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CASE in entrance passage, at the foot of the staircase, is shown a 

 41. larger leaf of this Palm from Sumatra.) 



Observe also fibre of the torn leaves of Serenoa serrulata^ 



Hook, f., known as the Saw Palmetto, in the Southern 



United States, where the fibre is used for stuffing cushions. 



Also a brush made from a portion of the stem from which 



the fibre has been freed from the cellular tissue. 



Pruits of this Palm are also shown. 



TABLE -^^ ^^^ Table Case opposite are exhibited various articles 



' 'ASE ii^f^f^^ ^vom. the leaves of the South Euiiopean Fan Palm 



^A {Cliamairops humilis, L.). These consist of baskets from 



Spain and Portugal, also baskets, hats and mats made of plain 



and dyed leaves from Tangier, hand brooms and brushes from 



Gibraltar, cigarette cases covered with the finely split and dyed 



-,, , leaves in marqueterie designs from Tangier. Note also rope 



; made of the twisted leaves, and specimens of Crin Vegetal or 



fibre from the leaves dyed black and used as a substitute for 



horsehair. The young and tender crown of the plant is sold 



as food in the south of Spain. Specimens are exhibited. 



CASE No. 73. Mat made of the dyed leaves of the Carnauba or 

 4j Brazilian Wax Palm (Coperwz"c/« cer//erff, Mart.). Samples 

 of leaves dyed black and red are shown in the lower division 

 of this Case, also a hat made from the leaves, all from Bahia. 



No. 74. Portion of stem and section of the Brazilian 

 Wax Palm, showing the spiral arrangement of the leaf scars, 

 which in some plants proceed from left to right and in others 

 from right to left, also a piece of the wood turned and polished 

 to show its hardness. A fine trunk is also shown in Case in 

 entrance passage, opposite doorway to Room No. 3. 



No. 75. Samples of Wax obtained from the leaves and 

 candles made from the wax. 



A specimen of the roots is also shown, used in medicine as a 

 substitute for Sarsaparilla. 



In Cases 20 ar^d 22 in entrance passage at the foot of 

 the staircase, are exhibited leaves, fruits and spadices of 

 Pritchardia spp. from Fiji, al?o a fine expanded leaf of 

 Pritchardia Gaudichaudii, Wendl. 



No. 76. Walking sticks of Penang Lawyers, the stems of 

 Licuala acntijida, Mart. ; a stem of Licuala peltata^ Koxb., 

 from India, is shown in Case under the stairs in entrance 

 passage, opposite doorway to Room No. 3. 



