19g 



CASE that the ovaries should be abortive ; the hypertrophied 



110, perianth and bracts then secrete the Charas in larga 

 quantities. It is therefore necessary in cultivation to 

 eliminate the male plants. The finest Charas is produced 

 in Yarkand and Kashgar. In collecting it men, clothed 

 with leather garments, are said to walk about among the^ 

 hemp plants, brushing up against them, the gum resin 

 comes off and adheres to the garments, which are then 

 taken off, and carefully scraped. 



Tribe IV. Moreae.— On this shelf note cigarettes 

 smoked universally in Burma. They are covered with 

 the leaves of a species of Gordia, and filled with a mixture 

 of equal parts of tobacco and finely chopped wood of 

 StreUus asper^ Lour. 



In Siam the bark of this tree, under the name of Tois 

 Khoi, is much used in the manufacture of paper. A 

 series of specimens illustrating this industry, as carried 

 on near Bangkok, is shown. 



CASE In this Case note specimens of the bark of the Paper 



111. Mulberry {Broussonetia papyrifera^ Vent.). A small 

 tree widely distributed in the East, and often cultivated. 

 It is the source of Tapa or Kapa Cloth of the South 

 Sea Islands prepared in the following manner : — The 

 bark of slender stems is stripped off in ribbons ; after 

 soaking in .water the outer bark, which is useless, is 

 scraped off. Each ribbon of the white inner bark is 

 beaten into a broad strip of cloth ; these are joined 

 together with arrowroot, and beaten together so as to 

 form pieces of any size desired. Note shells used for 

 scraping the bark, and several specimens half prepared,, 

 also many examples of finished Tapa cloth, and articles 

 of clothing, &c., made from it. 



- No. 460 is a portion of a piece which originally 

 measured 2 miles in length by 120 feet wide. 



In the middle compartment of this Case, note clubs-, 

 made of the hard wood of Casuarifia equisetifolia, Forst., 

 used in Fiji for beating the bark of the Paper MUL- 

 BERRY, in the manufacture of Tapa cloth. 



Note memorandum books made in Burma of Brousso- 

 netia paper coated with charcoal of Cassia Toi^.a, The 



