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No. 52. Poitions of the prickly aerial roots thrown dowD CASE 

 from the stem, above the surface of the ground by the Zanona 28. 

 palm (Socratea exorhiza^ Wendl.). They are used by the 

 Indians to grate cassava upon. 



In Case 22, in entrance passage, is shown a sort of trumpet, 

 known as Juruparis by the Indians of the Rio Negro. It is 

 used on certain festal occasions, and is made of the stem of the 

 Paxhtba^alm {Socratea exorhiza). 



In this Case are shown leaves and spathes of Dcchenia CASE 

 nobilis, Wendl. and Acanthophcenix crimta, Wendl. The 29. 

 former a native of Seychelles, and the latter of Mauritius and 

 Bourbon. 



Leaves of Steven^onia grandifolia, Duncan, and Nephro- CASE 

 sperma vanhoutteana, Balf. fil., from Mauritius; also fruits 30, 

 of Hoivea belinoreana, Becc, known as the Curley Palm, and 

 ff. forsteriana, Becc, known as the Flat or Thatch-leaf 

 Palm, both from Lord Howe's Island, are shown in this 

 Case. 



Note leaves and fruits of Verschaffeltia splendida, Wendl., CASE 

 stems and spadic^s of By ophorbe Verschaffeltii^ Wendl., and 31. 

 spadices of Hyophorbe amaricaulis, Mart., from Mauritius and 

 Kodrigues. A large stem of this last-named species will be 

 found in a Case in the passage opposite the entrance to this 

 room . 



No. 53. Thatch made of the leaves of a species of Geo- CASE 

 noma, used for covering houses by the Arawak Indians, in 32. 

 British Guiana. 



Observe spadix and spathe of Wallichia caryotoides, Roxb., 

 and photograph of Didymosperma distichum, Hook, f., 

 (Wallichia disticha, r. ^wc?e7'5.) Both Indian palms. A trunk 

 of this last species is shown in the Case in passage opposite 

 entrance to this room. 



No. 54. Fruits of the Ejow, or Gomuti Palm {Arenga 

 saccharifera, Lab.). A tree 30 to 40 feet high, native of the 

 Sunda, Molucca, and Philippine Archipelagos, and cultivated 

 in Malacca, Siam, and Cochin China. It is one of the principal 

 sources of Palm Sugar, or Jaggery, a sample of which is 

 exhibited. It is obtained by boiling and evaporating the sac- 

 charine juice which flows upon wounding the young spadices. 

 When fermented this juice yields toddy or palm wine, and 

 when the trees have become exhausted sago of good quality, 

 and in large quantities, is obtained from the trunks by 



