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Gray dyer’s weed.—A trunk section of Genista cinerea DC. Native of 
southeastern Europe. From Porto Maurizzio, Italy, through the Paris 
Exposition of 1900. 
Furze gorse-—A trunk section of Ulex europaeus L. Native of Europe. 
From Florence, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
Three stem-bases of the preceding, used for umbrella handles. Presented by 
Bennecke Brothers. 
A cane made of the same wood. Presented by William Demuth & Company, 
of New York. 
Caracolillo.—A trunk section of Sabinea punicea Urban. Native of tropical 
America. Collected by A. A. Heller in Porto Rico, March, 1go0. 
St. John’s bread. Ceratonia——A trunk section of Ceratonia Siliqua L. 
Native of Europe and Asia. From Syracuse, Italy, through the Paris 
Exposition of 1900. 
Palo-palo.—A trunk section of Pterocarpus officinalis Jacq. Native of 
tropical America. Collected by A. A. Heller in Porto Rico, March, 
1900. 
Sisham. Black wood.—A block of the wood of Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. 
From British India. 
Sisham-sissu. Sissow.—A block of the wood of D. Sissoo Roxb. From 
British India. 
Another block of the preceding. 
Bitch-wood.—A trunk section of Lonchocarpus latifolius (Willd.) H. B. K. 
Native of tropical America. Collected by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 
1903. 
Roble-blanco.—A block of the wood of Platymiscium polystachyum Griseb. 
Native of tropical America. From Venezuela. 
Karanj.—A block of the wood of Pongamia glabra Vent. Native of Asia 
and Australia. From British India. 
Clammy locust.—A trunk section of Robinia viscosa Vent. Collected in 
the New York Botanical Garden. 
Kaloxylon. Ammodendron.—A trunk section of an undetermined species 
of Ammodendron. From Siberia. 
Scorpion senna.—A trunk section of Coronilla Emerus L. Native of Europe. 
From Grossetta, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
Durote.—A block of the wood of a species of Inocarpus. Native of tropical 
America. From Venezuela. 
Broom.—A trunk section of Cytisus scopartus (L.) Link. Native of Europe. 
From Arezzo, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
Scotch Laburnum.—A trunk section of Laburnum alpinum Griseb. Native 
of Europe. From Florence, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
Lignum-vitae toddy-stick—lMade of the wood of a species of Guaiacum 
(Zygophyllaceae—Guaiac Family). Native of tropical America. Presented 
by the Redlich Manufacturing Company, of Chicago. 
Quebra-hacha.—A block of the wood of Guaiacum arboreum DC. Native of 
tropical America. From Venezuela. 
