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21 16. Java smoking tobacco. — Grown and prepared in Java. Same source. 



2 1 17. Chumpan tobacco. — Another form of prepared tobacco from Siam. Same 



source. 



21 18. Bolivian tobacco. — Produced and prepared in the Yungas Valley, Bolivia. 



Purchased in the market of La Paz by R. S. Williams, in 1902. 



21 19. Manila family cigars. — These large cigars are hung in the Manila houses 



to serve as a supply of smoking tobacco for the members of the family. 

 Acquired in Manila by R. S. Williams, in 1905. 



2120. Jamaica rope smoking tobacco. — A peculiar form of tobacco prepared in 



Jamaica. Acquired by L. M. Underwood in March, 1903. 



2121. Guadeloupe tobacco. Produced on the island of Guadeloupe. Presented 



by F. E. Lloyd, in June, 1903. 



2122. Cuban cigars in native package of banana leaves. — From Matanzas, 



Cuba. Presented by Anna Myers, New York City. 



2123. Venezuela plug tobacco. — As manufactured and sold in the markets of 



Venezuela. From the Field Museum of Natural History. 



2124. A variety of tobacco, probably produced from Nicotiana rustica L. From 



the United States Treasury Department. Native of and cultivated in 

 oriental countries as a source of tobacco. 



2125. A Persian variety of tobacco. — Probably the product of the same species. 



2126. Turkish tobacco. — Also probably derived from N. rustica. Presented by 



H. H. Rusby. 



2127. Tobacco stems. — The petioles and midribs of tobacco leaves, removed in 



preparing tobacco for smoking and chewing. These stems contain a 

 considerable quantity of nicotine and are very valuable for the making of 

 an extract used as an insecticide, and for other purposes. 



2128. Tobacco extract. An extract prepared from the preceding and used as an 



insecticide. 



2129. Snuff. — Consisting of the finely powdered leaves of tobacco with or without 



the addition of other substances to modify its odor and effect. In previous 

 generations it was very largely used in the nose to produce a stimulating 

 effect somewhat similar to that produced by smoking. 



2130. Pituri leaves. — The leaves of Duboisia Hopwoodii F. v. Muller. (Solanaceae 



— Potato family.) Native of Australia and cultivated. These leaves are 

 used by the Australian natives for smoking, as tobacco is used in other 

 countries. They do not contain nicotine, but the somewhat similar alkaloid 

 piturine, and are powerfully poisonous, much in the same way as tobacco. 



2131. Indian tobacco. Lobelia inflata. — The herbage of Lobelia inflata L. (Lobeli- 



aceae — Lobelia Family). Native of eastern North America. This drug 

 contains the alkaloid lobeline, which is in many respects similar to nicotine 

 in its action on the system. The plant was smoked like tobacco by the 

 North American Indians. 



2132. Cascarilla bark. — The bark of Croton Eluteria (L.) Sw. {Euphorbiaceae — 



Spurge Family). Native of the Bahama Islands. This bark contains no 

 alkaloid, but bitter and aromatic constituents, on account of which it is 

 frequently mixed with tobacco to modify its flavor. 



2133. Kinnikinnick. — The bark of Cornus Amomum Mill. (Cornaceae — Dogwood 



Family). Native of eastern North America. This bark contains no 



