﻿Inventory 60, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate I 



A Palm which Rivals the Banana as a Food Producer, 

 speciosa Mart., S. P. I. No. 47868.) 



(Guilielma 



The pupunha, which grows wild in the Amazon Valley of Brazil, produces large bunches of 

 yellow fruits the size of an apricot. When boiled, these fruits have somewhat the texture 

 and flavor of the chestnut and are of high food value. The plant, which is perhaps not 

 specifically distinct from the pejibaye of Costa Rica (though the latter is usually considered 

 to be G. utilis, not G. speciosa), should be cultivated throughout the Tropics. (Photo- 

 graphed by P. H. Dorsett at the Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 1914; 

 P14589FS.) 



