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to give them courage in warfare. Observe dilly bags as CASE 

 used by the natives for carrying Pituri ; they are made in 85. 

 North Queensland from the split young leaves of Pan- 

 danus aquaticus^ F. Muell. 



The Australian Case on the opposite side contains a 

 large series of Drift fruits and seeds from the shores of 

 the Wesf Indies, Ecuador, Keeling Islands, Solomon 

 Islands, Fiji, New Guinea, Java, &c. 



Ground Floor. 



Figrwort Order (Scrophularineae)y a numerous family, CASE 

 with a wide distribution, but few are prominent in 86. 

 economic use. Several are highly valued as ornamental 

 flowers, as Calceolaria, Pentstemon, and Paulownia. 



In the first compartment of this Case observe MuLLBIN 

 {Verhasciim Thapsus, L.), a widely distributed plant, 

 found in waste dry places. The leaves were formerly 

 used in this country in domestic medicine in catarrh, and 

 the wool for lamp wicks. The stems are occasionally 

 used as walking sticks, specimens of which are shown. 



Also herb of the FiGWORT {Scrophularia 7iodosa, L.), 

 found in damp woods and thickets, and formerly employed 

 in this country in medicine, as a purgative and emetic. 



Specimens of the wood, fruits, and oil from the seeds 

 of Paulownia imperialis, Sieb. and Zucc, are exhibited 

 on the lower shelves. The wood is much valued by the 

 Japanese for making boxes ; one is exhibited. 



Observe also flowers of Lyperia atropurpurea, Bth., 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, used both in medicine, and 

 for producing an orange dye. 



No. 387. Foxglove {Digitalis purpurea, L.). A 

 tall and handsome plant, frequent in hedges in Britain. 

 A powerful poison, used in medicine as a sedative and 

 diuretic. The stems are occasionally used as sunshade 

 handles. 



Observe rhizomes of KUTKI {Picrorhiza Kurroa, Royle), 

 a small plant of the Alpine Himalaya, employed in Indian 

 medicine as a bitter tonic and antiper iodic. 



Also Culvers root ( Veronica virginica, L.), a native 

 of the Eastern United States, where it is used in medicine 

 as an emetic and cathartic. 



