﻿CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introductory statement "> 



Inventory 1 1 



Index of common and scientific names 77 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate I. The Guatemalan pepino, a seedless salad fruit (Solatium muri- 



catum, S. P. I. Xo. 44021) 1G 



II. Bargaining for kau ba in Shanghai (Zizania latifolia, S. P. I. 



Xo. 44069) 10 



III. The Brazilian genipa (Genipa anj^ricana, S. P. I. Xo. 44090 )__ 2G 



IV. The Imodon ash of Turkestan (Fraximts potamophila , S. 1*. I. 



Xo. 44132) 20 



V. A clump of the tulda bamboo in Panama (Bambos tulda, S. P. I. 



Xo. 44240) 40 



VI. The nipa palm in fruit (Nypa fruticans, S. P. I. Xo. 44405) 40 



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