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Philippines. Observe cigarette wrappers made of the leaves CASE 

 and commonly used in Malacca. 34. 



No. 61. Base of stem of Ivory Nut 1\vlm {^Fhytclephun 

 macrocarpa, Ruiz et Pav.). A plant with a prostrate stem 

 and leaves often 20 feet long, inhabiting the banks of rivers 

 and rivulets in Central America and New Grenada. The fruits 

 are borne hi large globular heads, one of which is seen attached 

 to the stem. As the seeds ripen they become very hard, like 

 ivory, and are consequently known as Vegetable Ivory, and 

 are largely used for making coat buttons, chess men, and for 

 various other useful and ornamental articles as well as for 

 snow flakes in theatres. 



No. 62. Model of Temple made of Vegetable Ivory. 



In Table Case immediately opposite Case 34 are shown entire TABLL 

 matured fruits and numerous small articles made of Vegetable CASE. 

 Ivory, On the other side of the Table Case, near the Betel 

 Nut Palm, observe portions of stem of the Wax Palm of New 

 Grenada and Venezuela {Ceroxylon ««(Z/co/«,H.& B.), showing 

 the wax naturally secreted on the stem. Samples of the wax 

 moulded and candles made from it are also shown. One tree is 

 said to yield about 25 lbs. of wax. 



A fine trunk of this palm, grown in the Azores, is exhibited 

 in Museum No. III. 



The remainder of this Table Case is devoted to the Bussu 

 Palm {J^Ianicaria saccifera, Gaertn.), a native of Brazil and 

 M. Plukenetii, Gr. & Wendl. from Guatemala. The spathes 

 of the former are very fibrous and are used to make caps, mats, 

 &c., specimens of which are here exhibited. The leaves are 

 used for thatching houses, and a photograph is shovm illustrating 

 this use. The nuts occur amongst drift fruits and are known 

 as Sea Cocoa-Nuts, 



Room No. 4. 



Tribe II. Phcenice^. In the upper part of this Case CASE 

 are baskets, &c. made of the leaves of Phoenix reclinata, Jacq., ^5- 

 from Natal. 



No. 63. Model in brass illustrating the manner of col- 

 lecting and preparing Date Sugar in India. 



Date Palm {Phceniv dactylifera, L.), a noble tree from 40 

 to 80 feet high, widely spread over Southern Europe, Northern 

 Africa, and South-eastern Asia. It is invaluable to the desert 



