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Tecoma leucoxylon. 
A shrubby, erect species with small leathery leaves. Grows near the sea, on the 
south side of the island; Guanica and Ponce. (Sintenis.) 
Tecoma pentaphylla. ROBLE BLANCO. 
A wild tree 10 meters high, wood white and strong. Common to all parts of the 
island and occurring in all the Antilles. Said by Stahl to flower in May, but our ~ 
specimens collected in the Plata Valley above Cayey had handsome pink flowers 
in November. (Stahl, 6: 175.) j 
Tecoma stans. ROBLE AMARILLO. 
A tree 4 meters high, cultivated in gardens for its yellow flowers. (Stahl, 
6: 278.) 
Tecomaria capensis. 
Family Bignoniaceae; a climber, native of the Cape of Good Hope. Culti- 
vated at Ponce. 


Fig. 13,—Almendra, fruit of Terminalia catappa. 
Temporana. See Suriana maritima. 
Teo. 
Probably the same as téa. 
Tephrosia. See Cracca. 
Teramnus uncinatus. CRESTA DE GALLO BLANCO. 
Family Viciaceae; a vine with twining branches. (Stahl, 3: 64.) 
Terminalia buceras. See Bucida buceras. 
Terminalia catappa. ALMENDRO. INDIAN ALMOND. 
PuaTte LVII and Fieure 13. 
This is the large beautifui large-leaved tree so commonly planted for shade at 
San Juan and along the military roads, and called ‘‘almendro.”’ It is believed 
by many Porto Ricans to be the genuine almond tree on account of the close 
