New and Noteworthy North American Plants

Studies of Pacific Island Plants, XXI New and Noteworthy Flowering Plants from Fiji!

CONTINUING STUDY of botanical collections made in recent years under the auspices of the Fiji Department of Agriculture has indicated the occurrence of various hitherto undescribed species of flowering plants in Fiji. In this paper seven species are described as new, in the genera Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), Melochia and Sterculia (Sterculiaceae), Astronidium (Melastomataceae), and Calycosia, Mastix...

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New and Noteworthy in Nutrition (NNN)

SOUTHERN AFRICA “In a little town not far from where I live, children suck salt to make themselves thirsty. Their thirst makes them drink more water and this fills their stomachs and helps to suppress the hunger in their bellies. It is almost beyond belief that three years ago Zimbabwe was called the breadbasket of Africa” (excerpt from Zimbabwean farmer, Cathy Buckle’s online journal, 22 Febru...

A New North American Bird - Flea

Dr. Phyllis T. Johnson, of the Entomology Research Division, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D. C, most kindly invited me to describe a new bird-flea, material of which was found in the collections of the U. S. National Museum. The specimens of the new flea were collected from the nest of a barn swallow and are part of a series which constitutes the first record of fleas from the No...

New Species of South American Plants

Cedrela Boliviina. Inflorescence sparsely and minutely canescent. Leaves (only the uppermost seen) 5 dm. long, the petiole 1 dm. long, slightly grooved upon the upper surface, like the rachis, the leaflets sub-opposite, 7 to 9 pair, the internodes about a third as long as their leaflets. Petiolules very slender, about 6 mm. long, articulating by a thin, disk-like base. Blades 8 to 16 cm. long, ...