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 Introductory statement 5 



Inventory 11 



Index of common and scientific names 51 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. A flowering branch of tbe Japanese apricot. (Prunus mume 



Sieb. and Zucc, S. P. I. No. 46694) 20 



II. Fruits of the ilama, one of the custard-apples. {Annona diver- 



sifoUa Safeord, S. P. I. No. 4678.1) 20 



III. Fruits of an interesting relative of the anonas from Guate- 

 mala. (Sapronf/iws sp., S. P. I. No. 46786) 34 



IV. The famous sealing-wax palm of the Malay Archipelago. {Cyr- 



tostachys lakka Beccari, S. P. I. No. 46865) 34 



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