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4827. Guatemala sarsaparilla.—The root of a species of Smilax, probably S. ornata 
Hook. f. Native of Central America. From the Guatemala exhibit at 
the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, November, 1900. 
4828. Native Jamaica sarsaparilla~—The root of S. utilis Hemsley. Native of 
Jamaica. Grown in the Castleton Botanic Garden. Collected by D. T. 
MacDougal, July, 1903. 
4829-4830. No. 1 and No. 2 red Jamaica sarsaparilla. Commercial grades of 
the preceding. Acquired in a Jamaica market by the same donor. 
4831. Santo Domingo sarsaparilla—Probably the root of a species of Smilax, 
from Santo Domingo. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
4832. Porto Rico sarsaparilla——Probably the root of the century plant, or maguey, 
Agave americana L. (Amaryllidaceae—Amaryllis Family), offered in the 
New York market as a fraudulent substitute for sarsaparilla. Presented 
by H. H. Rusby. 
4833. Central America, Costa Rica, Lima, or “Jamaica,” sarsaparilla——The root 
of Smilax ornata Hook. f. Native of Central America and formerly ex- 
ported via Lima, Peru, and Jamaica, whence the names. Presented by 
H. H. Rusby. 
4834. Rio Janeiro Brazilian sarsaparilla—The roots of S. brasiliensis Spreng. 
Native of southern Brazil. Presented by the New York College of Phar- 
macy. 
4735. Ecuador sarsaparilla.—The root of a species of Smilax from Ecuador, perhaps 
S. ornata. From the New York drug market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
4836. Daffodil root.—The dried bulbs of Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus L. (Amaryl- 
lidaceae—Amaryllis Family). Native of Europe and largely cultivated 
for ornament. Grown by H. H. Rusby at Newark, New Jersey, April, 
1919. 
4837. The same, in the fresh condition, attached to the foliage. Same donor. 
4838. Wild yam root. Colic root.—The rootstock of Dioscorea villosa L. (Dios- 
coreaceae—Yam Family). Native of eastern North America. Collected 
in Bedford Park, New York, by Percy Wilson, June, 1899. 
4839. Southern wild yam root.—The rootstock of D. hirticaulis Bartlett. Native 
of and collected in MacDuffie County, Georgia, by H. H. Bartlett. 
4840. Glaucous wild yam root.—The rootstock of the mountain form of D. glauca 
Muhl. From the summit of House and Barn Mountain, Virginia. Col- 
lected by C. S. N. Alsberg. 
4841. The valley form of the preceding. Collected in Russell County, Virginia, 
by C. S. N. Alsberg. 
4842. Wild yam root from an undetermined species of Dioscorea. Collected by 
J. A. Shafer at Carnot, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1904. 
4843. Spurious wild yam root.—The rootstock of D. paniculata glabrifolia. Native 
of the eastern United States. Presented by H. H. Bartlett. 
4844. The rootstock of an undetermined species of Dioscorea. Native of the 
southeastern United States. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
4845. Iris versicolor. Blue flag—The rootstock of Iris versicolor L. (Iridaceae— 
Iris Family). Native of North America. Collected by W. N. Clute in 
Bedford Park, New York, June, 24 1899. 
