plant mystery id

[John Nelson]

Mon 25 Aug 145p

Frends:

    My colleague Bert Pittman poses the following question--I'm no
help to him. Does anyone know the answer? You might want to respond
directly to Bert at BertP at scdnr.state.sc.us


    Thanks, John Nelson


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John,  the geography puzzle names the rare foliage of the capucin-- so
called because its seeds resemble the hoods of the Capuchin monks. This
plant inhabits an archipelago uninhabited until the seventeenth century.
Can you help? Bert



John B. Nelson
Curator of the Herbarium (USCH)
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC 29208

nelson at biol.sc.edu
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