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6772. Gray dyer's weed. — A trunk section of Genista cinerea DC. Native of 



southeastern Europe. From Porto Maurizzio, Italy, through the Paris 

 Exposition of 1900. 



6773. Furze gorse. — A trunk section of Ulex europaeus L. Native of Europe. 



From Florence, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6774. Three stem-bases of the preceding, used for umbrella handles. Presented by 



Bennecke Brothers. 



6775. A cane made of the same wood. Presented by William Demuth & Company, 



of New York. 



6776. Caracolillo. — A trunk section of Sabinea punicea Urban. Native of tropical 



America. Collected by A. A. Heller in Porto Rico, March, 1900. 



6777. St. John's bread. Ceratonia. — A trunk section of Ceratonia Siliqua L. 



Native of Europe and Asia. From Syracuse, Italy, through the Paris 

 Exposition of 1900. 



6778. Palo-palo.— A trunk section of Pterocarpus officinalis Jacq. Native of 



tropical America. Collected by A. A. Heller in Porto Rico, March, 

 1900. 



6779. Sisham. Black wood. — A block of the wood of Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. 



From British India. 



6780. Sisham-sissu. Sissow. — A block of the wood of D. Sissoo Roxb. From 



British India. 



6781. Another block of the preceding. 



6782. Bitch-wood. — A trunk section of Lonchocarpus latifolius (Willd.) H. B. K. 



Native of tropical America. Collected by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 

 1903. 



6783. Roble-blanco. — A block of the wood of Platymiscium polystachyum Griseb. 



Native of tropical America. From Venezuela. 



6784. Karanj. — A block of the wood of Pongamia glabra Vent. Native of Asia 



and Australia. From British India. 



6785. Clammy locust. — A trunk section of Robinia viscosa Vent. Collected in 



the New York Botanical Garden. 



6786. Kaloxylon. Ammodendron. — A trunk section of an undetermined species 



of Ammodendron. From Siberia. 



6787. Scorpion senna. — A trunk section of Coronilla Emerus L. Native of Europe. 



From Grossetta, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6788. Durote. — A block of the wood of a species of Inocarpus. Native of tropical 



America. From Venezuela. 



6789. Broom. — A trunk section of Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link. Native of Europe. 



From Arezzo, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6790. Scotch Laburnum. — A trunk section of Laburnum alpinum Griseb. Native 



of Europe. From Florence, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6791. Lignum-vitae toddy-stick. — Made of the wood of a species of Guaiacum 



(Zygophyllaceae — Guaiac Family). Native of tropical America. Presented 

 by the Redlich Manufacturing Company, of Chicago. 



6792. Quebra-hacha. — A block of the wood of Guaiacum arboreum DC. Native of 



tropical America. From Venezuela. 



