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green, sundew, bitter-sweet, pennyroyal, boneset and tansy 

 the whole plant is used. 



A few of the crude drugs arranged under the several plant- 

 organs they represent are as follows : sarsaparilla, poke-root, 

 rhubarb, aconite, queen's root, senega root, marshmallow, 

 man-in-the-ground and ipecac are roots; calamus, ginger, 

 colic-root, Canadian snake-root, soapwort, mandrake, Amer- 

 ican ipecac, buckbean and stonewort are rootstocks; san- 

 dalwood and quassia chips are woods; sassafras medulla is 

 pith; birch, slippery elm, sassafras, cinnamon, wild cherry, 

 horsechestnut, cascara, linden and cinchona are barks; laurel, 

 hardhack, cherry laurel, peach, senna, coca and eucalyptus 

 are leaves; red-clover flowers, orange flowers, linden flowers, 

 heart's-ease, borage flowers, safflower, marigold flowers, Ro- 

 man chamomile, German chamomile and milfoil flower are 

 flowers and flower-heads; saw-palmetto, cardamon, cubebs, 

 hops, star anise, poppy, rose hips, tamarind, Tonka bean and 

 colocynth are fruits ; colchicum seed, grain of paradise, betel 

 nut, mustard, delphinium seed, almonds, calabar bean, Bar- 

 badoes nut, castor oil seed and henbane seed are seeds. 



Woods. Cases 103 to 184. — The east wing is occupied by 

 woods. The exhibits fall under two main divisions, the one 

 consisting of a series of wood-specimens from all parts of the 

 world, and crude wood-products such as pipes, canes, shoes, 

 sandals, utensils and carbons or charcoals; the other being a 

 synoptic collection illustrating North American dendrology. 



2. THE MUSEUM OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY 



This occupies the entire second floor of the building and 

 is designed to illustrate by specimens, drawings and photo- 

 graphs, types of all the natural families of plants, beginning 

 with those of the simplest structure and ending with the most 

 complex. It consists of three series of objects: 



(a) The general synoptic collection. 



(b) A series of microscopes showing selected specimens. 



(c) Illustrations of the local flora. 



