63 BOTANY. 



ESCULAPIAN-ROD BAUHIN1A. 



I have never seen the flowers of this species but they 

 are mentioned as small. The tree is remarkable for its 

 contorted stem, and " it is said to have been," remarks 

 Louden, " the origin of Esculapius' snaken rod^which he 

 brought from India." 



Bauhinia scandcns, 



CHINA CHAMPAC. 



This is a small South American tree, called by the 

 Burmese, china champac, whose straggling, and often 

 leafless branches shoot out from their extremities delicate 

 orange-colored blossoms, tinged with red, and of sweetest 

 fragrance. 



Plumiera acuminata. 



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CUM ARABIC TREE. 



The pretty, tall shrub sometimes called gum arabic tree 

 in Calcutta, though not the true gum arabic plant, is a fa- 

 vorite with the natives on this Coast, and it grows rapidly 

 from seeds. The flowers are deep yellow, small, in glob- 

 ular heads, like the mimosa, and powerfully fragrant. 

 Vachellia Farncsiana. 



QUEEN LAGERSTRCEMIA, 



When cultivated in England the queen lagerstrcemia is 

 a small shrub, but here in its native soil it is a large tim- 

 ber tree, and when in flower is one of the most conspicu- 

 ous trees in the Provinces. A tree in full blossom looks 

 in the morning as if mantled with roses, but the flowers 

 change through the day to a beautiful purple, making it 

 appear at evening, if seen from a short distance, like a 

 bower of English lilacs. 



Lagerstrcemia rcgina. 



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