LIGNUM NEPHEITICUM SAFFORD. 



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diilce, which lias the hirgest 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 : Eysenhardtia polys- 



FiG. 1. — Leaf of Ptcrocarpus piibcscens contrasted with leaf of Eysenhardtia adcnosiylis. Slightly 



reduced. 



fachya, endemic in Mexico, and Ptei'ocarpus mdica, a forest tree of 

 the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent islands. Trees of the genus 

 Pterocarpns 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. 



