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Acrocomiafusiformis(Svtar\,z) Sweet. (Phoenicaceae . ) 40881. 

 Seeds of a palm from Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, 

 sented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, Botanist, Cuban Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. "Macaw tree of Jamaica, Corozo de Ja- 

 maica of Cuba. Trunk ten to thirty feet high, fusi 

 or swollen above the middle, armed with spines in rings. 

 Leaves pinnate, petioles and rachis densely armed, 

 florescence enclosed in two spathes, inner complete, spar- 

 ingly armed. Peduncles also armed with long black spines. 

 Fruit depressed-globose, about one inch in diameter, 

 smooth. Seed very hard, one-celled, foramina lateral, 

 remarkably strong fiber called pita de corozo is extracted 

 from the rachis of the leaves of this palm, and is used in 

 Cuba in the manufacture of brushes. This Palm has been 

 erroneously referred to as Acrocomia lasiospatha by Martius 

 and Grisebach."(C. P. Doyle.) 



Annona scleroderma Saf f ord . (Annonaceae . ) 40835. Seeds 

 of the "pox-te" from Cajabon, Guatemala. Presented by Mr. 

 W. E. Curley at the request of Mr. 0. F. Cook. Mr. Cook 

 in his field-notes made the following entry: "The fruit 

 called by the Kekchi Indians of Alta Verapaz box-te or 

 bosh-te, is curious rather than beautiful. The shell is 

 divided into angular depressed areoles by raised ridges. 

 When mature the ridges are dark brown and the areoles be- 

 tween them green. The pulp is readily separable into 

 slender pyramids. These are normally one-seeded, but in 

 many cases they are seedless. The texture of the pulp is 

 perfect, the flavor aromatic and delicious, with no un- 

 pleasant aftertaste. It is much richer than the soursop, 

 with a suggestion of the flavor of the zapote bianco, or 

 matasano ( Cas imiroa edulis) , but not in the least objection- 

 able. It can be eaten most conveniently with a spoon. The 

 most fragrant pulp is close to the rind. The seeds sepa- 

 rate from the surrounding pulp more readily than in most 

 annona fruits . " 



Bambos tulda Roxb. (Poaceae. )40886. Seeds of a bamboo 

 from Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. William Bembower, 

 Collins, Ohio. "The common bamboo of Bengal, where it 

 grows in great abundance everywhere, flowering in May. 

 Not uncommon in the deciduous forests of Pegu, generally 

 occupying lower and moister stretches of ground in company 

 with tinwa, Cephalostachyum pergracile, the surrounding dry 

 hills being covered with Dendrocalamus strictus . " (Brandis.) 

 "An evergreen or deciduous, caespitose, arboreous, gre- 

 garious bamboo. Culm green or glabrous when young, grey- 

 green when older, sometimes streaked with yellow, 20 to 70 



