(3i5) 



6969-6970- Calabash bowls. — Two bowls of the same. Acquired by P. Wilson 

 in Porto Rico, in 1902. 



6971. Pullung. Warras. — A block of the wood of Heterophragma Roxburghii DC. 



Native of the East Indies. From British India. 



6972. West Indian Catalpa. — A trunk section of Macrocatalpa longissima (Jacq.) 



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

 1903. 



6973. White cedar. — A trunk section of Tabebuia bahamensis (Northrup) Britton. 



Native of the Bahama Islands. Collected by G. V. Nash in Inagua, in 

 1904. 



6974. Arraguarrei. Roble Colorado. — A block of the wood of Tabebuia penta- 



phylla (Juss.) Hemsl. Native of tropical America. From Venezuela. 



6975. Another specimen of the same. From the same source. 



6976. Roble negro. — A block of the wood of a species of Tabebuia. Native of 



tropical America. From Venezuela. 

 6977. 



THE MADDER FAMILY (Rubiaceae) 



6978. Seven-year apple. — A trunk section of Casasia clusiaefolia (Jacq.) Urban. 



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



6979. Palo de toro. — A section of the wood of Faramea occidentalis (L.) A. Rich. 



Native of tropical America. Collected by A. A. Heller in Porto Rico, 

 March, 1900. 



6980. Botoncillo. — A section of the wood of an unidentified tree. Same home 



and collection as preceding. 



6981. Prince-wood. — A trunk section of Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) R. & S. 



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



6982. Cuero de Sapo. — A trunk section, probably of the preceding species. Col- 



lected by A. A. Heller in Porto Rico, 1900. 



6983. Kalam. — A dressed block of the wood of Mitragyna parvifolia Korth. Native 



of the East Indies. From British India. 



6984. Cutlet. — A trunk section, probably of Duroia Sprucei Rusby. Native of 



tropical America. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Sacupana, lower Orinoco, 

 Venezuela, in 1896. 



6985. False cutlet. — A trunk section, probably of a species of Duroia. Same 



source as the preceding. 



6986. Viburnum. Laurestine. — A trunk section of Viburnum Tinus L. (Capri- 



foliaceae — Honeysuckle Family). Native of Europe. From Rome, 



Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 

 6987-6989. Guicharo or Guiro. — Three gourd musical instruments made from the 



shell of the fruit of a species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae — Gourd Family). 



Native of tropical America, and cultivated for the edible fruit. Acquired 



by P. Wilson, in Porto Rico, in 1902. 



6990. Ditas. — Another style of the same. Same source. 



6991. Gourd nicks. Gourd pipe bowls. — Two pipe bowls made of the preceding 



material. Presented by William Demuth & Company, of New York. 



