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perfume. Observe also the ornamental stones of the CASE 

 fruit of this species, used for necklaces, bracelets, buttons, 102. 

 &c. 



Also on a lower shelf observe leaves of BARK BosCH 

 or Cape Sumach {Golpoon compressum, Berg.), a South 

 African bush ; it is cut over every four or five years and 

 used as sumac in tanning. It gives the peculiar bloom 

 to leather characteristic of Sumac (see No. 164). 



Near this, note sample of Tea formed of the leaves of 

 Osijris arborea^ WaW.^ from Kumaon. When specially 

 prepared the leaves are said to smell remarkably like 

 ordinary tea, but the infusion has powerfully emetic 

 properties. 



BalanoplLora Order {Balanophoreae), Under this 

 head are collected a few most anomalous plants of very 

 different structure, agreeing in the absence of green 

 colour and of leaves, and in their parasitism upon the 

 stems and roots of other vegetables. 



Note specimens of Sarcophyte sanguinea, Sparrm.,, 

 from South Africa. 



No. 434. Fqngus Melitensis, of the Old Writers 

 (Gynomorium coccine.um, Michx.). It was valued by the 

 Crusaders as a styptic, and was used in Malta as a remedy 

 for dysentery. So highly indeed was it valued that the 

 place where it grew was carefully guarded and "even 

 up to a recent date the plant was gathered, and its growth 

 secured by a person specially appointed to the office by 

 the English Government." The plant grows in the 

 Mediterranean region from the Canaries to Syria. 



No. 435. Candles made in Java from the wax 

 secreted by Balanophora elongata^ Bl. 



Note on the lower shelves Balanophora fungosa, Forst., 

 from North Australia. Also Cups used by the Himalayan 

 tribes, Tibetans, &c., made from knots formed on the roots 

 of Oaks, Maples, &c., by the parasitical Balanoplwra 

 involucrata, Kook. t. Some of these, esteemed antidotes 

 to poison, fetch a great price. 



The last compartment of this Case, as well as a portioijfc' 

 of the first compartment of Case 103, contain further 

 illustrations of plants of this Order. 



