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and during the inundation of the Amazon, when the river sweeps CASE 

 along with great fury, tlie plant would be uprooted, if not held 107. 

 fast by the descending branches which root in the nuid. 



Note portion of Tonaua, or net made of Ampelodesma 

 tenaw, Link. Used on the Tuscan coast in the Tunny fishery. 

 The nets are very durable if kept in water and protected from 

 the action of the sun. 



Observe^ also samples of Diss (Ampelodesma tenax) from 

 Portofino, Grenoa, and rope made from the Grass. It has been 

 imported from Sicily for paper making. 



No. 187. ViscHio, apparatus for snaring birds with bird- CASE 

 lime, from Verona, made from the stem of the Provence Reed 108. 

 (Arundo Donax, L.), a tall reed-like grass, native of Southern 

 Europe and Northern Africa. A Distaff made from the same 

 stems, also from Verona, is likewise shown. 



No. 188. Stems of A. Donax^ with rhizomes attached, 

 known as Nana Canes, and imported from Algeria for walking 

 sticks and umbrella handles. Some full-grown stems from 

 Tangier are shown in front of the Gallery. 



On the middle shelf observe an ornamented snuff box made 

 of a piece of a stem of A. Donax, from Tangier. Also pieces of 

 stems used by the Afghans to hold charges of gunpowder. A 

 small basket, made of the split stems, from Portugal, and roots, 

 or rhizomes, used in medicine in France. 



In the lower division of the Case are baskets from Spain, 

 made of the split stems of the same plant. 



No. 189. Dusting Brush and Brooai, from France and 

 Italy, made of the flower spikes of the Common REf:D, Phrag- 

 mites communis^ Trin. (Arundo Phragmites, L.). 



Observe a bundle of Heeds from Norfolk, and a portion of a 

 ceiling, 100 years old, from a house in Somersetshire, consisting 

 of plaster and the stems of P, communis. 



At the back of the Case note a rough mat made in India 

 from the split stems of Arundo sp. ; note also stems of A. 

 Karha, Retz., and a sample of twine made of the fibre from 

 the flower stalk. 



In the upper division is a series of samples of straw, plain CASE 

 and dyed, of the Crested Dog's-tail Grass (Cynosurus 109. 

 cristatuSf L.), a common British species, also a mat and basket 

 made from the same straw by the peasantry in county Wexford, 

 Ireland. 



