Inventory 60, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate I, 



A Palm which Rivals the Banana as a Food Producer. 

 SPEciosA Mart., S. P. I. No. 47868.* 



(Guilielma 



The pupunha, which grow.s wild in the Amazon \"alU'y of Hru/.il, (iiothu'es lar^to bunchos of 

 yellow fruits the size of an apricot. When boiled, these fruits have soinewliat the lexture 

 and flavor of the chestnut and arc of high food value. Tlie ])laiil, which is jjcrhaps not 

 specifically distinct from the pejibave of Costa Rica (Ihougli the lalter Is usually considered 

 to be G. utilis, not G. speciosa), s"hould be cultivated throughout the Tropics. (Photo- 

 graphed by P. H. Dorsett at the Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jaiuiary 1, 1914; 

 P14589FS.) 



