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few and massive, there being a dearth of fine twigs. It is there- 

 fore not very leafy and does not afford much shade. The leaves 

 are mostly crowded at the ends of the branchlets, and are oblong, 

 thick and smooth, and about six inches in length by one to one 



A thick growth of Palo Amarillo trees, about 40 to the acre. 



and a half in breadth. The bark is thick and rather succulent,' 

 at first smooth and of a light or yellowish green color. That of 

 the trunk and large branches soon exfoliates in large, very thin, 

 papery, translucent sheets of an orange-yellow or orange-red 



