COCOS CORONATA. Nicuri 



Paim. Collected by Messrs. Dorsett, 

 Shamel and Popenoe, Bahia, Brazil. 

 A palm 20 to 30 feet high, usually pre- 

 senting a somewhat straggly appear- 

 ance due to the leaves being whipped 

 and torn by the w ind. 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. 



37745. COCOS ROMANZOFF- 



IAN A. From Dr. J. C. Willis, Rio 

 de Janeiro, Brazil. A tall, striking 

 palm, 30 to 40 feet high, leaves 15 to 

 20 feet long with rigid sword-shaped ' 

 leaflets. The withered leaves are de- 

 flexed and pendent; the upper leaves, 

 spreading, often arched. Spadix about 

 6 feet long, at first enclosed in a stout 

 pendulous spathe, which appears 

 among the lower leaves. 



COLOCASIA ESCULENTA. 



Dasheen. From various West Indian 

 and Eastmdian 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. 



