
          22620. CLEMATIS RECTA
MANDSHURICA. From Frank N.
Meyer, Shinglungshan, China. Herbaceous 
perennial, 2 to 3 feet high, with
erect stems terminating in panicles of
large white flowers. For testing as an
ornamental or as a cut flower plant.

36927. COCOS CORONATA.
Nicuri palm. Collected by Messrs.
Dorsett, Shamel and Popenoe in Bahia,
Brazil. A palm 20 to 30 feet high,
usually somewhat scraggly in appearance 
on account of the leaves being
whipped and torn by the wind. The
old leaf bases usually adhere to the
trunk and are arranged spirally giving 
a curiously twisted appearance to
the palm. The leaves are glaucous
and when not torn are very graceful.

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA.
Dasheen. From various West Indian
and East Indian sources. Large-leaved
aroid, related to the taro and the elephant 
ear, producing numerous small
tubers around a large central one.
These, when cooked, are as palatable
as potatoes, richer in protein, and with
a nutty flavor. Twenty-five hundred
people are growing them in the South.
        