BOTANY AND PLANT ECONOMICS 79 
Various Monographic Series. 
Cases 31 and 32. — Upper portion. Note the beginning of 
an installation intended to exemplify the methods adopted by 
plants for the natural dispersion of their seeds. The instal- 
lation at this date takes up only dispersion by the wind (Aero- 
vectence). Lower portion.— The Plants of the Bible; a long 
series of Biblical plants with quotations referring to each and 
descriptions of their characters. 
Cases 33 and 34. — A temporary installation of some of the 
finer blends of Ceylon tea (Theci sinensis^. The case illustrat- 
ing tea may be found in the west gallery, north side, No. 484, 
Cases 35 and 36. — Upper portion. A series of odd woods 
showing peculiar arrangement of the wood-cells in geometric 
forms and various concentric lines. 
Case 35. — Lower portion. Observe a monographic assem- 
blage of the ingredients of Ceylon Curry Powder, also a sim- 
ilar assemblage of the ingredients of Betel Chewing substances. 
Case 36. — Lower portion. Peculiar aboriginal food stuffs: 
The nuts of the Western Black Oak (Quercus Emoryi) from 
which the Apache Indians make meal and bread; the fruits 
of the western Black Walnut (Juglans calif ornica) from which 
the Apaches make a sort of soup; note also a pulp and seed 
mass from a species of cactus (Opuntia) called by these In- 
dians Nanulcage. (See also Case 38.) 
Case 37. — Lower portion. A temporary installation of 
various forms of chocolate. The case illustrating the choco- 
late plant and its products is (No. 43) two cases further to 
the south. 
Case 38. — Some peculiar foods eaten by various peoples. 
Japanese Woon or Tengusa, a dried sea-weed (Gelidium cor- 
neum), and Siamese Agar Agar (Encheuma spinosa). Jamaica 
Flowers (Hibiscus sabdariffa) eaten or made into a cooling 
drink by the Mexicans. Mowha the flowers of an Indian tree 
(Bassia latifolia) eaten like figs to which their taste is com- 
parable; Pinones, the toasted kernels of the Edible Pine (Pinus 
edulis) largely eaten by the Indians of the southwest United 
States and Mexico; Cassava Bread from the root of the Maui- 
hot apii; Kow Kliep cakes, made of rice flour and teel seed 
