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WOODS 



5362. Sea-girdle. Sea-staff. Sea-wand stems. Laminaria. — The stems of the 



seaweed, Laminaria Cloustoni Edmonston. {Laminariaceae — Laminaria 

 Family). Native of the shores of northern oceans. From the New York 

 drug market. Presented by Merck & Company. 



5363. Juniper wood. Lignum juniperi. — The wood of Juniperus communis L. 



(See No. 1757). Presented by Merck & Company. 



5364. European Ephedra. — The stems of Ephedra helvetica Hook. & Thomp. 



(Gnetaceae — Gnetum Family). Native of southern Europe, presented by 

 Merck & Company. 



5365. Tonga stem. Tonga vine. — The stem of Epipremnum mirabile Schott. 



{Araceae — Arum Family). Native of the Fiji Islands. A commercial 

 sample, presented by H. H. Rusby. 



5366. Sandalwood. White sandalwood. — Santalum album. (See No. 1812.) 



Presented by Parke, Davis & Company. 



5367. Another sample of the same, presented by H. H. Rusby. 



5368. Sassafras medulla, or pith. — The pith of the shoots of Sassafras Sassafras 



(L.) Karst. (See No. 15 14). Presented by Peek & Velsor. 



5369. Sassafras wood. — The wood of the preceding species. Collected by H. H. 



Rusby at Franklin, New Jersey, September, 1919. 



5370. Pernambuco Brazil wood. — The wood of Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Caesal- 



piniaceae — Senna Family). Native of Brazil. Presented by Merck & 

 Company. 



5371. Logwood. (See No. 1282). Presented by Parke, Davis & Company. 



5372. Red saunders. Red sandalwood. — The heart wood of Pterocarpus santalinus 



L. (See No. 1291). From the New York drug market. Presented by 

 H. H. Rusby. 



5373. Guaiac wood. (See No. 1239). Presented by Parke, Davis & Company. 



5374. Quassia wood. Jamaica quassia. (See No. 2701). Presented by Parke, 



Davis & Company. 



5375. Surinam quassia. (See No. 2702). Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



5376. Chewstick. (See No. 2155.) Presented by Parke, Davis & Company. 



5377. Cactus stems. Cereus grandiflorus. — The stems of Selenicereus grand.ifl.orus 



(L.) Britton & Rose (Cactaceae — Cactus Family). Native of Jamaica. 

 From the New York drug market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. Some 

 pieces of the sample are decayed. 



5378. Bitter-sweet. Dulcamara. — The young stems of Solanum Dulcamara L.. 



(Solanaceae — Potato Family). Native of the north temperate zone. 

 Collected by H. H. Rusby. 



5379. A commercial sample of the same. Presented by Parke, Davis & Company. 



5380. Stipites huaco, or guaco. — The twigs of Mikania amara Willd. (Carduaceae 



— Thistle Family). Native of tropical America. Presented by Merck & 

 Company. 



Leaves 



5381. American, or creeping, yew. Taxus. — The leaves of Taxus canadensis 



Marsh. {Taxaceae — Yew Family). Native of northeastern North 

 America. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Alder Lake, New York. 



5382. Another sample of the same, collected by H. H. Rusby at Lake Perchand, 



Quebec, August 9, 191 1. 



