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59ST. 
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596s. 
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5967. 
(271) 
Mbui Ibati.—The flower-heads of an undetermined plant. From Paraguay, 
through the Field Museum of Natural History. 
Scale-flowers. Mutisia.—The flower-heads of Mutisia oviciaefolia Cav. 
Native of the South American Andes. Collected by H. H. Rusby near 
La Paz, Bolivia, 1885. 
FRUuITS 
Juniper berries. Juniperus. (See No. 1757). Presented by Lehn & Fink, 
of New York City. 
Phoenician juniper berries.—The fruits of J. phoenicea L. Native of the 
Mediterranean region. From the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
Job’s tears—The fruits of Coix Lachryma-Jobi L. (Gramineae—Grass 
Family). Native of eastern Asia and the East Indies, and cultivated. 
Collected by J. A. Shafer in Montserrat, West Indies, January, 1907. 
Saw palmetto berries.—The fruits of Serenoa serrulata (R. & S.) Hook. f. 
(See No. 391). Presented by C. W. Hensden, of New York City. 
Cohoon palm fruit—The fruit of Aittalea Cohune Mart. (Same family). 
Native of tropical America. 
Coco de Aceite.—The seeds of Elaeis melanococca Gaertn. (?) (Same family). 
Native of Mexico and cultivated. Acquired by H. H. Rusby in the 
market of Zamora, Mexico, February, 1919. 
Caraguata fruit.—The fruit of Caraguata Berteroniana Schult. f. (Bromelia- 
ceae—Pineapple Family). Grown in Paraguay. 
Malabar cardamom. (See No. 1407). Presented by Parke, Davis & Com- 
pany. 
Pure powdered cardamom. The preceding, in the powdered state. Pre- 
sented by H. H. Rusby. 
Crude cardamom.—A poor grade of the preceding fruit. Same donor. 
An inferior grade of the same. 
Yara cardamom.—Probably the fruit of a species of Elettarta. From Parke, 
Davis & Company. 
Cardonilla. Matico fruit. Said to be the fruit of Piper angustifolium 
R. & P. (Piperaceae—Pepper Family). Native of the South American 
Andes. From the Field Museum of Natural History. 
Commercial black pepper. Piper nigrum. (See No. 1448). 
Aleppo pepper.—A superior variety of the preceding. 
Lampong pepper.—Another variety of the same. 
Acheen pepper.—An ordinary grade of the same. 
Native white pepper.—Produced by rubbing off the pulp from the stone of 
the same fruit, in the ripe state. 
Long pepper.—The fruit of Chavica offcinarum Mig. (Same family). 
Native of the East Indies and cultivated. Presented by Lehn & Fink. 
Cubeb. Cubeba. Cubeb pepper. (See No. 1795). The sample contains 
some of the stalks. Presented by Parke, Davis & Company. 
Cordate-leaved alder fruit. Tag alder—The fruit of Alnus cordifolia 
Tenore. (Betulaceae—Birch Family). Native of Europe and Asia. 
From the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
Hops. Humulus. Lupulus. (See No. 1810). Presented by Parke, 
Davis & Company. 
