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38541 and 38542. Styloma spp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Belize, British Honduras. Procured by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, from the Belize Botanical Station. Hand- 

 some fan-leaved palms growing in the Belize Botanic Garden about 

 10 miles from the mouth of the Belize River; received June 12, 1914. 



38541. Styloma pacifica (Seem, and Wendl.) O. F. Cook. 

 (Pritchardia pacifica Seem, and Wendl.) 



No. 4. " Probably suitable only for extreme southern Florida." 

 (Cook.) 



38542. Styloma thurstonii (Muell. and Drude) O. F. Cook. 

 (Pritchardia thurstonii Muell. and Drude.) 



No. 5. 

 38543. Chamaedorea graminifolia H. Wendland. Phoenieacese. 



Palm. 



From Lanquin, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Collected by 

 Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 12, 1914. 

 " No. 6. Collected May 7, 1914. Nearly ripe seeds. A small, stoloniferous, 

 slender-stemmed, finely pinnate-leaved palm growing at the summits of very 

 rocky hills and cliffs, after leaving Lanquin on the road to Chiacum. Alti- 

 tude, about 3,000 feet." (Cook.) 



38544 to 38547. 



Collected on the Roosevelt expedition to South America by Mr. Leo E. 

 Miller, of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. 

 Received June 9, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Miller. 

 38544 to 38546. Zea mays L. Poacea\ Corn. 



38544. "No. 1. Upper Gy Parana River, Brazil. Corn received 

 from the Panetes, or Powetes, Indians on the upper Gy Parana 

 (Machabo) River, Brazil, South America. This tribe of Indians 

 was absolutely unknown. I was the first person to come in 

 contact with them. The Gy Parana flows into the Madeira. 

 March, 1914." 



38545. " No. 2. October, 1913. Forty-day corn from southern 

 Argentina, said to mature within 40 days of planting." 



38546. " No. 3. October, 1913. Corn from extreme southern Argen- 

 tina. Said to grow in cold climate; requires five months to 

 mature." 



38547. Lecythis usitata Miers. Lecythidaceae. Paradise nut. 



"No. 4. May. 1914. Nuts from the lower Amazon. Comparatively 

 rare, considered better, and more expensive than ' Brazil nuts.' Trees 

 are said to produce within three years. Requires marshy or swampy 

 ground in hot locality." 



38548 to 38567. 



From Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received June 18, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Cook, unless 

 otherwise indicated. 

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