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SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA. Handsome ornamental flowering
tree, related to the catalpa, 40 to 60 feet high, erect.  Leaves
resemble those of black walnut.  Large, orange-red flowers are produced 
in clusters at the ends of the branches.  Native of western
tropical Africa, but cultivated to a considerable extent throughout
the Tropics as an ornamental shade tree.  Petals develop in a liquid
which spurts out when buds are pricked.

SPONDIAS CYTHEREA. We fruit, of the Pacific islands.
Small deciduous tree of rapid growth, producing richly-colored
yellow fruits, 2 inches in diameter, with brownish yellow flesh 
some-what resembling the pineapple in flavor.  Easily propagated from
cuttings.  Suitable for planting in southern Florida and California.
Of the same family as the mango and related to the hog plum (S.
lutea).

SPONDIAS TUBEROSA. Imbú. Medium-sized tree, from the
dry lands of eastern interior Brazil, branching 4 to 6 feet above
ground, forming a broad, flat-topped, dense head and producing
golden-yellow, plumlike edible fruits, flavored somewhat like a sweet
orange.  Large limbs, when freshly cut and used for fence posts,
feequently take root and grow, (PL XV.)

42729. STIGMATHYLLON sp. Bejuco de sapo. From H. M.
Curran, San Martin de Loba, Colombia.  Ornamental woody vine
bearing a profusion of yellow flowers in stalked axillary clusters,
foUowed by purple-tinted fruits.  Another species, S. ciliatum, is
said to be one of the best medium-sized vines for outdoor trellis work.
Tender; native of tropical America.

STRYCHNOS SPINOSA. Kafir orange. Remarkable East
African shrub or small tree with evergreen foliage and short spines.
Bears large, round, green fruits with extremely hard shells.  When
these ripen they turn yellow and scent the room with the fragrance
of cloves.  The seeds have a small amoimt of strychnine in them.
The flesh is edible, reminding one of a brandied peach. (PL XVI.)

39334. STEYPHNODENDRON BAEBATIMAM.  Barbatimão
From Benjamin H. Hunnicutt, Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil.
Small, unarmed, leguminous tree, with acacialike foliage and small
sessile flowers borne in axillary cylindrical spikes.  Timber very
strong and durable, used for external work in damp places, as well
as for cabinetwork.  Bark contains up to 40 per cent of tannin;
used for tanning and for various medicinal purposes.
        