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6486.1. Bamboo flower pots.—Flower pots, each consisting of a joint of a bamboo 
stem. Obtained by N. L. Britton at Trinidad, West Indies, 1920. 
6487. Three Japanese rice-roots.—The stem-bases of a species of bamboo used for 
parasol-handles. Presented by Edward Bennecke & Brother, of New 
York. 
6488-6489. Bamboo stick and cane.—The stem of an undetermined species of 
bamboo and a cane made from the same. Presented by William Demuth & 
Company, of New York. 
6490-6492. A bamboo stick and two bamboo canes from the same donor. 
6493-6495. Two bamboo sticks and one finished cane of the same. Same donor. 
THE PALM FAMILY (Palmae) 
6496-6497. Midgeon stick and cane.—The stem and root-base of an undetermined 
species of palm, probably a rattan (Calamus sp.), used for canes, and a 
finished cane made of another rattan palm. 
6498. The stem and root-base of another rattan palm.—Another palm stem, ap- 
parently of a different species. 
6499-6500. ‘Two finished Penang canes, made of rattan palm stems. 
6501. Penang stick, from which canes like the preceding are made. 
6502-6505. Rattan sticks.—Four sticks, consisting of the stem of a species of 
Calamus. Presented by Bennecke Bros., of New York. 
6406-6508. Supple Jack.—Three stem sections of a species of palm. Collected 
by H. H. Rusby at Santa Catalina, Lower Orinoco, Venezuela, in April, 
1896. ; 
6509-6510. Gru-gru canes.—Two canes made of the stems of Aiphanes corallina 
Wendl. Native of the West Indies. Obtained by D. T. MacDougal, 
July, 1903. 
6511. Coconut cane.—A cane made of the stem of the young coconut tree, Cocos 
nucifera L., cultivated in Jamaica, West Indies. Acquired by D. T. 
MacDougal, July, 1903. 
6512. Coconut stirring-spoon, or ladle.—Made of the preceding wood. Acquired 
by P. Wilson in Singapore, June, 1901. 
6513-6516. Coconut shell ladles.—Three ladles, the bowls of which are made 
of the shells of the fruit of the preceding species. Acquired by P. Wilson 
in Porto Rico, in 1902. 
6516-6518. Coconut shell dippers.—Three dippers, the bowls of which are made 
of the same. Same collection as the preceding. 
6519. Carved box made of a coconut shell. Presented by R. S. Williams. 
6520. Another of the same, with a carved map of South America. Presented by 
Ernest Stauffen, of New York City. 
6521. Biro.—A trunk section of Livistona chinensis R. Br. Native of eastern 
Asia. From Japan. 
6522. Bactris.—A trunk section of the stem of an undetermined species of Bactrts. 
Collected by H. H. Rusby in the lower Orinoco River, Venezuela, April, 
1896. 
6523. Bactris——Another section, probably of B. Plumeriana Mart. Native of 
the West Indies. Acquired by G. V. Nash in Haiti, 1903. 
