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CASE The first two compartments of this Case are mainly 

 ' 99. devoted to mounted cones and sections of woods of a large 



number of species of Australian Honeysuckle 



(BanTcsia), a genus endemic in Australia. 



Spurgre-Laurel or Lace-bark Order(Thymelaeaceae), 

 A family of shrubby plants, with remarkably tenacious 

 inner bark (liber) and caustic juice, represented in 

 our gardens and greenhouses by Daphne Mezereum^ 

 Pimelea, &c. 



In the last compartment of this Case observe specimens 

 of bark of Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum^ L.). A slender 

 straggling shrub, found in some parts of Britain and 

 distributed throughout the sub-alpine districts of Europe. 

 The bark which is very acrid is used in medicine, and for 

 this purpose is imported chiefly from Germany ; near this 

 are shown barks of the SPURGE Laurel (Daphne 

 Laureola, L.), and SPURGE Flax (D. Gnidium, L.), used 

 medicinally for the same purposes as D, Mezereum. 



No. 427. Fibrous bark of Daphne cannaUna, Wall., 

 a tall evergreen shrub of the Himalaya and Khasia Hills, 

 also "Half -stuff" and paper made from it, of various 

 qualities and in different stages of manufacture. Nepal 

 and Bhutia paper are made from this bark, which is also 

 converted into rope for various purposes. 



Some models are shown illustrating the manufacture' 

 of paper in India. Daphne paper is in common use in 

 Northern India. It is extremely strong and durable, and 

 the finer qualities are well suited for engravings. 

 CASE On the upper shelves of the first compartment of this Case 

 100. are specimens of the wood and bark of the BURN-NOSB 

 or BONACE of Jamaica (Daphnopsis tini/olia, Griseb.). 

 The inner bark is very fibrous, and is used for ropes, 

 cordage, &c. 



Note also paper made in Japan from Edgworihia, 

 Gardner if Meissn. Some of the finer kinds of NEPAL 

 Paper are said to be manufactured from this plant, which 

 is found in the Central and Eastern Himalaya and 

 Bhotan. 



Specimens are also shown of paper made from. 

 Wikstroemia viridijlora, Meissn., from Pakhoi, China. 



