CONTENTS. 



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Introductory statement 5 



Inventory 13 



Index of common and scientific names 163 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate I. The " fire-pot" persimmon {Diospyros kaki L. f.), S. P. I. No. 37657. 16 

 II. The ' salt-bag" persimmon (Diospyros /fcoifct L. f.), S. P. I. No. 37672. 16 



III. The bakopary (Rheedia hrasiliensis (Mart.) Planch, and Triana), 



S. P. I. No. 37802 48 



IV. The carnauba palm {Copemicia cerifera Martins), S. P. I. No. 37866- 48 

 V. An orange-colored swamp anona {Annona spinescens Martins), 



S. P. I. No. 37911, on the banks of the Rio Sao Francisco 66 



VI. Fruits of the swamp anona {Annona spinescens Martins), S. P. I. 



No. 37911 66 



VII. Trial plat of favorita grass {Tricholaena rosea Nees), S. P. I. No. 

 38021, at the Horto Florestal, an experiment station at Joazeiro, 



Bahia, on the banks ot the Rio Sao Francisco 80 



VIII. A field oi caatingueiro grass {Chloris eleqans H. B. K.), S. P. I. No. 



38023 80 



IX. Guatemalan avocado fruits (Persea americana Miller), S. P. 1. Nos. 

 38400 to 38402. Collected by the O. F. Cook expedition to 



Guatemala in 1914 128 



X. The green sapote ( Achradelpha viridis (Pittier) O. F. Cook), S. P. I. 



Nos. 38478 to 38481 128 



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