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During 1904, 433,432 lbs. of Nutmegs and 155,856 lbs. 

 of Mace were exported from Java. The principal 

 consumption of nutmegs is as a condiment, but they are 

 also used in medicine for their aromatic and stimulant 

 properties. 



No. 414. Concrete Oil OF Nutmeg, obtained in the 

 Moluccas, from the seeds, by heat and pressure. 



Pitcher-Plant Order {Nepenthaceae). A small but 

 strange group of plants of South-Eastern Asia, especially 

 remarkable for the prolonged midrib of the leaf, which 

 is hollowed in the form of a pitcher and surmounted by a 

 lid-like expansion. " Pitchers " of several species are 

 exhibited ; among them Nepenthes Rajah^ Hook, f., the 

 largest known ; N. Edwardsiana, Low ; N. sanguinea, 

 Ldl. ; iV. Lowii, Hook, f., and N. khasicma, Hook. f. 



On the upper shelves of the jBrst compartment of this 

 Case note pitchers of several species of Nepenthes includ- 

 ing N. Northiana^ Hook, f . 



Under the RafOlesia Order (Cytinaceae), which 

 consists of fleshy herbs parasitic upon the roots of other 

 plants, observe Cytinus Hypocistis, L., the only European 

 representative. 



No. 415. Flowers of Rafflesia (R. Patma^ Bl., and 

 R. Arnoldi, Br.). Of the latter, the largest flower in the 

 world, see a model in wax, in a table-case, near Case 81 

 on the middle floor ; it is a native of Sumatra, and consists 

 of a flower alone, which grows parasitically on the trailing 

 stems of a kind of vine. 



Birthwort Order (Aristolochiaceae)^ natives of the 

 tropical parts of both hemispheres, with bitter and acrid 

 properties. 



Observe ASARABACCA LEAVES {Asarum europaeum, 

 L.), formerly used as a purgative and emetic medicine. 



Also Alpam Root {Bragantia Wallichii, R. Br.), used 

 for the treatment of snake bites in India. Specimens are 

 also shown of GUACO, the roots of unknown species of 

 Aristolochia from Central America, where they have a 

 reputation for the cure of snake bites. [See also GUACO 

 {Mikania amara), Willd., Case 67, p. 128.] 



