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CASE Another mat made from the culms of C. tegetum is exhibited 

 80. in this Case ; and in the Table Case is a very fine mat, made 

 at Palghat from the same material. 



No. 156. A remarkably fine specimen of Tinnivellt 

 Matting, made from the finely split culms of C. tegetum, from 

 Madras. 



A rough kind of Indian mat, made from the culms of C 

 inundatus, Roxb., is also exhibited. In the lower part of the 

 Case is a sleeping mat, made from the flattened culms of C, 

 alternifolius, L., from Madagascar. 



On the middle shelf note tubers of C. scaricsus, Br., from 

 India, where they are used in medicine. 



In Table Case observe mats from Ceylon and Formosa, made 

 from culms of C. corymhosus, Rottb. 



Note also matting, plain and coloured, made at Ningpo, from 

 the culms of C. tegetiforniis, Roxb., very largely used at the 

 present time for floor coverings in this country. A set of tools 

 as used by the native mat makers is also exhibited, together 

 with samples of hats, made from the same material as the mats, 

 and formerly imported in enormous quantities into this country 

 and to other parts of Europe, and sold at a few pence each. 



Two mats of very fine workmanship from Corea, probably 

 made from C. tegetiformis, are shown. 



On the opposite side of the Table Case note ropes made of 

 twisted leaves of the Han (C. longus,lj.), from Guernsey, also 

 fibre and paper made from the same. 



Near these are stems of Papyrus C. Papyrus, L. (Papyrus 

 antiquorum, Willd.) ; also papyrus documents from Egyptian 

 tombs. 



Observe on bottom of this Case a native mat from Natal, 

 called IsiTEBE, made from the culms of Kyllinga elatior, 

 Kth. ; also a mat and rice plate from Colombo, Ceylon, made of 

 culms of Fimbristylis complanata, Link, and a sample of Game- 

 LOTTE fibre, from the stems of F. spadicea, Vahl, and paper 

 stock and paper made from the same, from Vera Cruz, where 

 it is known as Esparto Chino and Esparto Mulato. 



CASE No. 157. Sleeping mat from Colombo, Ceylon, made of 



81 culms of Eleocharis plantaginea, R. Br. Near this is a mat, 



also from Ceylon, made of the culms of E.fistulosa, Schult. 



On the middle shelf observe a belt made of the Pungao 

 {Desmoschcenus spiralis, Hook, f.), from New Zealand, 



