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Cases 31 and 31A. — Medicinal Plants of Paraguay. 
Cases 31K and 31C. — Fiber Plants. This collection is 
particularly rich in B?^omeliads. 
Cases 32 and 32A. — Economic and Medicinal Plants. 
Cases 34. — Paraguayan Seeds, Cereals, and Oils. 
BRAZIL. 
Case 34A. — The Woods of Santa Catharina and Espiritu 
Santo. 
Though the specimens in these collections are small they rep- 
resent a very complete and highly valuable series, and are es- 
pecially useful for study, and comparison with the other states of 
Brazil. 
Walls and Center-piece. — Commercial woods of Brazil. 
The color forms of the Brazilian ‘‘ Pine ” ^Araucaria) here ex- 
hibited compare well with the useful forms of Cryptomeria of 
Japan— forms, it is true, that are due to diseased conditions, but 
highly ornamental and useful. The beautiful Pao Amaillo can- 
not fail to attract and please. This species will doubtless be 
largely exported in the future, as it has attracted very favorable 
notice here. 
Case 35. — The woods of Pernambuco. 
Case 35 A. — Woods of Cear^. 
Wall. — The woods of Parana. 
This set is one of the most complete and uniform wood collec- 
tions sent here from Brazil, and represents a large outlay of tii^ 
and money. 
Cases 30 and 30A. — Bast fibers. 
Notable in this case is the wonderful “natural oakum,” a 
bast that requires but slight preparation to fit it for the calking 
iron. # 
West Wall. — The Woods of Minas Geraes and Para. 
A large and valuable set of trunk specimens, notable among 
which are rosewood, snakewood, violet, and the indispensable 
Brazilian cedar. 
Cases 37 and 37 A. — Medicinal Plants. 
