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6699. Keyaki.—A board made of the wood of Zelkova Keaki Maxim. (Urticaceae 
—Nettle Family). Native of eastern Asia. From Japan. 
6700. Casimiroa.—A trunk section of Casimiroa edulis La Llave (Ruteceae— 
Rue Family). Native of Mexico. 
6701. Checquered grape-tree—A trunk section of Coccolobis diversifolia Jacq. 
(Polygonaceae—Knotweed Family). Native of the West Indies. Acquired 
by G. V. Nash at Inagua, in 1904. 
6702. Sea-grape.—A trunk section of C. Uvifera L. Native of tropical and sub- 
tropical America. Acquired by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
6703. Pigeon-plum. A trunk section of C. laurifolia Jacq. Same home as the 
preceding. Acquired by G. V. Nash in Inagua, in 1904. 
6704. Cockspur.—A trunk section of Pisonia aculeata L. (Nyctaginaceae—Four- 
o’clock Family). Native of tropical America. Acquired by G. V. Nash 
in Haiti, in 1903. 
6705. Blolly.—A trunk section of Torrubia longifolia (Heimerl.) Britton. Native 
of the West Indies and Florida. Acquired by G. V. Nash in Inagua, in 
1904. 
6706. Virgin’s bower.—A trunk section of Clematis Flammula L. (Ranunculaceae— 
Buttercup Family). Native of the Mediterranean region. From Cagliari, 
Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
6707. Pila-champa.—A block of the wood of Michelia sp. (Magnoliaceae—Mag- 
nolia Family). Native of the East Indies. From British India. 
6708. Katsura.—A block of the wood of Cercidiphyllum japonicum Sieb. & Zucc. 
(Same family). Native of eastern Asia. From Japan. 
6709. Mountain sour-sop.—A trunk section of Annona montana MacF. (Annon- 
aceae—Custard-apple Family). Native of the West Indies. Acquired 
by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
6710. Alligator apple.—A trunk section of 4. palustris L. Native of tropical and 
subtropical America. Acquired by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
THE LAUREL FAMILY (Lauraceae) 
6711-6712. California laurel—Two polished slabs of the wood of Umbellularia 
californica (H. & A.) Nutt. Native of the Pacific coast region of the 
United States. Acquired by H. H. Rusby at the Seattle Exposition of 
1909. 
6713. Three small polished dishes said to be made of the same wood. Same donor. 
6714. A slab of wood, apparently of the same species. 
6715. A cane, perhaps made of the preceding wood. 
6716. Avacado. Alligator pear.—A trunk section of Persea Persea (L.) Cockerell. 
Native of tropical America and cultivated for its fruit. Acquired by G. V. 
Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
6717. Tropical Sassafras—Two trunk sections of an undetermined tree of the 
Orinoco River Valley. Acquired by H. H. Rusby at Manoa, Venezuela, 
in May, 1896. 
6718. Medang.—A block of wood, probably of Phoebe holosericea Blume. Native 
of the East Indies. From Sumatra. 
6719. Medang shoes.—Shoes made of the preceding wood, and worn by the Klugs 
of Singapore, where they were acquired by P. Wilson, in June, 1gor. 
