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The wood is used for tanning, but is not so valuable for 

 this purpose as that of the Quebracho Colorado. (See 

 Case 30.) 



Note wood, bark, and weaving shuttle made of Cape 

 Boxwood or Kamassi (Gonioma Kamassi, G. Mey.). 

 The bark is employed at the Cape as a substitute for 

 Angostura bark in making bitters. 



Specimens are here shown of the wood and bark of 

 Alstonia scholaris, ti. Br., a tree of tropical Asia, Africa, 

 and Australia. The bark, called DiTA Bark, has been 

 recommended as a most valuable antiperiodic, anthel- 

 mintic, and tonic. The milky juice yields a substance 

 resembling gutta percha. Another species, A. constricta, 

 F. Muell., a native of Queensland and New South Wales, 

 has a tonic bark. 



No. 366. Fruit, portion of stem and samples of 

 Getah Jelutong or Pontianac from Dyera costulata, 

 Hook, f., a large tree of Malaya. Getah Jelutong 

 resembles a poor quality of gutta percha, and is mostly 

 shipped to the United States of America. 



On a lower shelf observe fibre and cloth called DODO 

 cloth from the KPOKPOKA TREE (Conopharyngia 

 pachysipJion, Stapf). A shrub of Upper Guinea. 



Observe wood and bark of KURCHI or CONESSI 

 (Holm^rhena antidysenterica^ Wall.), a small Indian tree, 

 the wood of which is largely used for carving, turnery, 

 furniture, &c., and the bark and seeds in Hindoo medicine. 

 The former is one of their principal remedies for dysentery; 

 both are very bitter. 



No. 367. Frame carved in the hard, white wood of 

 Wrightia tinctoria, R. Br., much used in India for 

 carving and turning, and the leaves in dyeing. Note also 

 fork, spoon, and platters carved in wood of WrHghtia 

 tomentosa, R. & S., from India. 



On the upper shelves of the first compartment note 

 fruits and seeds of species of Strophanthus, including 

 those of KOMBE {S. Kombe^ Oliv.), a rambling or climbing 

 shrub of the Mozambique District. The seeds are im- 

 ported into this country for medicinal purposes, being 

 chiefly used for the treatment of cardiac affections. 



