CONTENTS 



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Introductory statement 1 



Inventory = ' 7 



Index of common and scientific names 59 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. One of the white sapotes of 'Central America. (Ca^imiroa 



tetrameria Millsp. ; S. P. I. No. 55445) 44 



II. A rare species of white sapote. (Casimiroa tetrameria Millsp.; 



S. P. I. No. 55445) 44 



III. The barajillo, a new leguminous shrub from Salvador. (Mei- 



bomia rensoni Painter; S. P. I. No. 55446) 44 



IV. Young branches of the barajillo. {Meibomia rensoni Painter; 



S. P. I. No. 55446) 44 



V. A jujube for moist tropical regions. {Ziziphus mauriiiana 



Lam.; S. P. I. No. 55485) 50 



VI. Barbados Red, a good variety of trop cal yam. (Dioscorea 



alata L. ; S. P. I. No. 55561) 50 



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