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TABLE same tree three successive years, without allowing any of the 

 CASE spathes to burst, the tree dies." 



C Toddy is very largely used as a beverage, or distilled into 



arrack, but by far the greatest quantity is boiled down for 

 jaggery, or sugar, specimens of which are exhibited. 



Note Hindoo and Siamese books made of strips of Palmyra 

 leaves, closely packed together, also an iron sty kis such as is 

 used for writing. 



Observe leaf of Borassus Jlabelliformis, from which the 

 natives of Timor Laut make a strong thread, used in weaving. 

 Samples of the woven fabric and apparatus used in weaving 

 are also shown. 



Suspended under the skylight in the centre of this room, 

 observe ti Dug-Out, or Indian Canoe, made of a trunk 

 of a Pfthuyra palm, the central portion of wKich ha;* been 

 scraped t>ut. 



The remainder of the genera belonging to this tribe are con- 

 tinued i» Case 54. 



CASE Tribe IV. Lepidocarye^ (continued from Case 46). 

 50. In the upper division of this Case note scarves from West 



Africa, made of the cuticle of the young leaves of Raphia 

 species. Also fibre, as prepared for making the scarves, and 

 fruits of undetermined species of Raphia from East and West 

 Africa. 



The middle division contains specimens of cloth made from 

 thread o# the twisted cuticle of the leaves of Raphia Ruffia, 

 Mart., from Madagascar. Various designs and qualities are exhi- 

 bited. Kote a mat made of the split leaves of the same palm. 



No. 93. Raffia, the cuticle of the leaves of this palm, 

 much used in gardens for tying plants. 



No. 94. Bunch of fruits of Raphia Ruffia, grown in 

 Mauritius. 



Fine fruiting spadices of this palm are shown in Case 52, and 

 also in Cases 17, 18, and 19, in Room No. 2. 



No. 95. Coarse cloth made from split leaves of the Raphia 

 palm, the universal clothing of the Malagasy slaves. 



No. 96. Native cloth, called Lamba. Made from leaves 

 of Raphia sp,, from Manyima, west of Tanganyika, on the 

 Upper Congo. 



