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so, this could be easily done by means of a lath or 
slat house. As an article of food the pacaya is much 
used in Guatemala, and at local stands it commands a 
good price, single Inflorescences selling commonly at 
5 or 6 for a peso (2| cents) in the regions where 
they are grown. The leaves are widely used for dec- 
orative purposes, being cut to adorn houses during 
the many fiestas which take place in this country." 
(Popenoe . ) 
Coeo8 datil Drude & Griseb. (Phoenicaceae . ) 45009. 
Palm fruits from Gotha, Florida. Presented by Mr. H. 
Nehrling. "This is the most massive hardy Cocos 
species which I have. The bunches of fruits usually 
weigh about 50 pounds each. I raised the plant from 
seeds received from the late Dr. Hermann Burmeister 
of Buenos Aires, who informed me that the seeds had 
been collected by Dr. Niederlein at Entre Rios, Ar- 
gentina about 22 years ago. These Cocos species are 
the most beautiful and hardy on the high pinelands, 
and most of them have edible fruits which are very 
aromatic." (Nehrling.) 
C0GO8 yatay Martius. (Phoenicaceae.) 45073. Palm 
seeds from Gotha, Florida. Presented by Mr. H. Nehr- 
ling. "The partially bright red fruit, larger than 
that of Cocos austraUs, comes from a taller, open tree, 
--Cocos yatay. There are not many fruits in a bunch, 
and I have not tasted them but they appear to be good. 
This tree was also grown from seed received from 
Blumenau, Brazil, in 1890, which was collected by 
Gaertner from wild trees growing In stony or rather 
dry soil. -These cocoid palms (Cocos australis, C. gaertneri, 
C. datil, C. campestris, C. eriospatha and several others) have 
rather hard, bluish green leaves, and thrive to per- 
fection on our high dry Florida pineland. I think they 
will grow all along the south Atlantic and Gulf Coast. 
All are fine ornamentals in any garden." (Nehrling.) 
Diphysa sp. (Fabaceae.) 44997. Seeds from Guate- 
mala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of this Bureau, 
"(No. 153a. July 9, 1917.) A leguminous shrub common 
in the mountains of the northern part of the Depart- 
ment of Baja Verapaz, between Salama and Santo Tomas. 
It grows in dry, rocky places and also along the banks 
of streams, reaching a height of about 3 feet under 
the former conditions and 6 feet under the latter. 
The foliage is coarsely pinnate, with oval, glaucous 
