CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introductory statement 5 



Inventory 11 



Index of common and scientific names 93 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate I. Fruits of the gravatd, a Brazilian bromelia, S. P. I. No. 36967 16 



II. Plant of the gravata in the virgin forest near Lavras, Brazil, S. P. I. 



No. 36967 IS 



III. Fruits of the grumichama (Eugenia domheyi), S. P. I. No. 36968 16 



IV. Fruiting branch of the pitomba {Eugenia luschnathiana) , S. P. I. 



No. 37017 16 



V. The pitomba tree of Brazil {Eugenia luschnaihiana) ^ S. P. I. No. 



37017 28 



VI. An old imbu tree {Spondias tuberosa) at Brejo, Brazil, S. P. I. No. 



37018 28 



VII. Fruits of the cashew {Anacardium occidentale), S. P. I. No. 37027 28 



VIII. Rheedia edulis, a wild relative of the mangosteen, S. P. I. No. 



37384 28 



IX. Fruits of the pera do campo of Brazil {Eugenia klotzschiana), S. P. I. 



No. 37392 56 



X. An orchard of Chinese persimmons {Diospyros kahi), S. P. I., No. 



37540 56 



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