SANTA CRUZ , 101 
As in most countries that have a distinct dry and 
rainy season, certain shrubs and trees are deciduous. 
Among them are Annona squamosa; A. reticulata; Ceiba 
pentandra, the silk-cotton tree, which sometimes attains 
gigantic proportions; Hura crepitans, the sandbox; 
Spondias lutea, the hog plum; Sabinea florida, a legu- 
minous tree somewhat like our Robinia pseudacacia; 
Enjileina corallodendron, the coral tree; and Poineiana 
regia, the flamboyant. 
Among the evergreen species are, the eossyleaved 
= Annona muricata; the monkey apple, A. glabra; 
Santa Maria, Calophyllum calaba, distinguished by aie . 
beauitful fine-veined leaves; several species of Sapotaceae, 
including the sapodilla, whi hich is here called mespel, and — 
the star apple (Chrysophyllum | aca se among the 
Rutaceae, in addition to the ordinary citrus fruits, the 
orangeberry (Triphasia trifoliata), melee is a eli adapted - oS 
for hedges and often forms dense thickets, and the S0- = 
called jumbee apple (Tobinia punctata). 7 
Climbing in the hedgerows and Whicketa are Passiflo- 
ta. foetida, the greenish flowers of which have ¢ S finely di- a 
e rea. oii ne the mist; Clitoria ter- 
