New or Noteworthy Trees from Micronesia. XXI

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...

New Light on the Peoples of Micronesia.

Science, a weekly journal. io published each Friday by the American Association for the Advancement of Science at The Business Press, Incorporated, N. Queen St. and McGovern Ave., Lancaster, I'a. Founded in 1880. it has been since 1900 the official publication of the AAAS. Editorial and Advertising Offices, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue. N.W.. Washington I, D. C. Telephone. EXecutive or 6061. Cable...

A new neuropsychology for the XXI century.

Regardless of the significant interest in comparing neuropsychological syndromes across cultures, little interest is observed in comparing these syndromes across time. Most of the neuropsychological syndromes were described during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century (e.g., aphasia, alexia, agraphia, acalculia, etc.). However, living conditions have so dramatically changed during the...