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Black Ebony. (Albizzia lebbek Benth.= Acacia lebbeck Willd.) 



Not uncommon. Lefroy mentioned one at the Penistons, 66 inches 

 in circumference ; we saw the same tree in 1898, when it was still 

 thrifty. Flowers in July. 



Demerara Almond ; Almond Tree. (Terminalia catappa L.) 



An ornamental combretaceous tree, native of Asia, but naturalized 

 in the West Indies. The flowers are small, apetalous, in small 

 axillary spikes, fi;uit compressed, winged on each side, 1.5 to 2 inches 

 long ; seeds edible, oily. 



Several fine trees at Mt. Langton flowered in June (Lefroy). 



Frangipani ; Tree Jasmine. (Plumeria rubra L.) 



A highly ornamental, low, deciduous tree, belonging to the 

 Apocyneae, and native of trojncal America, from Mexico to Guiana ; 

 naturalized in the West Indies. It was introduced here a long time 

 ago. Old trees exist in some of the earliest gardens. The abundant 

 pink flowers appear in May, before the leaves. 



AVhite Cedar. (Tabebuia pentaphylla Hems. = Tecoma pentaphylla 

 Juss.) 



A highly ornamental tree of the I? ifftionia-family, commonly cul- 

 tivated. Why it should have been called " White Cedar " is not 

 obvious, unless the name refers to the appearance of the wood, but the 

 bark is whitish. 



The leaves are pinnate and covered with minute scales. The 

 white or rose-colored flowers are 2 to 3 inches long, in clusters. It 

 is a large timber tree in the West Indies ; native of Panama. 



Yellow Trumpet Flower; Tree Trumpet-flower. (Tecoma stans Juss.) 



A very ornamental, small tree, 6-8 feet high. The trumpet-shaped 

 yellow flowers are narrowly striped with purple ; 1.5 to 2 inches 

 long, in racemes. Native of the West Indies and Central America. 



Calabash Tree. (Crescentia cujete L.) 



This curious tree, which belongs to the Bignonia-fa,mily, was 

 introduced very early. It is native of tropical America, Mexico to 

 Brazil, and the West Indies. 



From the hard, dry shell of the large fruit, useful vessels ami 

 utensils of various kinds are made here, as in other tropical coun- 

 tries, but perhaps the most important use to which they are put is 



