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thought to be P. microphyllus, the " Jaborandy " or " Arruda 

 Brava." Here also will be found specimens of the Monkey 

 Cacao, Theobroma angustifolia, of Nicaragua ; the Mandarin, 

 Citrus nobilis var. major ; the Sweet Lime, Citrus medica 

 var. Limetta ; Portugal orange, Citrus Aurantium, var. 

 lusitanica, and the common orange, Citrus Aurantium 

 both the sweet and sour varieties. There is also here a 

 variegated form of orange, Citrus Aurautium var. variegata, 

 a very ornamental tree. 



On returning to the main path note at the corner on the 

 right-hand side a tree of Terminaiia sericea ; and close by 

 a specimen of the Malay apple, Eugenia caidiflora, in front 

 of which is a hedge of the West Indian Cherry, Malpighia 

 glabra. Opposite is the Bunya-Bunya Pine, Araucaria 

 Bidwillii. Next to this fine specimen is a small collection of 

 Garcinias, namely G. Morella, the source of Ceylon Gamboge, 

 a gum resin used in medicine and the arts ; G. indica, whose 

 seed yields Kokum butter used in India in the preparation 

 of ointments ; G. Buchanani, and G. Xanthochymus, which 

 yield an inferior Gamboge. Also notice a plant of the sugar- 

 cane, Saccharum officinarum. 



On the right hand observe the Wood Apple, Feronia 

 elephantum, an Indian tree; a fine specimen of Balsam of 

 Copaiba, Copaifera officinalis ; Oroxylon indicum, the bark of 

 which yields a bitter tonic ; and Sophora tomentosa. Behind 

 these trees note Camoensia maxima, a handsome climber of 

 Tropical Africa with large white and yellow flowers which are 

 sweet-scented ; Syncarpia laurifolia, a gum tree of East 

 Africa ; Canarium commune, a native of the Moluccas, which 

 yields the resin Elemi. 



The picket fencing on the left is utilized for the support of 

 a number of fine flowering creepers. Representatives of the 

 genera Bignonia, Anemopaegma, Antigonon, Porana, Ipomoea, 

 Camoensia, and Faradaya may be seen here. 



Immediately behind the fencing is a row of coco-nut 

 palms, Cocos nucifera, probably the most useful tree of the 

 tropics. In the East every part stem, leaves, flowering 

 spathe, and fruit is of value. Many of the domestic uses to 

 which the products of the coco-nut palm is put in the East 

 are unknown in the Western Trooics. In the West Indian 



