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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. (Zerminalia catappa L.) 
An ornamental combretaceous tree, native of Asia, but naturalized 
in the West Indies. The flowers are small, apetalous, in small 
axillary spikes, fruit 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 1.) 
A highly ornamental. low, deciduous tree, belonging to the 
Apocynee, and native of tropical 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. 
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White Cedar. (Zubebuia pentaphylla Hems.= Tecoma pentaphylla 
Juss. ) 
A highly ornamental tree of the Bignonia-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. (Zecoma 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. (Cvescentia cujete L.) 
This curious tree, which belongs to the Bignonia-family, 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 and 
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 
