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CASE Tribe XIII. Bambuse^, On the bottom shelf obsene 

 \\^ brooms and baskets from Dominica, made of the split stems 

 of Bambusa vulgaris, Schrad. (See Case 119.) At the back 

 of the Case note Rough Mat made of the split stems ot" 

 Arundinaria falcatay Nees., from India, Also walking, 

 umbrella and parasol sticks of Doghead Bamboo, Tonqoin 

 Canes, and Carolina Reeds, all undetermined species of 

 Arundinaria imported from China. A very long stem of 

 Carolina Reed is shown on the Gallery (Room No. 9). 



CASE ^^ong the top of Cases 119, 120, and 121, observe a Bloav" 

 j2Q PirE,from British Guiana, consisting of a single internode of a 

 stem oi Arimdmaria schomburf/kinna, Bth. The internodes 

 of this species are said to be sometimes 16 feet long. Poisoned 

 darts are used with these blow pipes, and the poisoned end 

 breaks off and remains in the wound of the animal struck. 



ISTote also stems of Chusquea Quila, Kth., from Chili. Other 

 specimens of stems of this plant are shown at back of Case 

 119 ; and in the lower division of the Case are stems of Guadua 

 ampleanfolia, Presl., from VcncT^uela. 



No. 203. Rough and finished walking sticks of Whaxgei-: 

 Cane {Phyllostachi/s nigra, Munro). Note sticks, rough and 

 finished, of Black Bamboo and Yellow Bamboo (Bambusa 

 sp.), imported from China. 



No. 204. Various sami)les of Tabasheer, a siliceous 

 concretion found inside the stems, at the joints of Bambusa 

 ariiudinaceOf, Retz., the Spiny Bamboo, and probably other 

 species of bamboo. It consists of irregularly shaped fragments 

 of an opaque white or bluish opalescent colour, the largest 

 pieces are sometimes about an inch in diameter. In its raw 

 state it is usually blackened and dirty, having apparently been 

 obtained by burning the bamboos ; for use it is calcined, when 

 it becomes miit(&, clean. It is largely^ used in India as a 

 medicine. , ,'„, • 



No. 205. Fine specimen of the rhizomes or subterranean 

 stems of Bamboo {Bambusa vulgaris, Schrad,) from Calcutta. 

 (^eeCase 118.) 



CASE ^O. 206. Bamboo Rice, the seeds of B. arundinacca, used 

 j2(» ^« food by the poorer classes in India, as an occasionol 

 substitute for a deficient rice or millet crop. 



No. 207. Sunblind, made of very finely split bamboo, 

 almost as fine as thread, used only by high Mandarins in Corea. 



