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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. 



CAILLTEA 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 floAvers below, occur 

 singly or in pairs in the axils of the acacialike leaves. Also known as 

 Dichrostachys nutans, 



32924. CA JUPUTI CUTICULARIS. From IMr. Alwyn Berger, 

 La Mortola, Yentimiglia, 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-grow- 

 ing mj'rtaceous 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 imiDerishable underground. Native of India and Australia. 



42829. CALPUENIA AUEEA. 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. 



436T9. CAMPYLOTROPIS MACEOCARPA. From the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Ornamental leguminous shrub up 

 to G feet in height, with compound grayish green leaves and purple 

 pealike flowers in axillary clusters 3 inches long. Native of north- 

 ern and central China. Also known as Lespedeza macrocarpa, 



CANARIUM INDICUM. Java almond. A large handsome 

 Malayan tree with buttressed trunk. Bears an abundance of pur]~)le 

 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. 



