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Brazil, and the source of Mangabeira or Pernambuco 

 Rubber of commerce.. During 1905, 1,404,825 lbs. of 

 this rubber, of the value of £144,751 were exported from 

 Brazil. The fruits known as Mangaba have an agreeable 

 taste, and are eaten either in a fresh state or cooked in 

 various ways. 



Note fruits of the Karaunda (Carissa CarandaSy L.), 

 cultivated in most parts of India; the half ripe fruit is 

 much used for pickles, and is also employed for tarts and 

 puddings. When ripe, it makes good jelly, and is 

 universally eaten by the natives. The wood is well 

 adapted for turning. Spoons delicately carved from it in 

 South India are exhibited. 



Note specimens of the leaves, wood, &c., of Acokanthera 

 Schimperi^ Schwein., a glabrous shrub of East Tropical 

 Africa. From the wood, the Wy Nyika and other tribes 

 prepare a poisonous extract, used as an arrow poison over 

 an extensive area in East Africa. Samples of the poison 

 are shown. 



Observe on the same shelf roots of Acokanthei^a 

 venenata, G. Don, employed in the Taita District of 

 South Africa as an arrow poison. 



Note on the bottom shelf a Fijian native dress made of 

 leaves of the VONO {Alyxia stellata, Roem. et Sch.). 



In the next compartment note fruits of the Tanghin 

 {Cerbera Tangliin, Hook.), containing a poisonous juice, 

 formerly used in Madagascar as an ordeal in cases of 

 suspected crime or apostasy. Also fruits, oil from the seeds, 

 and wood of Ce^^hera Odollam, Gaertn., an evergreen tree of 

 India, Burma and Ceylon. The oil is used for burning. 

 Note also fruits of the POKOSOLA (Ochrosia elliptica, 

 Lab.), from the Solomon Islands. The flat kernels are 

 said to be edible. 



No. 365. Paddle -Wood, the remarkable buttressed 

 or fluted stem of Aspidos]3erma excelsiim, Bth. A tree of 

 Guiana used for the rollers of cotton-gins, and by the 

 Indians in making paddles. Observe the beautiful 

 winged seeds. 



Observe also bark, wood, and fruits of QUEBRACHO 

 BLANCO (Aspidosperma Qtiebracho-blanco, Schlecht.), a 

 tree native of the Argentine Republic. An extract has been 

 used medicinally in various forms of dyspnoea. 



