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Restio Order {Restiacefp). A group of herbs or CASE 

 imdershrubs witli creeping rhizomes. Abundant in South 75. 

 Africa. Their chief uses are for making brooms by the 

 natives, and for thatching their huts. The following are some 

 of the species exhibited : Restio tiUaccns, Rottb., R. hifnrim, 

 Mast., R. difiitatus, Thb., R. calllsfnchyns, Kuiith., R. hijurcus, 

 Nees., Hifpodiscuf! oliverianns. Mast., Cannomois scirpoidesy 

 Mast., and Eler/ia pnrriflora, Kth. Observe flowar spikes of 

 Thamnochortus glgnnteus^ Kth., T. argentens,Yit\\., mu\ T. 

 cernuusj Kth., imported into RnirlMnd fnun South Africa for 

 decorative purposes. 



Sedg© Order {Ci/peracecn). A large tribe of griiss-like CASE 

 plants with solid, angular, though slender stems, and the sheaths 77. 

 of the leaves not split in front as in grasses. They grow in 

 every country ; some of the species are widely distributetl. 



No. 153. Indian Mat made of the culms of Cyperus 

 tegetuniy Roxb. Specimens of the culms prepared for piat 

 making, and also dyed black and red, are shown. 1 



Note on middle shelf Chufas, the tubers of Cyperu^esc^leiij 

 (us, L.., a plant common in the South of Europe ; they are sold 

 in Madrid for making an iced drink in hot weather, for which 

 purpose they are soaked for two days in water, then pounded 

 and the liquid frozen. When freshly dug up they have a nut- 

 like flavour, and are eaten on the (J old Co^st ,u,n4er tjie ^a^me 

 of TiGEB NVTS; they are also known as Zulu nu'i^s.^ ^ 



No. iS4.' ORNiMEN^AL IMa^ Mat iri^d6^ of t^^^ CASE 



culms of C. tegetum. ■ > ■< ^ ! T ^^* 



'Is^ote ciiims o£ C: procfiM/^^^^ liisit tna^de 



from the same. '^ . ^ 1 /^ y. t > c - i I ; ,' , 



On the bottom'iiieif i'&'xopU of .'p^^ I^-j.'^ow 



a widely spread. pest i|l, gardens in tj^e " ti^opics/ from Ceylon^ 

 In^ia, m^, Japan, where tlioy are used^n medicine. ' 



No. IS5. Anotlier orhatneiltal Iifdian fliat made of culms CASE 

 of C.tegetum. , ) avrh iitni Bui<|!»«l^, V^T .oW ''^• 



Observe plants of C, e.mltatusy^^ii^y and 0- artrndafuSf ly., 

 from India; also Aurde Boot (C. aH/culatus) ^ U'o^n ihQ 

 West Indies, where an infusion is used in fevers. 



Note on bottom shelf small tubers (yi C.hiilbosus^ Vahl, used 

 as an article of food in Southern India. 



