CONTENTS. 



Introductory statement 



Inventory 



Index of common and scientific names 



ILLUSTRATIOiNS. 



Plate I. The mountain papaya in full bearing. (Carica candamarce li- 

 sts Hook, f.; S. P. I. No. 51389) . 



II. A new vegetable from Colombia. {Cyclanthera pedata (L.) 

 Schrad.; S. P. I. No. 51390) 



III. The giant Colombian berry. (RuMis macrocarpus Benth. ; 



S. P. I. No. 51401) 



IV. A magnificent flowering tree from eastern Guatemala. (Phyllo- 



carpus septentrionalis Donn.-Smith ; S. P. I. No. 51409) 



V. The doum palm at home. {Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart; 



S. P. I. No. 51440) 



VI. Native sorghums grown by the agricultural races of Kenia 

 Colony, British East Africa. {Holcus sorghum L. ; S. P. I. 



Nos. 51579 to 51581 and 51953 to 51957) 



FiGUKKl. Map of South and East Africa, showing the route taken by Dr. 



H. Jj. Shantz in his Cape-to-Cairo agricultural exploration 

 trip during (lie years 1919 and 1920 



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