154 BOTANY. 



the trunk of the moriche palm, celebrated amongst 

 the Guaraunos Indians. A branch with the flowers, 

 as well as the fruits, of the cuspara or quinquina of 

 Caroni (cortex angusturae). Branches in flower 

 and fruits of the tree which affords the almonds of 

 the Rio Negro, and which bears the name of 

 almendron or juvia (bertholetia excelsa). The 

 branches, the flowers, and the fruits of the chicki- 

 chik palm, of which they make cordage in the mis- 

 sions of Oronooko. 



New Holland. 

 Cucalyptus and casuarma (Fam. myrti et coni- 



I'cTcJe). 



Besides the collections of living vegetables, plants 

 preserved in herbals, and products of the vegetable 

 kingdom, the Museum possesses an assortment of 

 tools, machines, utensils, and substances, employed 

 in gardening, in agriculture, and in rural economy. 

 This assortment, already very rich in the imple- 

 ments of the different nations of Europe, still re- 

 quires the tools, &c., of other parts of the world. 

 They would be received with pleasure and gra- 

 titude. 



