abundant from Para to the Upper Amazon, and the sources of CASE 

 the Rio Negro. The fruits, of which specimens are shown, are 67. 

 somewhat oval-shaped, covered with a brown outer skin, which 

 encloses a fleshy pulp said to have a pleasant sub-acid flavour ; in 

 the centre is a hard, bony seed. 



Observe photographs of Kokerite palms, from Maccaseema, 

 British Guiana. 



Note also in the lower portion of the Case, rtrugh and 

 finished Partridge Canks, the stems of an unknown palm 

 largely imported from China,. for making walking sticks and 

 ladies' sunshade handles. 



A few palm products, the exact sources of which cannot as 

 yet be determined, are shown in the bottom of this Case and 

 on the top shelf of Case 68. 



Screw Pine Order {PandanecB). A small group of CASE 

 Palm-like trees and shrubs, remarkable for their branching 68. 

 candelabrum-like stems and the aerial roots given off from the 

 trunk far above the ground. They are natives of the tropical 

 regions of the Old World. The Order contains only two genera, 

 Pandanus and Freycinetia, 



No. 141. Fruit-head and portion of stem of Pandanus 

 Eydou.via, Balf. fil. ; native of Mauritius. 



The fruit-heads of the following species are also exhibited in 

 this Case : P. drupacea^ Pet. Th., Mauritius ; P.pyramidaliSf 

 Barkly MSS., Mauritius; P. sechellarumy Bali, fil., Seychelles; 

 P. conoidetts, Pet. Th., Mauritius; P. Jlornei, Balf. fil., 

 Seychelles; P. palustris, Pet. Th., Mauritius; P . candelabrum, 

 Beauv., Cameroon Mountains, West Africa ; P. microcarpuSf 

 Balf. fil., Mauritius ; P. Barklyiy Balf. fil., Mauritius ; and 

 P. utilisi Bory., a native of Madagascar, but commonly planted 

 in Mauritius for the sake of its leaves, which are largely used 

 for making sugar bags. A sample of fibre prepared from old 

 sugar bags, and rope made from the fibre, are shown. 



No. 142. Baskets, fans, and mats made of the leaves of P. 

 caricosus, Sprengel, from Fiji. 



Note fruit-heads of P. caricosus, and of P. fixtidus, CASE 

 Roxb.,the latter from India. Note also fruit-heads of P. Leram, gg. 

 Jones, from Kicobar, where it is known as Bread Fruit. 

 The fibrous portions of the drupes are combed out into a brush- 

 like form, and used for removing dirt from the feet. 



