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THE COMBRETUM FAMILY {Combretaceae) 



6888. White mangrove. — A trunk section of Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn. f. 



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



6889. Dhawra. — A block of the wood of Anogeissus latifolia Wall. From British 



India. 



6890. Panisa. — A block of the wood of Terminalia myriocarpa Heuck. & Muell. 



From British India. 



6891. Kindal. Bilimati. — A block of the wood of T. paniculata Roth. Same 



source. 



6892. Ain Sasada. Karimati. — Wood of Buceras tomentosa (W. & A.) Rusby 



{Terminalia tomentosa W. & A.). Native of the East Indies. From 

 British India. 



6893. West Indian almond. — A trunk section of Terminalia Catappa L. Native of 



tropical America and cultivated for shade and for its edible seeds. Col- 

 lected by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 



THE MYRTLE FAMILY (Myrtaceae) 



6894. Common myrtle. — A trunk section of Myrtus communis L. Native of 



Europe and cultivated for ornament. From Pisa, Italy, through the 

 Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6895. Guava. — A trunk section of Psidium Guajava L. Native of tropical America 



and cultivated for its fruit. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Sacupana, 

 lower Orinoco, Venezuela, April, 1896. 



6896. Red stopper. — A trunk section of Eugenia rhombea (Berg.) Kr. & Urb. 



Native of tropical America. Collected by G. V. Nash in Inagua, in 1904. 



6897. Tiwas. Kanara. — A block of the wood of a species of Eugenia. Native 



of the East Indies. From British India. 



6898. Black butt. — A block of the wood of Eucalyptus siderophloia Benth. Native 



of Australia. From New South Wales. 



6899. Iron-bark. — A block of the wood of E. pilularis Smith. Same source as 



preceding. 



6900. Mucurutu. — A block of the wood of Couroupita guianensis Aubl. Native of 



tropical America. From Venezuela. 



6901. Chytracula. — A trunk section of Calyptranthes Zuzygium (L.) Sw. Native 



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



6902. Harigira. — A block of the wood of Acanthopanax ricinifolium Seem. (Aralia- 



ceae — Ivy Family). Native of eastern Asia. From Japan. 



6903. Grayumo macho. — A trunk section of Didymopanax Morototoni (Aubl.) 



Decne. & Planch. (Same family). Native of tropical America. Collected 

 by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 



6904. Tupelo broom handles. — Two broom handles made of the wood of a species 



of Nyssa (Cornaceae — Dogwood Family). Native of the southeastern 

 and central United States. Presented by G. Josephi, April, 1903. 



6905. Dogwood cane stick. — A young trunk of Cynoxylon floridum (L.) Raf. (See 



No. 5282). Presented by William Demuth & Company, of New York. 



