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Note in the first compartment of this case the long and CASE 

 rope-like pods of Inga ediiUs, Mart., a Brazilian tree ; 47. 

 and wood and pods of some undetermined species of 

 Inga and miscellaneous Leguminosae. 



Rose Order (Eosaceae). A numerous family of 

 trees, shFubs, or herbs, abounding principally in 

 cool and temperate climates, and including many species 

 of great importance. The Apple, Cherry, Rose, and 

 Strawberry may be taken as familiar types of the group. 



Coco Plum {Ghrysohalanus Icaco, L.). A shrub or 

 small tree of Tropical Africa and 'I'ropical America. On 

 the Gambia the seeds, called Varach, are strung on a 

 stick and used as a candle. In Honduras the Spanish 

 settlers express from them a bland fine oil. The fruits 

 are about the size of an ordinary plum, and are either 

 white, purple, red, or yellow. They have an acid pulp, 

 and are eaten in the West Indies either raw or made into 

 a conserve. Wood, fruits, and the strung seeds are 

 shown. 



No. 243. Bark of the Caraipi or Pottery-Tree 

 of Para {Moqiiilea lUllis, Hook. f.). The iDOwdered bark, 

 baked with an equal quantity of clay, makes vf^ssels 

 (No. 244) for domestic use, capable of withstanding 

 a great amount of heat. 



On the upper shelves of the next compartment are . 

 fruits of numerous species of Parinarium. The seeds 

 of many of them contain oil, and are occasionally im- 

 ported as oil seeds. The principal of these are : OlTZlKA 

 seeds from Brazil, and NiKO seeds from West Tropical 

 Africa. Specimens in flower and fruit are much needed 

 for their accurate determination. Mabo seeds, hard, 

 bony, two-celled stones, the kernels of which are very 

 oily, appear to be furnished by ParinccfHum Mobola, 

 Oliv., known as the MOLA plum in Zambesi-land. 



The other species, fruits of which are exhibited, are the 

 following : — P. 2Jolya?idrum, Bth., from Upper Guinea, 

 the fruit of which is described as "hardly edible"; 

 P. curatellaefolium, Planch., a small tree of Zanzibar and 

 the Niger River, where it is said to be one of the best 

 native fruits ; P. capense, Harv., a low shrub of Lower 

 Guinea, South Central Africa, and the Cape. The Gray 



