493. Singapore limed nutmeg. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



1494. Ground nutmegs. 



1495. Wild, male, Macassar, or long, nutmegs. — The kernels of the seed of Myr- 



istica fatua Houtt. Native of the Mollucca Islands and used as a spurious 

 substitute for and adulterant of genuine nutmegs. Specimen from the 

 New York market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



1496. Brazilian nutmegs. — The kernel of the seed of Myristica surinamensis 



Roland. Native of the Antilles and northeastern South America. Some- 

 times used as a substitute for or adulterant of nutmegs. 



1497-1511. Cinnamon. — The bark, either entire or with the outer layers removed, 

 of various species of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae — Laurel Family). They are 

 natives of tropical regions in the East Indies. Numbers 1497 and 1498 

 represent Ceylon cinnamon, which is the inner bark of C. zeylanicum 

 Blume. Some Ceylon cinnamon is collected from wild trees, although most 

 of it is from cultivated sources. For its production, the plants are allowed 

 to grow to an age of two or three years, when the stems are one or two 

 inches in diameter. The bark is then removed in quills of two or three 



