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dulce, which has the Largest leaflets of any of its genus hitherto 



described. 



There is a simple solution to the problem. Two distinct woods have, 

 beyond a doubt, been called lignum nephriticum : Eysenhanltia folys- 



FiG. 1.— Leaf of Pterocarpus pubescens contrasted with leaf of E!;senhardtia adenostylis. Slightly 



reduced. 



tachya, endemic in Mexico, and Pterocarpus indica^ a forest Tree of 

 the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent islands. Trees of the genus 

 Pterocarpus also occur in Mexico, and it is possible that cups were 

 made from their wood, but we have no definite evidence to prove this 

 conjecture. 



