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CASE ^nd are largely consumed in the manufacturing districts of 



101. Lancashire and Yorkshire. It is cultivated chiefly in Kent, 

 and is also imported in large quantities from Barbary, Turkey, 

 and Holland. 



TiiiBE Vlll. Agrostidea^. In the middle and lower 

 divisions of this Case are numerous illustrations of the uses of 

 Esparto Grass, Stlpa teuacissima, L. (Macrochloa tena- 

 cissima, jfiT?/*.), consisting of baskets, hats, mats, &c. A native 

 of Spain, Italy, and North Africa ; it was used in the time of 

 the Romans for coarse cordage, and is now extensively 

 employed for paper making. 

 CASE Eurther specimens of mats, baskets, rope, &c. of Esparto- are 



102. shown in this Case, and in the middle division are various com- 

 mercial samples of the grass imported from Spain, Tripoli, 

 Tunis, Algeria, &c. 



CASE No. 177. Pannier made of Esparto, from Chichlana, Spain. 



103. Kote on back of Case at top a tioor mat made of Esparto 

 from Chichlana, Spain ; and on the top shelf is a series of 

 specimens of paper stock and different qualities of paper made 



-■"'■ ■' from Esparto, also a sample of the Poisonous Grass of 

 •^' Kashmir (Stipa s'lhirica^ Lamb.), which produces injurious 

 effects upon cattle feeding upon it. (See Kew Bulletin, 1895, 

 p. 58.) '■ "^ ' •• 



No. 178. Awns of Stipa spartea, Trin. A grass very 

 abundant in the prairies west of the Red River Colony, U.S.A. 

 The awns get fixed in the wool of the sheep, and gradually 

 penetrate the flesh, thereby killing the animals. 



No. 179. Feather Gtrass {Stipa ijcnnata^ 'iM\(i wiry 

 grass, rare in this coiuitry. The flowers are produced in loose 

 panicles, wdiich are dried and sometimes coloured for orna- 

 mental purposes. 



Note also sample of Sap Grass, probably the produce of 

 S. pennata from Khuram, where it is collected and used as 

 bedding, and bunches of the long pendent grass are hung on 

 long poles around shrines. 

 ,, Observe basket used in Ladak for carrying fruit, and strainer 



', \ for filtering country spirit, made of Cheep Chang Grass, 

 probably Muehlenbergia alpestris, Trin. 



No. 180. Raiz de Zacaton, Broom Root, or Mexican 

 Whisk {Epicampes macroura^ Bth.). This root is shipped 

 from Vera Cruz, chiefly to Germany and France, but also in 



