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Introductory statement 1 



Inventory & 



Index of common and scientific names 01 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 PT.ATE I. The edilde bamboo of the eastern Himalayas. {Dendrocahimus 



hamiltonii Nees and Arn., S. P. I. No. 53909) 8 



II. One of the handsomest flowering trees of the Tropics (Spatho- 



(Ica caiupanulaia Beauv., S. P. I. No. 53983) S 



III. A fruiting branch of tlae Andean currant. {Ribes punctatum 



Ruiz and Pav., S. P. I. No. 53994) 18- 



IV. Tlie Iiuantuc, a favorite ornamental plant of the Quichua In- 



dians. (Datura rosei Safford, S. P. I. No. 54049) IS 



III 



