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CAESALPINIA PECTINATA. Tara. Tall, erect, spiny shrub
or small, handsome tree with deep-green, shiny foliage. Flowers
inconspicuous, but numerous bright-scarlet pods are produced, which
were formerly used for black dye and ink. These form an attractive
contrast with the dark foliage. The erect growth of the shoots tends
to make a close, effective hedge or windbreak.

CAILLIEA NUTANS. Ornamental African shrub or small tree,
closely allied to Mimosa and Acacia. Usually very spiny and much
contorted. The dense flower spikes, composed of sulphur-yellow per-
fect flowers above and pink or rosy lilac neuter flowers below, occur
singly or in pairs in the axils of the acacialike leaves. Also known as
Dichrostachys nutans,

32924. CAJUPUTI CUTICULARIS. From Mr. Alwyn Berger,
La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy. Tall shrub or small tree with
tortuous, somewhat rigid branches, bark that is deciduous in paper-
like layers, and opposite thick leaves one-fourth to one-half inch
long. Male flowers usually in terminal heads; the perfect flowers
occasionally in dense oblong or cylindrical spikes, yellow. Native of
Dutch East Indies. Formerly known as Melaleuca cuticularis.

CAJUPUTI LEUCADENDRA. Cajaput tree. A rapid-growing
myrtaceous tree closely allied to the Eucalyptus ; reaches a height
of 80 feet. It can be grown on the edges of salt-water swamps where
no Eucalyptus will survive. The wood is hard, close grained, and
almost imperishable underground. Native of India and Australia.

42829. CALPURNIA AUREA. Presented by the Department
of Colonization, Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Tall, ornamental shrub,
related to Sophora, which it resembles somewhat in its foliage and
the arrangement of the inflorescences. The bright-yellow pea-shaped
flowers are, however, much showier than the nearly white blooms of
Sophora. Blossoms in winter. Native of subtropical Africa.

43679. CAMPYLOTROPIS MACROCARPA. From the Arnold
Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Ornamental leguminous shrub up
to 6 feet in height, with compound grayish green leaves and purple
pealike flowers in axillary clusters 3 inches long. Native of northern
and central China. Also known as Lespedeza macrocarpa.

CANARIUM INDICUM. Java almond. A large handsome
Malayan tree with buttressed trunk. Bears an abundance of purple
fruits the size of small plums. The kernels are edible and resemble
almonds in flavor. Oil expressed from the seeds is used in cooking.
Desirable for avenue planting. Thrives in hot, moist districts;
suitable for extreme South only.
        