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and nnpeeled as imported, also Solazzi, Corigliano, and CASE 

 other juices, and Pontefract cakes are shown. 32. 



Note specimens of Manna from the CAM EL-THORN 

 {Alhagi matirorum, Medic). A small shrub widely spread 

 from Greece and Egypt through Western Asia and 

 Afghanistan to the plains of North-Western India. The 

 leaves are eaten as fodder by camels. The Manna is 

 collected near Candahar and Herat from the bushes at 

 the period of flowering. 



No. 186. West Indian Ebony. Furnished by 

 Bri/a Ebenus, DC, a small tree of Jamaica and Cuba. 

 It takes a beautiful polish, and is used for turnery, 

 inlaying, walking sticks, &c. COCUS WOOD, used for 

 making flutes, flageolets, &c., is supposed to be produced 

 by this plant. 



On the bottom shelf of this compartment note specimens 

 of the light wood of the i^MBASH or PiTH TREE of the 

 Nile {Herminiera elaphroxylon, Guill. and Perr.), used by 

 natives as floats in swimming across the river. 



No. 187. Shola (Aeschynomene aspera, L.). A 

 marsh plant, growing in the lakes and jheels of India. 

 The wood is extremely light, is a bad conductor of heat, 

 and on this account is used for helmets, and to protect 

 liquids from heat. Helmets, model of an Hindu temple, 

 carved figures, &c., from India are shown. 



No. 188. Ground NuT^u Pods and seeds of ^racMs 

 hypogaea, L., an annual herb. Remarkable from the 

 plant, after flowering, forcing the young pods under- 

 ground, where they ripen. Extensively grown in warm 

 climates as an important article of food, and for the sake 

 of its oil, which is largely used as a substitute for olive 

 oil, for soap-making, burning in lamps, and by watch- 

 makers, also by perfumers in pomades, cold cream, &c. 

 Its value as an oil seed was first recognised in Europe 

 about 1840. Its native country is somewhat doubtful, 

 but it is probably of American origin. 



On the lower shelves are seeds of Gram or CHICK Pea 

 {Cicer arietinum, L.), an annual herb, cultivated from an 

 early period in warm countries, especially in India, where 

 it is used in cakes, curries, &c. It was known to the 



