﻿(D.) 
  

  

  BOTAIY. 
  

  

  From 
  Prof. 
  James 
  Hall. 
  

  

  BiRCA 
  pALusTRis. 
  Leather 
  Wood. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  and 
  

   bark. 
  

  

  From 
  Thomas 
  Eich, 
  of 
  the 
  schooner 
  Commodore. 
  

   Artocarpus 
  incisAj 
  (Bread 
  fruit.) 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  the" 
  shell 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  bread 
  fruit. 
  From 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  From 
  Benj. 
  Mix, 
  of 
  Albany. 
  

   Bovista 
  craniiformiSj 
  (D. 
  Schweintz.) 
  Cranium-shaped^ 
  puff- 
  

   ball, 
  fifteen 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  From 
  Saratoga 
  county. 
  

  

  From 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  Martin, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Navy. 
  

  

  A 
  NUT 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  for 
  burning, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  color- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  India 
  rubber. 
  From 
  the 
  Amazon 
  river. 
  

  

  A 
  NUTMEG 
  inclosed 
  within 
  the 
  inner 
  husk 
  or 
  mace. 
  From 
  Mar- 
  

   tinique. 
  

  

  Two 
  NUTS, 
  unknown. 
  

  

  