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Cape Town, South Africa 
The following trees are very common and form the major 
part of the forests of the table mountain. 
FAM. OLEACEAE. 
Olea laurifolia. 
FAM. APOCYNACEAE. 
Gonioma Kamassi. 
FAM. CONIFERAE. 
Podocarpus Thunbergii. (Common name Yellow wood). 
Central American Trees of the Rain Forest Type. 
Cuban rain forests. 
Swietenta Mahagont. 
Cedrela odorata. (The Spanish Cedar. elev. 2000 feet). 
Hibiscus elatus. (Dense rain forest). 
Calophyllum calaba. 
Ochroma lagopus. 
Genipa americana. 
Jamaica. 
Dense tropical rain forests. 
Ceiba pentandra—=Eriodendron anfractuosum. 
Podocarpus Urbanit. (Well adapted for the rain forests of 
the higher elevation). 
Santo Domingo. 
Guatacum officinale. (Lignum vitae). 
Zanthoxylum flavum or satin wood. 
Porto Rico. 
Coccoloba macrophylla. (2000 feet elev. rain forest). 
Dacryodes hexandra. (Native name tabanuco tree one of the 
, most common forest trees reproduc- 
ing very freely, growing in the U. 
S. Luguillo Forest Reserve). 
Bucida capitata. 
Andira inermis. 
Ternstroemia luguillensis. 
Hura crepitans. 
Mammea americana. 
