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decay. Here there occurs an extensive tree flora of the Mimosa 
family. Species of Piptadenia, Pithecolobium, Calliandra, Mi- 
mosa ‘and sues wll ae s compose the greater part of a 
ae do not attain a great size, as do 
the species of Prosopis of the Mexican table-lands and the 
Argentine plains, yet they are good-sized trees with hard and 
imbe: h i 
upon the forest plain, but Mann reaches its highest develop- 
t 0 and 6,000 
and “Triplor er is a low tree about as large as a 
peach tr ie branches widely and freely from ne e 
All pacts: are ee aoe with needle-shaped orld many 
fo) e and red, very pretty and more 
slender and sharp ie . ee needles. Desirous of obtaining 
the flowers, orke 'y way to the trunk, a few inches in 
t 
greater. e agony of the following — two ie 
i The 
ety. This tree is among the most common for a long way 
