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CASE The rest of the compartment consists of woods and 



55. fruits of various other species of Eugenia. 



CASE Note on central shelf of the first division of this case 



56. the angular, float-like fruits of Barring ton? a speciosa, 

 Forst., a tree found in India and Ceylon, and extending 

 to the shores of the Malay Islands, Australia, and 

 Polynesia. Specimens are exhibited that have been 

 washed ashore on the East Coast of Africa and Madagascar. 

 Also fibrous inner bark of B. racemosa, BL, and cloth 

 prepared from it on the Zambesi. The bark is also used 

 in North Queensland to stupefy fish. 



On a lower shelf observe calyces of the flowers of 

 Careya arborecty Roxb., used in Scinde as a remedy for 

 colds. The wood is used in Burma for gun stocks, house- 

 building, cabinet-work, &c., and the fibrous bark for 

 coarse, strong cordage, and also for slow matches. 



On an upper shelf of the next compartment are wood 

 and fruits of Anchovy Pear (Grias caulijiora, L.) a 

 native of the West Indies. The fruit may be sometimes 

 eaten by the natives, but is never gathered for sale to 

 Europeans. The wood is said to split easily, and has 

 been recommended for cask staves. 



Observe also the woody fruits of species of Couratari 

 from tropical America. The bark when beaten out is 

 used to make articles of clothing. *' While stopping for 

 breakfast, some of the boatmen took the opportunity of 

 making themselves new shirts. A young tree of the 

 proper size was stripped of its bark to a height of 8 or 10 

 feet. This was taken to the river, placed on a log or 

 stone, and beaten with a stick. When free from the 

 outer bark the fibres are opened and form a good cloth. 

 This is then folded in the middle, a space left for the arms, 

 the sides sewn to near the bottom, and a slit cut for the 

 head. When old these shirts are as soft as linen ; and 

 thus easily are the boatmen of the Beni supplied with 

 clothing." — Proc. E.G.S.y Jane 1883, p. 324. 



No. 276. Fruit of the Cannon-Ball tree (Cotirou' 

 pita guianensis, Aubl.), from St. Vincent, so called 

 from its spherical shape. 



Under the name of MOXKBY POTS the fruits of several 

 species of Lecythis are known. They are very remarkable, 

 consisting of a hard, round or lengthened capsule, con- 



