250 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Tecoma leucoxylon. 
A shrubby, erect species with small leathery leaves. Grows near the sea. on the 
south side of the island: Guanica and Ponce. (Sintenis. ) 
Tecoma pentaphylla. Rosie Bianco. 
A wild tree 10 meters high, wood white and strong. Cominon to all parts of the 
island and occurring in all the Antilles, Said by Stahl to flower in May, but our 
specimens collected in the Plata Valley above Cayey had handsome pink flowers 
in November. (Stahl, 6: 175.) 
Tecoma stans. Rowe AMARILLO. 
A tree 4 meters high, cultivated in gardens for its yellow flowers, (Stahl, 
6: 278.) 
Tecomaria capensis. 
Family Bignoniaceae: a climber, native of the Cape of Good Hope. Culti- 
vated at Ponce. 
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Fig. 138.—Almendra, fruit of Terminelia catappa, 
Temporana. See Suriqna maritima. 
Teo. 
Probably the same as téa, 
Tephrosia. See Cruces, 
Teramnus uncinatus. Cresta pe GAts.o BLANCO, 
Family Viciaceae; a vine with twining branches. (Stahl, 3: 64.) 
Terminalia buceras. See Bueida buceras. 
Terminalia catappa. ArMENDRO, [Nplvx ALMOND, 
PLate LVIT and Fiaurn 13. 
This is the large beautiful large-leaved tree so commonly planted for shade at 
San Juan and along the military roads, and called “almendro.* It is believed 
by qnany Porto Ricans to be the genuine almond tree on account of the close 
