THE CHATJLMOOGKA TKEE AND BELATED SPECIES. 11 



tensively planted in the temple grounds of " Wat Benchamo Pobit " 

 in Bangkok. A street in Bangkok passing directly to the rear of 

 the so-called golden mound, an artificial hill with a pagoda at the 

 top, is also planted on both sides with this species. Here the trees 

 are certainly not an ornament ; they are in a very poor condition, are 

 never watered, and grow directly in the hard roadbed. They were, 

 however, loaded with fruits, and male flowers could also be found, 

 but no female flowers (which evidently appear later, this being No- 

 vember). It seems that male flowers appear oftener, perhaps in the 

 winter and again in April; and the fruits found on the trees, al- 

 though not quite ripe when first seen in November, must have been 

 from April flowers, or perhaps from November flowers of the year 

 previous. No one seemed to know anything about the fruiting habits 

 of this species save that all agreed that July was the real fruiting 

 season. Fruits of the trees from the street in Bangkok were gener- 

 ously given me by the municipal government of Bangkok, and the 

 seeds were forwarded to Honolulu, Singapore, and Washington. In 

 the two former localities they germinated splendidly, but with a 

 few exceptions failed to grow in Washington. There are several 

 thousand trees of this species now growing in Hawaii. 



While on an exploring trip in northern Siam in company with Mr. 

 George P. W. Hunt, the American minister, the writer was informed 

 by H. S. H. Princess Bovaradej, the wife of the Viceroy of Chiengmai, 

 whose guest he was, that maikrabao, or Eydnocarpus anthelminthica, 

 grew plentifully in eastern Siam, near Korat, the capital of that 

 Province. Meanwhile, he inquired regarding this species of Dr. 

 James W. McKean, superintendent of the leper settlement of 

 Chiengmai, and it was found that several trees were in cultivation in 

 Chiengmai proper. Later, Dr. McKean received from natives large 

 quantities of seeds from a locality several miles down the Mehping 

 River. It is presumed, however, that they were obtained from culti- 

 vated trees. 



On the writer's return to Bangkok he made arrangements to visit 

 Korat, in eastern Siam. Through the forest office there it was 

 learned that maikrabao was not uncommon in the neighborhood, but 

 that many of the trees had been felled and were constantly being 

 cut down for firewood. On inquiry from an old Siamese ranger it 

 was found that the species occurred near a place called " Lad- 

 buakao." Thither the writer went by rail, and thence under the 

 efficient guidance of Kun Anawat, forester, crossed into the forests 

 through the rice fields and wild bamboo groves. On the banks of a 

 klong, or estuary, Ilydnocarpus anthehnmthica was found growing 

 much taller and handsomer than any cultivated specimen seen in 

 Bangkok. (PI. I.) Its roots probably receive a great deal of water, 



