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the branches of surrounding trees, by means of their rapid 

 jjrowth and flexibility. The smaller stemmed species are 

 generally known under the name of canes, and used for chair 

 bottoms and similar purposes. Underneath the gallery which 

 surrounds the room are arranged two stems of species of 

 Calamus, one measures 369 feet long and goes round the 

 gallery nearly four times, the smaller stem is 160 feet 

 long. Observe cattle rope as used in Ceylon, made of the 

 plaited stems of C. rudentiim, also fruiting spadices of this 

 species, as well as of C. depressiusctdus, T. et B., C. erectus, 

 Boxb., and C. viminalis, Willd. 



In this Case are various other illustrations of the genus 

 Calamus, including paddy or rice plant basket of split 

 stems of C. pachystemonus, Thw., from Ceylon; manure 

 basket of split stems of C. tetmis, Koxb. ; squeezer or press of 

 C. rudentwn, used in Ceylon by native practitioners to express 

 oil from nuts and seeds; fisherman's basket and betel box 

 of split stems of C. Rotang, L. ; tray for winnowing corn of 

 split stems of C. latifolius, Boxb., from India; pillow made 

 of split rattan for summer use in North Formosa ; rattan walking 

 sticks, rough and finished, of various species of Calamus. A 

 basket for holding bait made of stems of a species of Calamus 

 is shown in Case 18, entrance passage. 



Observe also Malacca Canes {Calamus scipionum. Lour.), 

 rough and finished. They are imported in large quantities 

 from Siak, and are valued according to the length of their 

 internodes, the longest being used for walking sticks and the 

 shorter ones for the handles of chimney-sweepers' brushes, etc. 



On the other side of this Table Case, nearest the entrance 

 door, observe split rattan canes, as formerly used, instead of 

 whalebone for ladies' dresses and bonnets, as well as for 

 brushes, and, when dyed black, for the ribs of umbrellas. 



Note also an undershirt and pair of cuffs made of very fine 

 split rattan from Corea. They are worn next the skin to 

 prevent the outer shirt clinging to the body in hot weather. 



The upper part of this Case contains stems, spadices, and 

 fruits of various species of Calamus, Laccosperma and 

 Dcemonorops, including Laccosperma opacum, Mann and 

 Wendl., from Fernando Po, Dcemonorops Hystrix, Mart., from 

 Siam., D. longipes, Mart., from Java, D. jenkinsianHS, 

 Mart., from India, D. periacantlms, Miq., from Java, D. 



fissus, Blume, from Borneo, and p. 

 macrocarpus from Java, 



melanockcetes, Blume, var. 



