(2 3 8) 



5287. Canelon Colorado.— The bark of R. floribunda (R. Br.) Native of tropical 



South America. From Paraguay, through the Field Museum of Natural 

 History. 



5288. Aguay guazu. — The bark of Lucuma neriifolia H. & A. (Sapotaceae — 



Sapota Family). Native of tropical South America, and cultivated for 

 its fruit. From Paraguay, through the Field Museum of Natural History. 



5289. Lucuma bark. — The bark of a species of Lucuma. Native of tropical South 



America and cultivated for its fruit. From Paraguay, through the Field 

 Museum of Natural History. 



5290. Balata bark. Mimusops bark.— The bark of a species of Mimusops related 



to M. surinamensis Miq. (Same family). Native of northern South 

 America. From the Amazon valley. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



5291. Persimmon bark. — The bark of Diospyros virginiana L. (Ebenaceae — 



Ebony Family). Native of the southeastern United States. Collected 

 by W. N. Clute at Tuckerton, New Jersey, July 6, 1899. 



5292. Another sample of the same, collected by P. Wilson, at Dalton, Georgia, 



July 29, 1900. 



5293. Fringe-tree, or shaving's-tree, bark. Chionanthus. — The bark of Chionan* 



thus virginica L. {Oleaceae — Olive Family). Native of the southeastern 

 United States. Collected by R. M. Harper, July 12, 1902. 



5294. White, or American, ash bark. — The bark of Fraxinus americana L. (Same 



family). Native of eastern North America. Collected by P. Wilson in 

 the New York Botanical Garden, July 10, 1899. 



THE DOGBANE FAMILY (Apocynaceae) 



5295. Dita bark.— The bark of Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. Native of Australia 



and the East Indies. Presented by the New York College of Pharmacy. 



5296. White quebracho bark. Aspidosperma. — The bark of Aspidosperma 



Quebracho-bianco. (See No. 2807.1). From Paraguay, through the Field 

 Museum of Natural History. 



5297. A commercial sample of the same. Presented by Parke, Davis & Company, 



of New York. 



5298. Sapirangay bark. — The bark of Tabernaemontana Hystrix Steud. Native of 



tropical South America. From Paraguay, through the Field Museum 

 of Natural History. 



5299. Pao pareira. Geissospermum bark. — The bark of Geissospermum Vellosii 



Allem. (See No. 2805). Presented by Merck & Company, of New York. 



5300. Condurango. — The bark of Marsdenia Condurango Nichols. (Asclepiada- 



ceae — Milkweed Family). Native of Ecuador. Presented by Parke, 

 Davis & Company, of New York. 



5301. Guayaba morati. — The bark of Patagonula sp. (Boraginaceae — Borage 



Family). Native of tropical South America. From Paraguay, through 

 the Field Museum of Natural History. 



5302. Taruma guazu. — The bark of Vitex montividensis Cham. {Ferbenaceae — 



Verbena Family). Native of tropical South America. From Paraguay, 

 through the Field Museum of Natural History. 



