94 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
Case 67. — Various products of the Bean Family. A com- 
plete series illustrating the source of Licorice: the roots of 
Glycyrrhiza glabra. Algaroba yielded by Hymenaea courharil 
a fossil and recent product utilized in varnish making. Note 
Chiga starch from the seed of Campsiandra comosa\ and the 
characteristic wood in this family. 
Case 68. — Observe fibers yielded by members of this family: 
Sunn Hemp by Crotalaria juncea, Colorado River Hemp by 
Seshania macrocar pa, and the Indian Kachnar by Bauhinia tomen- 
tosa. Note Indigo the product of Indigofera anil; Tamarinds the 
fruit of Tamarindus indica; the odorous Tonka Bean {Dipterix 
with its vanilla -like aroma; Cutch an extract of Acacia 
catechu; Kudzu Starch from the seed of the Japanese Pueraria 
Thunhergiana; African Cam or Dye Wood {Baphia nitida); 
a number of tan barks and fruits from various species of Acacia, 
and notably the Tropic American Divi-divi {Ccesalpinia coriaria). 
Note also the various oils obtained from the members of this 
family, especially the Copaiba Oils from Copaifera sp. 
The Daisy Family (Compositce) . 
Case 69. — Left half. While this great family does not yield 
utilized products at all in proportion to its large representation 
in the Vegetable World, yet some of them are worthy of men- 
tion. Note the various specimens representing Chicory (C ic- 
hor ium intybus) the roots of which serve to sophisticate coffee. 
Note also the new Colorado Rubber, a product of the prairie, 
Parthenium incanum; Fiber produced from the stalks of the 
common Burdock {Arctium lappa). Various medicinal plants; 
principally Arnica {Arnica montana), Tansy {Tanacetum vul- 
gare), Yarrow {Achillea millefolium) and Wormwood {Artemi- 
sia absinthium) . 
The Castor Bean Family {Euphorbiacece) . 
Case 69. — Right half. A large family of mostly poisonous 
plants with milky juice and peculiar beetle-like seeds of which 
those of the Castor Oil Plant {Ricinus communis) are typical. 
Note the extensive series of these oil seeds and oil expressed 
from the same. Note also the Purging nut {Jatropha curcas). 
Observe the various forms of meal, flour, and starch of 
Tapioca, Farinha, Mandioca, and Cassava, from the root of the 
principal tropic American food plant Manihot aipi. Note also 
