﻿CONTENTS 



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Introductory statement 5 



Inventory 11 



Index of common and scientific names 51 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. A flowering branch of the Japanese apricot. (Prunus mume 



Sieb. and Zucc, S. P. I. No. 46694) i__ 20 



II. Fruits of the ilama, one of the custard-apples. (Annona dwer- 



sifolia Safford, S. P. I. No. 46781) 20 



III. Fruits of an interesting relative of the anonas from Guate- 

 mala. (Sapranthus sp„ S. P. I. No. 46786) 34 



IV. The famous sealing-wax palm of the Malay Archipelago. ( Cyr- 



tostachys lakka Beccari, S. P. I. No. 46865) 34 



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