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665-668. Bags made from same. 
669. 
670. 
671. 
672. 
673. 
674. 
Sandals made from same. 
Crude bast-fibers of a species of Tilia. 
Another specimen of same, from Russia. 
Basket made from same. 
Rope made from same. 
Mat made from same. 
675-676. Basswood sacks.——Made of the fibrous bark of a species of Tilia, in 
677. 
678. 
679. 
680. 
687. 
688. 
Russia. From the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
The inner bark of a species of Apeiba. Native of tropical America. Used 
for making coarse rope. From San Carlos, Costa Rica, through the Phila- 
delphia Museums. 
The same from Guatemala. Same donor. 
Rope made from the fiber of Apeiba Tibourba Aublet. Native of tropical 
America. Acquired by R. S. Williams in Panama, March 21, 1908. 
Anilao.—Bast-fibers from the stem of Columbia serratifolia DC. From the 
Philippine Islands. Presented by Theodore Miller. 
THE MALLOW FAMILY (Malvaceae) 
. Paritium rope.—From the bast-fibers of Paritium elatum G. Don. Native 
of the East Indies. Acquired at Buitenzorg, Java, in 1901, by Percy Wilson. 
. Mahoe rope.—Made of the bast-fibers of Paritium tiliaceum (L.) St. Hil. 
Native of tropical America. Acquired in Jamaica, by Mrs. N. L. Britton. 
. China jute stems.—The stems of the velvet leaf, Abutilon Abutilon (L.) 
Rusby. Native of southern Asia and widely naturalized in America. 
Collected at Easton, Pennsylvania, by A. A. Tyler. 
. China jute fiber. Fiber from the preceding stems. Presented by the United 
States Department of Agriculture. 
. Okra fiber—Fiber from the stem of Hibiscus esculentus L. Native of tropical 
Africa and widely cultivated for its fruit. Deposited by Columbia Uni- 
versity. 
. Ambari or Deccan hemp.—The bast-fiber of Hibiscus cannabinus L. Native 
of the East Indies. From Hyderabad, India, through the Philadelphia 
Museums. 
Rozella hemp.—Bast-fibers from the stem of Hibiscus Sabdarifia L. Native 
of tropical regions of the Old World. From India, through the Philadelphia 
Museums. 
Mukuge fiber.—The bark of Hibiscus Syriacus L. Native of the Orient and 
widely cultivated for decorative purposes. From Japan, through the 
Philadelphia Museums. 
. Malvaviscus fiber—The bark-fiber of Maloaviscus arboreus Cav. Native of 
tropical America and cultivated for ornament. Deposited by Columbia 
University. 
. Tanay.—Bast-fibers from the stem of Kleinhovia hospita L. From the 
Philippine Islands. Presented by Theodore Miller. 
