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460 Citharexylum surrectum, Gr. 

 Fig.— Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. 



Fiddle wood. Introduced from Jamaica and 

 Antigua. A small deciduous tree of rapid growth 

 and conical habit. Young stems quadrangular. 

 Leaves opposite, petiolate, — petiole, coloured orange, 

 1 in. — ovate elliptic, average blade 6 — 3 in. Flowers 

 in drooping racemes, white, fragrant, and usually 

 admired. Fruit a small berry. ' On account of its 

 easy cultivation and deliciously scented flowers, this 

 exotic tree is quite established in Indian gardens. 

 The wood is described by" Harrison as follows : — 

 "A most useful timber in building, . close grained, 

 and very tough, psed for mill rollers and frames, 

 carriage wheels, &c." * . 



Cultivation.— Easily raised from cuttings during 

 the rains. Plant in loose soil at 7 feet apart, subse- 

 quently removing every alternate sapling. Second- 

 ary leaders are apt to form on the root-stock, and if 

 allowed to grow will eventually supersede the main 

 trunk, and spoil the symmetry of the tree. Seed- 

 lings have not been raised at Bangalore. 



LVIII. NYCTAGINE^. 



461 Bougainvilleaspectabilis, OoMM. B.spectabilis 



var glabra, Lind. and B. lateritia. 



"Woody climbers introduced from South America, 

 and cultivated in gardens for their showy bracts. 

 The first named flowers during the early part 

 of the hot season, and is a conspicuous object 

 of beauty when other plants are mostly at rest. 

 The other two species flower at intervals all the 

 year round, on which account alone, the so-called 

 variety glabra, is surely entitled to rank as a distinct 

 species. It is also evergreen, while B. spedabilis is 

 usually deciduous for a short time. Although small, 



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