74 Sarrorp: NoTes OF A NATURALIST AFLOAT—IV 
tium tiliaceum, the ‘“‘hau’’ of the Hawaiians, is here called 
mahot, or mahot-franc to distinguish it from other mahots; 
and the name bois grisgris is applied to Bucida buceros. 
Belonging to the Bombacaceae is the Ceiba pentandra, 
here called fromager, the flowers of which are distinguished 
from those of the other genera of the same family by the 
possession of only 5 stamens. The young trees are 
studded with stout thorns and the old ones often have a 
swollen trunk very different in appearance from the 
common form seen in the Philippines, yet not held by 
botanists to be specifically distinct from it. The floss- 
_ like down which fills its pods is known in Haiti as coton- 
_ siffleux. Related to this tree is Ochroma lagopus, which - 
has large 3-lobed instead of palmately 5-compound 
- leaves: as in Ceiba pentandra, and its flowers have many 
— stamens i in clusters. The wood of this tree, which is very 
a is ‘known as bois-liége (cork wood) and is used for 
"mangliers | or palétuviers. The name mangle-ch 
(candle mangrove) is’ applied to Rhizophora manele on 
- account: of its elongated fruit, though it is also called 
 manglier rouge, or palétuvier rouge; the names manglier — 
blane and manglier gris sare loosely applied to both Lagun- 
