1. 1986 Distinguished economic botanist

   • Efraim Hernández Xolocotzi Guzman

   The society for economic botany Pages: 4 - 4

2. Oswald tippo

   Announcement Pages: 5 - 5

3. Experiences leading to a greater emphasis on man in ethnobotanical studies

   • Efraim Hernández Xolocotzi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6 - 11

4. Intoxicating paricá seeds of the brazilian maué indians

   • Peter A. G. M. de Smet
   • Laurent Rivier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 12 - 16

5. Le caoutchouc naturel: Biologie, culture et production

   • Richard Evans Schultes

   Book Review Pages: 16 - 16

6. Potato remains from a late pleistocene settlement in southcentral Chile

   • Donald Ugent
   • Tom Dillehay
   • Carlos Ramirez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 27

7. American ginseng: Green gold

   • Walter H. Lewis

   Book Review Pages: 27 - 27

8. Introduction of the soybean to Illinois

   • Theodore Hymowitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 28 - 32

9. Oak galls preserved by the eruption of mount vesuvius in A.D. 79, and their probable use

   • Hiram G. Larew

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 40

10. The medicinal and poisonous plants of India

    • Walter H. Lewis

    Book Review Pages: 40 - 40

11. Coumarin in vanilla extracts: Its detection and significance

    • Robin J. Marles
    • CÉsar M. Compadre
    • Norman R. Farnsworth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 47

12. Investigation ofJuniperus species of the United States for new Sources of Cedarwood Oil

    • Robert P. Adams

    OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 54

13. Micronutrients in tropical food crop production

    • Richard Evans Schultes

    Book Review Pages: 54 - 54

14. Sodium-rich tree ash as a native salt source in lowland Papua

    • Ryutaro Ohtsuka
    • Tsuguyoshi Suzuki
    • Masatoshi Morita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 59

15. Pulse domestication before cultivation

    • G. Ladizinsky

    OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 65

16. Mistel [mistletoe] — Arzneipflanze, Brauchtum, Kunsmotiv im Jugendstil

    • Julia F. Morton

    Book Review Pages: 65 - 65

17. Morphological, chemical, and cytogenetic characters of F₁ hybrids betweenParthenium argentatum (Guayule) andP. fruticosum var.fruticosum (Asteraceae) and their potential in rubber improvement

    • H. H. Naqvi
    • A. Hashemi
    • J. G. Waines

    OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 77

18. Salad

    • Julia F. Morton

    Book Review Pages: 77 - 77

19. Tennessee plant species screened for renewable energy sources

    • M. E. Carr
    • M. O. Bagby

    OriginalPaper Pages: 78 - 85

20. In situ conservation of crop genetic resources through maintenance of traditional farming systems

    • Miguel A. Altieri
    • Laura Merrick

    OriginalPaper Pages: 86 - 96

21. Underdeveloping the Amazon: Extraction, unequal exchange and the failure of the modern state

    • Richard Evans Schultes

    Book Review Pages: 96 - 96

22. Mystery of the forbidden fruit: Historical epilogue on the origin of the grapefruit,Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae)

    • J. Kumamoto
    • R. W. Scora
    • W. A. Clerx

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 107

23. The oak king, the holly king and the unicorn: the myths and symbolism of the unicorn tapestries

    • Richard Evans Schultes

    Book Review Pages: 107 - 107

24. Infraspecific variation and systematics of cultivatedSetaria italica, foxtail millet (Poaceae)

    • K. E. Prasada Rao
    • J. M. J. de Wet
    • M. H. Mengesha

    OriginalPaper Pages: 108 - 116

25. Society for economic botany

    • Susan Verhoek

    Announcement Pages: 117 - 118

26. Book review

    • Mary Eubanks
    • David V. Fied

    BookReview Pages: 119 - 122

27. Note

    Announcement Pages: 122 - 122

28. Notes

    Announcement Pages: 123 - 123