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Iveiicaena Glauca. Benth. (wild acacia, styled by Lefroy, 

 mimosa. ) A common shrub along waysides, with pretty 

 pinnate leaves, branches dotted with small powdery scales. 

 Flowers in dense globular white heads, followed by a seed-pod 

 from four to seven inches long, flat compressed; the seeds flat, 

 shining, not unlike those of the water melon. April to Novem- 

 ber. 



Acacia Ivcbbeck. Willd. (black ebony) mentioned only 

 by Ivefroy who says several trees are at Mr. Peniston's, Smiths 

 Parish, the largest 66 inches round, and that it is not uncom- 

 mon elsewhere. 



Erythrina Speciosa, or, Corallodendron Speciosum Andr. 

 (sword plant or coral tree). A species of locust or acacia; a 

 large massive tree twentj^ to thirty feet high, with spreading 

 crowded branches. The flowers brigh scarlet, or like coral, 

 appear before the leaves, presenting a very bright and striking 

 appearance. They are shaped like a sword which has led to 

 the name " sword " plant, although it would more properly be 

 called sword-tree. Its seed-pod is constricted and contains 

 Scarlet seed. The massive appearance of the tree somewhat 

 resembles that of the mahogany. The wood is yellow and 

 Lefroy says " it might be supposed to be the " yellow wood of 

 1694 but for the fact that it is known to have been planted over 

 fifty years ago." A fine tree in the Public Garden at St. 

 George's and is a picture when in full blossom. 



Erythrium Velutina. Willd. (locust, Spanish.) Ivefroy 

 mentions several old and large trees in Devonshire and Smiths 

 parishes, in the latter parish one tree being twelve feet in 

 circumference at six feet from the ground, the huge roots al- 

 lowing no nearer measurement. From the wood being yellow, 

 although the tree does not correspond, with the early descrip- 

 tion of *' yellow wood " yet it was probably known under that 

 name after the real tree became extinct, and in a map of Ire- 

 land Island in the British Museum, dated i694, a "yellow 

 tree " is inserted as a landmark. This species is very similar 

 to the preceding, flowers orange-red, appearing before the 

 leaves. 



