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so, this could be easily done by means of a lath or 

 slat house. As an article of food the pacaya is much 

 used in Guatemala, and at local stands it commands a 

 good price, single inflorescences selling commonly at 

 5 or 6 for a peso (2| cents) in the regions where 

 they are grown. The leaves are widely used for dec- 

 orative purposes, being cut to adorn houses during 

 the many fiestas which take place in this country." 

 (Popenoe. ) 



Cocos datil Drude & Griseb. (Phoenicaceae . ) 45009. 

 Palm fruits from Gotha, Florida. Presented by Mr. H. 

 Nehrling. "This is the most massive hardy Cocos 

 species which I have. The bunches of fruits usually 

 weigh about 50 pounds each. I raised the plant from 

 seeds received from the late Dr. Hermann Burmeister 

 of Buenos Aires, who informed me that the seeds had 

 been collected by Dr. Niederlein at Entre Rios, Ar- 

 gentina about 22 years ago. These Cocos species are 

 the most beautiful and hardy on the high pinelands, 

 and most of them have edible fruits which are very 

 aromatic." (Nehrling.) 



Cocos yatay Martius. (Phoenicaceae.) 45073. Palm 

 seeds from Gotha, Florida. Presented by Mr. H. Nehr- 

 ling. "The partially bright red fruit, larger than 

 that of Cocos australis, comes from a taller, open tree, 

 --Cocos yatay. There are not many fruits in a bunch, 

 and I have not tasted them but they appear to be good. 

 This tree was also grown from seed received from 

 Blumenau, Brazil, in 1890, which was collected by 

 Gaertner from wild trees growing in stony or rather 

 dry soil. These cocoid palms (Cocos australis, C. gaertneri, 

 C. datil, C. campestris, C. eriospatha and several others) have 

 rather hard, bluish green leaves, and thrive to per- 

 fection on our high dry Florida pineland. I think they 

 will grow all along the south Atlantic and Gulf Coast. 

 All are fine- ornamentals in any garden." (Nehrling.) 



Diphysa sp. (Fabaceae.) 44997. Seeds from Guate- 

 mala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of this Bureau, 

 "(No. 153a. July 9, 1917.) A leguminous shrub common 

 in the mountains of the northern part of the Depart- 

 ment of Baja Verapaz, between Salama and Santo Tomas. 

 [t grows in dry, rocky places and also along the banks 

 of streams, reaching a height of about 3 feet under 

 former conditions and 6 feet under the latter. 

 The foliage is coarsely pinnate, with oval, glaucous 



