1922.] TIMBER AND DECORATIVE TREES. 15 



Eperua falcata. Wallaba. Bootlace Tree. Seedlings 10 cents. 



A medium sized tree valued for its hard durable wood used largely 

 for shingles. The dull red flowers and the scimitar shaped pods are 

 borne on long slender, pendant stalks. 



Uriodeudron anfractuosum. Silk Cotton. Ceiba, Seedlings 5 cents. 



A huge, soft-wooded tree, valued for the silky fibre surrounding the 

 seeds ; used for stuffing cushions, life belts, &c. The pods are produced 

 in great abundance and ripen about April and May. 



Erytlirina pallida. Coral Bean. Jumbie Bead. Seedlings a cents. 

 A medium sized, thorny tree with scarlet and black seeds. 



Erythrina micropteryx. Bois Immortel. Anauco. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A tall tree with scarlet flowers, used largely as a shade for cacao, 

 especially in the higher lands. 



Erythrina glauca. Bois Immortel. Bocare. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A medium-sized, somewhat spreading, tree with salmon coloured 



flowers, used largely as shade for cacao especially in low-lying and 

 wet lands. 



Eucalyptus tereticornii . Eucalyptus. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A medium sized, ornamental tree with somewhat naked branches 

 and trunk. An infusion of the leaves is used locally for cases of fever. 



Eugenia si}ie7yiarienvi^. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A medium-sized tree bearing curious, spherical fruits, brownish 

 yellow when ripe, resembling rough, crinkled oranges but with numerous 

 ridges ; each contains one lai'ge seed and the outer portion is aromatic. 



Ficus Beiijamina. Ceylon Willow. Layere 1 plants 25 cents. 



A spreading evergreen tree, of graceful drooping habit. Slender 

 aerial roots produced from the main branches grow downwards and 

 finally root in the soil. The fruits are very small reddish with whitish 

 dots. A very useful shade tree. 



Ficus Benjamina var. cotnosa. Cej'lon Willow. Layered plants 25 cents. 



An evergreen " fig " very similar to the above but with larger leaves 

 and fruits, the latter are orange yellow when ripe. 



Gliricidia maculata. Nicaraguan cacao shade. Seedlings 5 cents, cuttings 1 cent. 



A small tree bare of leaves in the dry season. It produces an 



abundance of lilac coloured, pea-like flowers in February and March. 



Sometimes used as a shade tree for cacao and coffee. Can be used as a 



fence and remains in leaf if cut back at the right time. 



Onaiacum officinale. Lignum vitte. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A small, slow growing, evergreen tree, always ornamental, particularly 

 when flowering during ]\farch and April. The flowers are deep blue 

 when freshly open but rapidly fade to almost white. The brownish-green 

 heart wood is extremely hard and tough and is used for mortars, pestles 

 howls, pulleys-, &c 



