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40066. CLETHRA BARBINERVIS. From Japan, through E.
H. Wilson.  A deciduous shrub of the heath family, up to 6 feet
high.  Leaves often clustered at the end of the twigs, oval or obovate,
2 to 5 inches long.  Flowers white, produced from July to September,
in a rather compact terminal panicle 4 to 6 inches long, covered with
white, starry down. Not so hardy as our native C. alnifolia.

COCOS CORONATA. Nicurí palm. Collected by Dorsett,
Shamel, and Popenoe, Bahia, Brazil.  A palm 20 to 30 feet high,
usually presenting a somewhat straggly appearance due to the leaves
being whipped and torn by the wind.  The old leaf bases adhere to
the trunk; and, being arranged spirally, give it a curiously twisted
appearance.  The leaves are glaucous and graceful when not torn.

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, arp as palatable as potatoes, 
richer in protein, and with a nutty flavor.  Twenty-five hundred
people are growing them in the South.

37866. COPERNICIA CERIFERA.   Carnauba palm. From
Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil.  Through Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
Forms large groves along river banks.  Wax exuding from cut leaves,
dried in the sun, once formed the basis of an important industry.
The fruits are so highly valued for hog feed that owners of groves are
protecting them.  The tree is probably a slow grower; a single one
yields a bushel of fruits.

40988. CORDIA ALBA.  Ateje.  From Wilson Popenoe, Trinidad, 
Cuba.  A large, bushy shrub, 15 feet high, branching close to
the ground, sending up long, stiff shoots well furnished with dark-
green foliage.  The flowers, which are pale yellow, about one-half
inch across, are borne in broad, flat-topped corymbs sometimes a
foot across.  This is apparently a good honey plant and of 
considerable ornamental value.

37224. CORDIA OBLIQUA.  From Dr. L. Trabut, Algiers.
A medium-sized tree, 40 to 50 feet high, native of India, where it is
found at an altitude of 5,000 feet.  Its wood is used in boat building,
in the making of agricultural implements, and as fuel.  The tree is
vigorous in its growth and forms a handsome rounded crown with
dense bright green foliage.
        