﻿Inventory 46, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate II 



The Jequitiba, a Giant Forest Tree of Brazil. (Cariniana legalis (Mart.) 



Kuntze., S. P. I. No. 41933.) 



Although smaller than the sequoia, the giant eucalyptus, or the California redwood, this superb 

 tree deserves to rank with them in magnificent proportions, because of its perfect columnar trunk, 

 which rises like a Corinthian column and supports a magnificent crown of immense tranches, 

 each one of which is large enough to make a good-sized tree. Such a wonderful species as this 

 should not be allowed to perish from the face of the earth, and plantings of it deserve to be attempted 

 in our own tropical possessions. There are records of trees of this species which measure 130 feet 

 in height. The jequitiba is related to the tree which bears Brazil nuts, but its nuts are not edible. 

 (Photographed by Senor E. N. de Andrade, Rio Claro, Brazil, whose collections of Brazilian trees, 

 and especially his extensive plantations of eucalyptus, have become world known.) 



