(299) 



6486.1. Bamboo flower pots. — Flower pots, each consisting of a joint of a bamboo 



stem. Obtained by N. L. Britton at Trinidad, West Indies, 1920. 

 6487. Three Japanese rice-roots. — The stem-bases of a species of bamboo used for 



parasol-handles. Presented by Edward Bennecke & Brother, of New 



York. 

 6488-6489. Bamboo stick and cane. — The stem of an undetermined species of 



bamboo and a cane made from the same. Presented by William Demuth & 



Company, of New York. 

 6490-6492. A bamboo stick and two bamboo canes from the same donor. 

 6493-6495. Two bamboo sticks and one finished cane of the same. Same donor. 



THE PALM FAMILY (Palmae) 



6^g&-64gy. Midgeon stick and cane. — The stem and root-base of an undetermined 

 species of palm, probably a rattan (Calamus sp.), used for canes, and a 

 finished cane made of another rattan palm. 



6498. The stem and root-base of another rattan palm. — Another palm stem, ap- 

 parently of a different species. 



6499-6500. Two finished Penang canes, made of rattan palm stems. 



6501. Penang stick, from which canes like the preceding are made. 



6502-6505. Rattan sticks. — Four sticks, consisting of the stem of a species of 

 Calamus. Presented by Bennecke Bros., of New York. 



6406-6508. Supple Jack. — Three stem sections of a species of palm. Collected 

 by H. H. Rusby at Santa Catalina, Lower Orinoco, Venezuela, in April, 

 1896. 



6509-6510. Gru-gru canes. — Two canes made of the stems of Aiphanes corallina 

 Wendl. Native of the West Indies. Obtained by D. T. MacDougal, 

 July, 1903. 



65 1 1. Coconut cane. — A cane made of the stem of the young coconut tree, Cocos 



nucifera L., cultivated in Jamaica, West Indies. Acquired by D. T. 

 MacDougal, July, 1903. 



6512. Coconut stirring-spoon, or ladle. — Made of the preceding wood. Acquired 



by P. Wilson in Singapore, June, 1901. 

 6513-6516. Coconut shell ladles. — Three ladles, the bowls of which are made 



of the shells of the fruit of the preceding species. Acquired by P. Wilson 



in Porto Rico, in 1902. 

 65 16-65 18. Coconut shell dippers. — Three dippers, the bowls of which are made 



of the same. Same collection as the preceding. 



6519. Carved box made of a coconut shell. Presented by R. S. Williams. 



6520. Another of the same, with a carved map of South America. Presented by 



Ernest Stauffen, of New York City. 



6521. Biro. — A trunk section of Livistona chinensis R. Br. Native of eastern 



Asia. From Japan. 



6522. Bactris. — A trunk section of the stem of an undetermined species of Bactris. 



Collected by H. H. Rusby in the lower Orinoco River, Venezuela, April, 

 1896. 



6523. Bactris. — Another section, probably of B. Plumeriana Mart. Native of 



the West Indies. Acquired by G. V. Nash in Haiti, 1903. 



