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it is less luxuriant than C. liberiea though it is hardier 
and earlier. This species is particularly robust in 
Java. It commences to flower in the second year and 
yields a crop of berries in the third year. 
The value of the coffee approaches that of the 
Liberian coffee and amounts to about 20 pounds per acre. 
The beans require particular care since they are in- 
closed within a skin whichmus t be completely removed be- 
fore the highest prices can be obtained. (Adapted from 
Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Trinidad 
and Tobago, vol. 17, p. 62.) 
Cyclamen rohlfsianum ( Pr imulaceae ) , 50529. Cyclamen. 
From Tripoli, Libia. Tubers presented by Dr. 0. Fenzi. 
"I hope that some of your Cyclamen specialists may suc- 
ceed in evolving a new type combining the characters 
of Cyclamen and of Dodecatheon. " (Fenzi.) 
A plant native to the grottoes of Gurelna, Libia, 
where the yellow ellipsoid tubers grow in the fissures. 
The stem, 5 cm. long, bears circular leaves, variegated 
with silvery splotches and variously Incised, on peti- 
oles 3 to 18 cm. long. The fragrant pale-purple flowers 
appear in autumn; the exserted anthers bring it near 
the neighboring genus, Dodecatheon. ( Adapted f rom Bol s - 
sler, Bulletin de L'Herbier, vol. 5, p. 528.) 
Erythrina sp. (Fabaceae), 49759. From Guatemala, 
Guatemala. Seeds collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, agrl- 
cultural'explorer . "(No. 338a. El Barranqui llo . ) ' Pi to . ' 
One of the native Erythrlnas. While not so valuable 
perhaps as a flowering plant as some of Its con- 
geners, it has the Interesting feature of edible flower 
buds, and it Is a vegetable of some importance among 
the Guatemalans. The buds are boiled with meat." 
(Popenoe . ) 
Guilielma util's (Phoenicaceae ) , 50679. Palm. From San 
Jose, Costa Rica. Seeds collected by Mr. Wilson Pop- 
enoe, agricultural explorer. "(No. 391a) 'Pejlbaye 
Palm'. A remarkable food plant, of ancient cultivation 
in Costa Rica, and certainly deserving of wide dissem- 
ination in the Tropics. Plttier says: 'The Indians 
(of Costa Rica) have cultivated It since a remote 
period, and It is not now known in the wild state.' 
Gagini quotes Alcedo to the effect that the fruit is 
almost the only food of the Guaimies and the Indians 
of southern Talamanca, in this country. It is today 
grown commercially in the vicinity of Tucurrique, on 
