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CASE aiid strength, and its power of resisting moisture. Another 



96. mat of the same material is shown in the next Case. 



Observe on lower shelf specimens of stems of S. spontaneum^ 

 L., used in India for making ropes and mats, one of which is 

 exhibited. Ic has been proposed as a paper material. Samples 

 of paper stock prepared from it are shown. 



CASE No. 172. SiRKEE Mat, made of the twisted stems of the 



97. MuNJA (S. Munjd), from Calcutta. 



On top shelf note necklace made of straw of Sarpat, ^S*. 

 ciliare^ Anders. (S. Sara, Roxh.) from India, also half-stuff for 

 paper making made from the culms. 



No. 173. Stems, fibre and paper stock of Bhabur Grass 

 or Bankas, Ischcpmuiri angustifoliuniy Hackel. (PoUinia 

 eriopoda, Trin.). This grass, which is common in many parts 

 of India, has attracted much attention of late both in this 

 country and in India as a paper material. It is largely used 

 in the latter country for making ropes, cordage, mats, &c., 

 specimens of which are shown from Saharunpore. (See ^cw 

 Bulletin, 1888, pp. 157, 160.) 



On the middle shejf observe specimens of leaves of Hetero- 

 pogon contortus, R. & S., with half-stuff and paper pulp made 

 from it, from Madras. 



Also on lower shelf observe grass oiAndropogon Schcenanthus^ 

 L., the Ginger Grass or Rusa, of North and Central India. 

 The oil, obtained by distillation, is largely used in European 

 Turkey to aduUerate attar of rose. Samples of this oil as well 

 as that from A. citratus^ DC, known as the Lemon Grass, are 

 shown. This last species is cultivated in Ceylon and Singapore 

 exclusively for the oil. 



CASE No. 174. Khus Khus, the roots of A. muricatus, Retz. 

 98. It grows in many parts of India and Burma, and is cultivated 

 exclusively for its roots, which arc used for making the fra- 

 grant fans or screens known as Tatties, hung before the 

 open windows and doors of houses. Upon being sprinkled 

 with water they produce a fragrant coolness by evapora- 

 tion during the hot winds. Fans, baskets, and handscreens 

 are shown, made of these roots, together with samples of oil 

 distilled from them. 



Observe Citronella Oil, distilled from the leaves of A. 

 JVardus, L., var. citronella, a native of Ceylon, where it grows 

 up to the level of 3,000 feet, but it is also cultivated to a large 

 extent, as well as at Singapore. In Southern India the plant \?> 



