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THE HEATHER FAMILY (Ericaceae) 



6906. Ivy pipe. — A pipe made of the wood of Kalmia latifolia L. Native of eastern 



North America. Same donor as preceding. 



6907. Briar-wood. — A block of the wood of Erica arborea L. Native of the Medi- 



terranean region. Same donor. 

 6908-6911. Briar-wood pipes, showing stages in manufacture. Same donor. 

 6912-6925. A collection of 14 pipes made from the preceding. Same donor. 



6926. Briar-wood, or heather, fruit. — The fruit of the preceding species. From 



the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6927. Strawberry tree. — A trunk section of Arbutus Unedo L. Native of Europe. 



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



6928. Vedu-karnari. — A block of the wood of Diospyros ovalifolia Wight (Ebena- 



ceae — Persimmon Family). Native of the East Indies. From Ceylon. 



6929. Kinogaki. Mamegaki. — A trunk section of D. Lotus L. From Japan. 



6930. Kaki. — A block of the wood of D. Kaki L.f. Same source. 



6931. Ebony cane. — Made of the wood of Diospyros Ebenum Koen. Native of 



the East Indies. Presented by William Demuth & Company, of New 

 York. 



6932. Musuba. Sapodilla. 



6933. Mahua or butter-tree. — A block of the wood of Bassia latifolia Roxb. (Same 



family). From British India. 



6934. Balata. — A trunk section of Mimusops Balata Cruger, or M. globosa Gaertn. f . 



(Same family). Native of tropical America. Collected by H. H. Rusby 

 at Santa Catalina, lower Orinoco, Venezuela, in 1896. 



6935. Wild dilly. — A trunk section of M. emarginata (L.) Britton. Native of 



southern Florida and the West Indies. Collected by G. V. Nash at 

 Inagua, in 1904. 



6936. Olive wood. — A trunk section of Olea europaea L. (See No. 1696). From 



the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6937. Privet. — A trunk section of Ligustrum vulgare L. Native of Europe and 



used for hedges. From Florence, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 

 1900. 



6938. Phillyrea. — A trunk section of Phillyrea variabilis Timb. Native of Europe. 



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



6939. Toneriko. A block of the wood of Fraxinus pubinervis Blume. Native 



of eastern Asia. From Japan. 



6940. White-ash barrel stave. — A barrel stave made of the wood of F. americana 



L. Native of eastern and central North America. Presented by C. Heidt 

 &Son. 



6941. Niramali. — A block of the wood of the clearing-nut tree, Strychnos potatorum 



L. f. (Loganiaceae — Nux-vomica Family). Native of the East Indies. 

 From British India. 



THE DOGBANE FAMILY (Apocynaceae) 



6942. Jelutong wood. — A block of the wood of Dyera costulata Hook. f. Native of 



the Malay region. Obtained by P. Wilson in Singapore, June, 1901. 



