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The plastic pill box contains 1 dried plant specimen. The label reads 'Tan Kuei 當歸 angelic polymorphia or sinensis'.

Angelica sinensis.

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The plastic pill box contains 1 dried plant specimen. The label reads 'Jen Tshan 人參 panax ginseng'.

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The cardboard box contains 1 dried plant specimen in brown paper. The label reads: 'Termite nest pieces in brown soil from near Nanking 南京白蟻窩, Acad. sinica soil sci. Inst. Nanking, from J D Bernal via Eileen, Jan 72'.

Wrapped in an envelope bearing the address of the Institute for Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 中國科學院土壤研究所.

Scope and Contents The cardboard box contains 4 labelled glass vials and 1 handwritten note on paper. The inscription on the box reads:'alkaloids from Chekiang pei mu 貝母 (Fritillaria Thunbergi), origin not given, from J.D. Bernal via Eileen, Jan 72'The note inside reads:'浙貝母 (pei- mu)- chinese drug. Fritillaria thunbergii miq. Peimine base - one of the alkaloids, from fritillaria thunbergii miq. C8H11N ricrate, m.p. 165o - may be a new collioline...

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The paper envelope contains several dried plant specimens. The inscription on the paper reads: ‘巴豆 from 孔子廟曲阜’

Croton tiglium.

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This dried plant specimen looks like a large seed pod.

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The metal box contains 3 plant specimens wrapped in tissue . The box is marked with the characters yan wo '燕窩' written on a short strip of sticking plaster.