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Tropical cedar.—A trunk section of C. odorataL. Native of tropical America. 
Collected by H. H. Rusby at Caraipa, lower Orinoco, Venezuela, in May, 
1896. 
Two other sections of the same. Same collection. 
Dhoura. Indian satin-wood.—A block of the wood of Chloroxylon Swietenia 
DC. Native of the East Indies. From British India. 
Rosewood.—A block of the wood of Dysoxylum Fraseranlum Benth. Native 
of Australia. From New South Wales. 
Bohuna. Indian redwood.—A block of the wood of Soymida febrifuga Juss. 
From British India. 
Carapa. Crab-nut tree—A trunk section of Carapa guianensis Aubl. 
Native of northern South America. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Santa 
Catalina, lower Orinoco, Venezuela, May, 1896. 
Nim. Neem. Margosa tree.—A block of the wood of Melia Azedarach L. 
Native of the East Indies. From British India. 
China-tree. Pride-of-China.—A trunk section of M. Azedarach L. Native 
of Asia and cultivated for ornament and shade. Collected by G. V. Nash 
in Haiti, in 1903. 
Mahogany.—A trunk section of Swietenia Mahagani L. Collected by G. V. 
Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
Tropical redwood.—A trunk section of Guarea trichilioides L. Collected by 
G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
Red-bean.—A block of the wood of Dysoxylum Muelleri Benth. Native of 
Australia. From New South Wales. 
Incense wood.—A trunk section of an undetermined species of Trichilia. 
Collected by H. H. Rusby at Manoa, lower Orinoco, Venezuela, in 
May, 1896. 
Amari.—A block of the wood of Amoora spectabilis Miq. From British India. 
Tallow-berry.—A trunk section of Byrsonima cuneata (Turez) P. Wilson 
(Malpighiaceae—Malpighia Family). Native of southern Florida and the 
West Indies. Collected by G. V. Nash in Inagua, in 1904. 
THE SPURGE FAMILY (Euphorbiaceae) 
Sand-box tree.—A section of the wood of Hura crepitans L. Native of 
tropical America. Collected by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
Savia.—A trunk section of Savia bahamensis Britton. Native of the West 
Indies. Collected by G. V. Nash in Inagua, 1904. 
Tree spurge.—A trunk section of Euphorbia dendroides L. Native of the 
Mediterranean region. From Rome, Italy, through the Paris Exposition 
of 1900. 
Lechero.—A block of the wood of E. caracasana Boiss. Native of tropical 
America. From Venezuela. 
Kamala.—A block of the wood of Mallotus rhamnifolius Muell. Arg. 
Native of the East Indies. From Ceylon. 
Palo amarillo.—A trunk section of Euphorbiodendron fuloum (Stapf.) Millsp. 
Native of Mexico. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Salvatierra, Mexico, 
in I9IO. 
