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European Locust. ( Ceratonia siliqua L.) 



Not common ; flowers in June. The trees are of different sexes 

 and frequently only one sex is planted ; thus they are often barren. 



West Indian Locust. (Hymenwa courbaril L.) 



A large, resinous timber-tree in the West Indies, with bilobed 

 leaves ; flowers white ; legumes woody, containing a mealy pulp. 

 This tree has been recorded by several writers, but is not in Lefroy's 

 list. Whether it is now extinct here I do not know. 



The former large locust tree, in Devonshire Parish, long ago fallen, 

 under which the celebrated evangelist, George Whitefield, preached 

 in 1748, is said to have been of this species. Its site was marked by 

 a stone previous to 1850, according to Hurdis, in the grounds of the 

 Cavendish House, near Hamilton. 



Tamarind. ( Tamarindus Indica L.) 



Many very large trees occur. Lefroy mentions one at Point 

 Shares 9^ feet in circumference and another at Brightwood of 14 

 feet. We saw one about 16 feet in circumference at Bailey Bay, in 

 the grounds of Dr. T. A. Outerbridge. It must have been introduced 

 very early, but I have found no record of the date. It produces 

 fruit in abundance, but it is not utilized in Bermuda. 



Bauhinia Vahlii Wight and Arn. 



A white-flowered, ornamental leguminous tree at Mt. Langton. 

 Flowers in June. Introduced in 1874, from Trinidad. 

 B. racemosa Lam. = parviflora Vahl. is also cultivated. 



Cassia fistida L. 



A leguminous tree, native of the East Indies and China, but nat- 

 uralized in the West Indies. Flowers large, yellow, in drooping 

 racemes ; legumes long, cylindrical, containing a purgative pulp. 

 Lefroy mentions a fine tree near the naval wells. 



Cassia bacillaris L. 



A tropical American tree, having pinnate leaves with only four 

 leaflets ; legumes often a foot long, warty. Mt. Langton (Lefroy). 



Locust ; Common Acacia. (Bobinia pseudacacia L.) 



Well grown trees occur at Hamilton, about the public buildings 

 (Lefroy). Eastern United States ; a valuable timber tree, with 

 durable wood. Flowers white. 



