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THE HEATHER FAMILY (Ericaceae) 
6906. Ivy pipe.—A pipe made of the wood of Kalmia latifolia L. Native of eastern 
North America. Same donor as preceding. 
6907. Briar-wood.—A block of the wood of Erica arborea L. Native of the Medi- 
terranean region. Same donor. 
6908-6911. Briar-wood pipes, showing stages in manufacture. Same donor. 
6912-6925. A collection of 14 pipes made from the preceding. Same donor. 
6926. Briar-wood, or heather, fruit—The fruit of the preceding species. From 
the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
6927. Strawberry tree.—A trunk section of Arbutus Unedo L. Native of Europe. 
From Grosseta, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
6928, Vedu-karnari—A block of the wood of Diospyros ovalifolia Wight (Ebena- 
ceae—Persimmon Family). Native of the East Indies. From Ceylon. 
6929. Kinogaki. Mamegaki.—A trunk section of D. Lotus L. From Japan. 
6930. Kaki.—A block of the wood of D. Kaki L.f. Same source. 
6931. Ebony cane.—Made of the wood of Diospyros Ebenum Koen. Native of 
the East Indies. Presented by William Demuth & Company, of New 
York. 
6932. Musuba. Sapodilla. 
6933- Mahua or butter-tree.—A block of the wood of Bassia latifolia Roxb. (Same 
family). From British India. 
6934. Balata.—A trunk section of Mimusops Balata Cruger, or M. globosa Gaertn. f. 
(Same family). Native of tropical America. Collected by H. H. Rusby 
at Santa Catalina, lower Orinoco, Venezuela, in 1896. 
6935. Wild dilly—A trunk section of M. emarginata (L.) Britton. Native of 
southern Florida and the West Indies. Collected by G. V. Nash at 
Inagua, in 1904. 
6936. Olive wood.—A trunk section of Olea europaea L. (See No. 1696). From 
the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
6937- Privet—A trunk section of Ligustrum vulgare L. Native of Europe and 
used for hedges. From Florence, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 
1900. 
6938. Phillyrea—A trunk section of Phillyrea variabilis Timb. Native of Europe. 
From Sassari, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 
6939. Toneriko. A block of the wood of Fraxinus pubinervis Blume. Native 
of eastern Asia. From Japan. 
6940. White-ash barrel stave.—A barrel stave made of the wood of F. americana 
L. Native of eastern and central North America. Presented by C. Heidt 
& Son. 
6941. Niramali.—A block of the wood of the clearing-nut tree, Strychnos potatorum 
L. f. (Loganiaceae—Nux-vomica Family). Native of the East Indies. 
From British India. 
THE DOGBANE FAMILY (Apocynaceae) 
6942. Jelutong wood.—A block of the wood of Dyera costulata Hook. f. Native of 
the Malay region. Obtained by P. Wilson in Singapore, June, 1901. 
