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THE COLA FAMILY (Sterculiaceae) 



6869. Muchkand. — A block of wood of Pterospermum suberifolium Lam. Native 



of the East Indies. From British India. 



6870. Bastard cedar. — A trunk section of Guazuma Gauazuma (L.) Cockerell. 



Native of tropical America. Collected by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 



6871. Hadang. — A block of the wood of Eriolaena Candollei Wall. Native of the 



East Indies. From British India. 



6872. Hadang bute. — Another specimen of the preceding. 



6873. Shiracuchi. — A trunk section of Actinidia arguta Franch & Sav. {Theaceae — 



Tea Family). Native of eastern Asia. From Japan. 



6874. Makusal. — A block of the wood of Schima Wallichii Choisy (Same family). 



From British India. 



6875. Mammee, or maumee, apple. — A trunk section of Mammea americana L. 



(Guttiferae — Gamboge Family). Native of tropical America and cultivated 

 for its fruits. Collected by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 



6876. Sereyeh. — Sandals made from the wood of Shorea Guiso Blume. {Diptero- 



carpaceae — Dipterocarpus Family). Native of the East Indies. Acquired 

 by P. Wilson in Singapore, in June, 1901. 



6877. Meranti. Sal. — A block of the wood of S. robusta Gaertn. f. Same source 



as preceding. 



6878. Sandals made of the preceding wood, worn by the Malays of Singapore. 



Same source as the preceding. 



6879. African tamarisk. — A trunk section of Tamarix africana Poir. (Tamaris- 



cineae — Tamarisk Family). Native of the Mediterranean region. From 

 Cosenza, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6880. Nash's prickly pear. — Two trunk sections of Opuntia Nashii Britton 



(Cactaceae — Cactus Family). Collected by G. V. Nash in Inagua, in 

 1904. 



6881. Cactus cane. — A cane made of the stem of 0. imbricata (Haworth) DC. 



Native of southwestern North America. Made by the Papago Indians. 

 Acquired by D. T. MacDougal in Sonora, Mexico, February, 1902. 



6882. Arjunda. — A block of the wood of Lagerstroemia Flos-reginae Retz (Ly- 



thraceae — Loosestrife Family). Native of the East Indies. From British 

 India. 



6883. Nana. Bada. — A block of the wood of L. lanceolata Wall. Same home and 



source as the preceding. 



6884. Another of the same, from the same source. 



6885. Cocos de Mon. — A block of the wood of a species of Lecythis (Lecythida- 



ceae — Monkey-nut Family). Native of tropical America. From Vene- 

 zuela. 



6886. Guatacare. — A block of the wood of L. Idatimon DC. Same home and 



source as the preceding. 



6887. Ela. Mudella. — A block of the wood of Barringtonia acutangula Gaertn. 



(Same family). Native of the Molucca Islands. From Ceylon. 



