(279) 



6ii6.i. Cercis seed. — The seed Cercis Siliquastrum L. Native of southern Europe 

 and Asia. 



6117. Flax seed. Linseed (See No. 602). From the Pan-American Exposition 



of 190 1. 



61 18. Cedron seeds. Simaba seeds. — The seeds of Simaba Cedron (R. Br.) Planch. 



(Simarubaarae — Quassia Family). Native of tropical America. Presented 

 by the New York College of Pharmacy. 



61 19. Croton, or Croton oil, seeds, in the pod. — The seeds of Croton Eluteria (L.) 



Bennett (See No. 1663). From northern Metello, Ceylon, through the 

 Field Museum of Natural History. 



6120. A commercial sample of the same. Presented by J. L. Hopkins & Company. 



6120. 1. Another sample, grown in Ceylon. 



6121. Castor, or castor-oil, seeds. Higuerilla (See No. 1656). Specimen from 



Guatemala. 



6122. Another sample from the Amatitian Department, same country. 



6123. Another sample of the same from Ovalle, Chile. 



6124. Another sample of the same, from Paraguay, through the Field Museum of 



Natural History. 



6125. A commercial sample of the same, from the New York market. Presented 



by H. H. Rusby. 



6126. Curcas seeds. Purging-nuts. Barbadoes nuts (See No. 1665). Presented 



by Lehn & Fink. 



6127. Another sample of the preceding. Presented by the New York College of 



Pharmacy. 



6128. Katbilawa. Chirinja. — The seeds of Buchanania latifolia Roxb. {Anacardia- 



ceae — Sumac Family). Native of Burma. 



6129. European spindle, or staff, tree. Burning bush. — The seeds of Euonymus 



europaea L. (Celastraceae — Staff-tree Family). Native of Europe and 

 cultivated for ornament. From the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6130. Guarana (See No. 2210). Presented by Merck & Company. 



613 1. Pure powdered guarana. — The preceding, in the powdered state. Presented 



by H. H. Rusby. 



6132. Abelmoschus seed. Amber-seed. Ambrette. — The seeds of Hibiscus 



Abelmoschus L. {Malvaceae — Mallow Family). Native of tropical Asia 

 and Africa and cultivated. Presented by the New York College of Phar- 

 macy. 



6133. Cacao. Chocolate beans, or seeds (See No. 1686). Obtained by J. A. 



Shafer in Cuba, in 1901. 



6134. Pataste. — The seeds of Theobroma bicolor H. & B. Native of tropical 



America. From Mazatanagua, Guatemala. 



6135. Cola. Cola-nuts. Bichy-nuts. — The seeds of Cola vera Schum. (Same 



family). Native of tropical Africa, and cultivated in tropical countries. 

 Presented by Lehn & Fink. 



6136. Another sample of the same. Presented by Parke, Davis & Company. 



6137. Another Cola. — The cotyledons of C. acuminata (Beauv.) Schott. Same 



source. 



