22620. CLEMATIS RECTA 

 MANDSHURICA. From Frank N. 

 Meyer, Shinglungshan, China. Herb- 

 aceous 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 andPopenoe inBahia, 

 Brazil. A palm 20 to 30 feet high, 

 usually somewhat scraggly in appear- 

 ance 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 giv- 

 ing 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 ele- 

 phant 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. 



