16 TRINIDAD AND T OB AGO BULLETIN \XX. . 



Haematoxylon campeachiannm. Log-wood. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A small, slow growing tree with yellow flowers, chiefly ■\-alued on 

 account of the reddish dye which is extracted from tlie heart wood. It 

 thrives in dry situations. 



Hura crepitans. .Sandbox. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A large tree with a prickly trunk and containing a poisonous, milky 

 sap. Pods dark brown, circular, fluted and divided into a dozen or more 

 sections, separating when mature and dry with mucli violence and a 

 loud noise ; filled with lead tliey are used as paper weights. 



Hyme}iaca CourharU. Locust. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A tall native tree with tough, hard and close-grained wood, highly- 

 valued for cabhiet making. 



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Jacaranda coeridea. Fern tree. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A small tree with fern-like foliage and tubular, blue, lilac coloured 

 or nearly white flowers, borne in many flowered trusses. The buds are 

 deep violet. 

 Lagerstroemia Flos-re(jiiue. Queen Flower. I'ride of India. Seedlings 5 cents. 

 A large tree bearing large erect panicles of usually mauve-coloured 

 flowers. Considered one of the prettiest of tropical flov/ering trees. 

 It is bare of leaves during the dry season. 



Melia sempervirtns. Wild Lilac. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A small tree with feathery leaves and small lilac coloured trusses- 

 of flowers. 

 2Hi7}iuw2)x E'atyi. Gliee Tree. Seedlings 5 cents. 



An evergreen, shade tree of symmetrical shape. The seeds jield an 

 abundance of oil, used in India for making ghee or "butter." The highly 

 fragant, somewhat inconspicuous flowers yield their perfume to water 

 by distillation. 



Monodora teimifoUa. Seedlings 10 cents. 



A small tree bearing handsome pendant flowers, ^vhite at the base 

 shading to yellow, with crimson njarkings. The })ods are round, a little 

 larger than a golf ball. 



Murraya exotica. Cliina Box. Citronella. Liinonia.. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A shrub or small tree with dark green, pinnate leaves, and flowers 

 resembling miniature orange blossoms. Fruits small red. The plant 

 can be clipped to any desired shape and is excellent for hedges. Some 

 orchids, e.g., Vaiida teres, Oncidiums, etc., grow well upon it. 



Ochna mns.samhicevsi.t. Seedlings 10 cents. 



A pretty shrub or small tree bearing brilliant yellow flowers followed 

 by black fruits embedded in a scarlet calj-x. 



Pachira aguat-'ca. Wild Chestnut. Chataigne niarron. Seedlings 5 cents. 

 A medium-sized spreading tr*ee with palmate leaves and large flowers 

 which open in the evening or earl^' morning and wither by mid-daj'. 

 The conspicuous part of the flower is the numerous shiny stamens, 

 white for more than half their lengtli, crimson at the top. _ The pods are 

 somewhat similar to those of cacao. 



