3422. 
3423. 
3424. 
3425. 
3426. 
3427. 
3428. 
3429. 
3430. 
3431. 
3432. 
3433- 
3434- 
3435. 
3436. 
3437. 
3438. 
3439. 
3440. 
3441. 
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Plantain. Turque. Adam’s apple——The fruit of Musa paradisiaca L. 
Native of the East Indies and cultivated. This fruit is generally eaten 
cooked, in the unripe state. Obtained in Jamaica, in 1900, by Samuel 
Henshaw. 
Another specimen of the same. Obtained in Porto Rico, August, 1902, by 
Percy Wilson. 
Banana meal.—Dried unripe bananas, ground into meal. Obtained at 
Retreat, Jamaica, by N. L. Britton. 
Another quality of the same. 
Banana flour.—The same, ground very fine. Obtained at Bogota, Colombia, 
in July, 1917, by H. H. Rusby. 
THE MULBERRY FAMILY (Moraceae) 
Russian black mulberry.—The fruit of Morus tatarica L. Native of 
Russia and cultivated. Collected in the New York Botanical Garden, 
July, 1904. 
Fruiting branch of the same. Collected at Lamb Hill, New Jersey, July 20, 
1909, by H. H. Rusby. 
European black mulberry.—The fruit of Morus nigra L. Native of Europe 
and cultivated. Acquired by H. H. Rusby at Redlands, California, 
August, 1909. 
American red mulberry.—The fruit of Morus rubra L. Native of the 
eastern and central United States and cultivated. Acquired at Franklin, 
New Jersey, June 24, 1906, by H. H. Rusby. 
Flowering branch of the same. 
White mulberry.—The fruit of Morus alba L. Native of China and culti- 
vated. Collected in the New York Botanical Garden, July 3, 1904. 
A fruiting branch of the same. Collected by Rudolph Ringe at Jerome 
Avenue, New York, June 21, 1899. 
Mexican downy mulberry.—The fruit of Morus mollis Rusby. Native of 
southern Mexico. Discovered and collected by H. H. Rusby near Quicat- 
lan, Mexico, July 14, 1910. 
White or green fig.—The fruit of a cultivated variety of Ficus Carica L. 
Native of western Asia and cultivated in all tropical and warm temperate 
regions. Obtained at Redlands, California, August 24, 1909. 
Yellow fig—Another variety of the same. Collected in the conservatory 
of the New York Botanical Garden, September 12, 1906. 
Black or red fig.—Another cultivated variety of the same. Same source as 
3425. 
Purple fig—Another variety of the same. From the conservatory of the 
New York Botanical Garden, September 12, 1906. 
Preserved figs——Figs cooked in syrup. Presented by F. H. Leggett & 
Company, of New York City. 
Pressed figs.—Ripe figs, dried and pressed in cakes in Syria. From the 
New York market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
Pulled figs—Ripe figs, dried after being softened by a pulling process. 
Same source. 
3441.1. Greek dried figs. Same source. 
