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deciduous, roundish, usually cordate, about 2 inches long ; flowers 
appear in August. Its large fruit is very remarkable for its explo- 
sive power, when long dried. The sap is milky and poisonous. 
Native of the West Indies, south to Brazil. 
Black Walnut. (Juglans nigra L.) 
A few trees have been raised. Introduced from the United States. 
Cycad; Sago Palm. (Cycas revoluta Thunb.) 
Very common in gardens and borders. The largest seen had a 
trunk about seven feet high and over a foot in diameter. The plants 
are of separate sexes, and frequently only one sex is planted, so that 
seeds are not produced. Mr. G. W. West, of Shelly Bay, had a small 
Figure 42.—Cycads, Royal Palm, Palmetto, ete. Two cycads (C. 
revoluta) stand in front of the royal palm. 
plantation of them, with both sexes together, and here they pro- 
duced an abundance of fertile fruit, like a nut, about an inch in 
diameter and covered with a red rind. 
Mr. West at one time shipped large numbers of the leaves to New 
York for decorative purposes. | 
