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Squash, known in Europe before 1543 274 



Suez Canal, importance in spread of coconuts. 338 

 Sugar cane, introduction into America from 



Canary Islands 274 



Summary of results 338 



Superstitious fear of planting coconuts 



among Kroo people 286 



Sweet potato, introduction into Europe 274 



widely distributed in pre-Columbian 



America 275 



Tagetes patula, known in Europe before 1543. 274 



Tahiti, frizzle-haired people in 296 



Texas, possibility of coconut culture 273 



Tobacco, introduction into Europe 274 



Togo, coconut in 332 



Tomato, introduction into Europe 274 



Torres Straits, prevalence of coconuts 297 



Tradescantia, introduction into Europe 274 



Trans-Pacific distribution of the coconut 340 



Trinidad, use of coconut oil 290 



Tropaeolum , introduction into Europe 274 



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" Tuba, " drink made from coconut sap 290 



Tucum fiber, mode of preparation and uses. . 310 



Velaseo, J., on coconuts in Colombia 287 



Vira chonta, Cocos butyracea 287 



Vogel, Doctor, account of coconut in Liberia. 286 



Wafer, L., visit to Cocos Island 292-293, 339-340 



Wallace, A. R., on Acrocomia in Brazil 312-313 



on coconut in the Malay Archipelago 331 



on domestication of Astrocaryum in 



Brazil 309-310 



on status of peach palm in Brazil 308 



Warburg, O . , quotations from 325 



West Africa, cotton in 275, 286 



West African oil palm, a relative of the coco- 

 nut 338 



Wine palms in America 312-313 



Wohltmann, F., reference to coconut palms in 



Togo 332 



Woodford, quotation from 299 



Xanthosoma, species of, known as Cocos 314 



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