6888. 
6889. 
6890. 
6891. 
6892. 
6893. 
6894. 
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THE COMBRETUM FAMILY (Combretaceae) 
White mangrove.—A trunk section of Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn. f. 
Native of tropical America. Collected by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
Dhawra.—A block of the wood of Anogeissus latifolia Wall. From British 
India. 
Panisa——A block of the wood of Terminalia myriocarpa Heuck. & Muell. 
From British India. F 
Kindal. Bilimati—A block of the wood of T. paniculata Roth. Same 
source. 
Ain Sasada. Karimati—Wood of Buceras tomentosa (W. & A.) Rusby 
(Terminalia tomentosa W. & A.). Native of the East Indies. From 
British India. 
West Indian almond.—A trunk section of Terminalia Catappa L. Native of 
tropical America and cultivated for shade and for its edible seeds. Col- 
lected by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
THE MYRTLE FAMILY (Myrtaceae) 
Common myrtle.—A trunk section of Myrtus communis L. Native of 
Europe and cultivated for ornament. From Pisa, Italy, through the 
Paris Exposition of 1900. 
. Guava.—A trunk section of Psidium Guajasa L. Native of tropical America 
and cultivated for its fruit. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Sacupana, 
lower Orinoco, Venezuela, April, 1896. 
. Red stopper.—A trunk section of Eugenia rhombea (Berg.) Kr. & Urb. 
Native of tropical America. Collected by G. V. Nash in Inagua, in 1904. 
. Tiwas. Kanara.—A block of the wood of a species of Eugenia. Native 
of the East Indies. From British India. 
. Black butt.—A block of the wood of Eucalyptus siderophloia Benth. Native 
of Australia. From New South Wales. 
. Iron-bark.—A block of the wood of £. pilularis Smith. Same source as 
preceding. 
. Mucurutu.—A block of the wood of Couroupita guianensis Aubl. Native of 
tropical America. From Venezuela. 
. Chytracula—A trunk section of Calypiranthes Zuzygium (L.) Sw. Native 
of the West Indies. Collected by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
. Harigira.—A block of the wood of Acanthopanax ricinifolium Seem. (Aralia- 
ceae—Ivy Family). Native of eastern Asia. From Japan. 
. Grayumo macho.—A trunk section of Didymopanax Morototont (Aubl.) 
Decne. & Planch. (Same family). Native of tropical America. Collected 
by G. V. Nash in Haiti, in 1903. 
. Tupelo broom handles.—Two broom handles made of the wood of a species 
of Nyssa (Cornaceae—Dogwood Family). Native of the southeastern 
and central United States. Presented by G. Josephi, April, 1903. 
- Dogwood cane stick.—A young trunk of Cynoxylon floridum (L.) Raf. (See 
No. 5282). Presented by William Demuth & Company, of New York. 
