CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introductory statement 5 



Inventory 9 



Note of correction .' 63 



Index of common and scientific names 65 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. Seedling mangos of the two principal Cuban races, at Santiago de 



las Vegas. (See S. P. I. Nos. 40920 and 40921) 16 



II. The nariz tree, Anacardium excelsum (Bert, and Balb.) Skeels, a rela- 

 tive of the cashew, at Trinidad, Cuba. (See S. P. I. No. 40987). 16 



III. The longan, Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Nephelium longana Cam- 



bess.) in fruit in Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 41053) 34 



IV. Fruits of the Japanese apricot, Prunus mume Sieb. and Zucc, S. P. I. 



No. 28685. (See S. P. I. No. 41061) 34 



V. The Quita naranjo, Solatium sp., an ornamental shrub from the 



mountains of Peru. (See S. P. I. No. 41113) 43 



VI. A field of molasses grass, Melinis minutifiora Beauv., S. P. I. No. 



28768, from Brazil. (See S. P. I. No. 41148) 40 



VII. Plant of the oca, Oxalis tuberosa Molina, from the mountains of Peru 

 and Bolivia, showing the rootstocks and the typical oxalis foliage. 



(See S. P. I. Nos. 41168 to 41176) 48 



VIII. Rootstocks of the oca, Oxalis tuberosa Molina, a vegetable from the 



Andes of Peru and Bolivia. (See S. P. I. Nos. 41168 to 41176).. 48 

 IX. The ullucu, Ullurus tuberosus Caldas, one of the mountain root crops 



of Peru and Bolivia. (See S. P. I. Nos. 41177 to 41184) 48 



X. Plant of the anyu, Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz and Pa von. a Peru- 

 vian mountain root crop. (See 8. P. I. Nos. 41185 and 41186)... 48 

 XI. Giant acorns of a Mexican oak. (Quercus insignia Martens and (!al- 



leotti, S. P. I. No. 39723) 62 



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