CONTENTS. 



I'agr. 



Introductory statement r» 



Inventory 11 



Index of common and scientific names 77 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Tj-ate I. The Guatemalan pepino, a seedless salad fruit {Solanuni muri- 



catum, S. P. I. No. 44021) KJ 



II. Bargaining for kau ba in Shanghai {Zizania latifolia, S. P. I. 



No. 44069) 30 



III. The Brazilian genipa {Genipa americana, S. P. I. No. 44090) __ 20 



IV. The Imodon ash of Turkestan (Fraxinus potninophihi. S. P. I. 



No. 44132) 20 



V. A clump of the tulda bamboo in Panama {Baiiihos tulcia, S. P. I. 



No. 44240) 40 



VI. The nipa palm in fruit (Nypa fruticans, S. P. I. No. 44405) 4G 



