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G. P. Tl'. Colh'ction. Plate CXV 



Flacourtia cataphracfa. 



This tree, which is a native of the Malay Islands and China, 

 was introduced to Hawaii b}' Mr. Albert Jaeger. There is but 

 one tree which has borne fruit : this is growing at the Old Plan- 

 tation, Honolulu, Oahu. The tree, which is about 25 feet high, 

 has dense foliage : the leaves are small, oblong, lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, having short petioles. Flowers very small, dioceous ; the 

 fruit about the size of a common grape, is purple when ripe, and 

 has a i)leasant sub-acid flavor. It contains a few flatish seeds. 



