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G. P. W. Collection. PLATE LXXVIII 



Caiiarium commune. 



CANARY NUT. 



This medivim-sized nut-bearing tree is found growing in Java, 

 Guam and the PhiHppines, and from any one of those countries 

 may have been introduced to Hawaii. A fine specimen may be 

 seen at the Government Nursery, Honolulu. Its leaves are al- 

 ternate, odd pinnate. The small flowers come in terminal 

 panicles. The fruit or nut is ellipsoidal. The thick skin, which 

 is purple-colored when ripe, covers a hard, three-lobed stone, 

 which differs from a pecan nut only in that it is sharp at each 

 end. The kernel is small, sweet and edible. Trees propagated 

 from the mature nuts. 



