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Chrysophylluni inonopyrcnuin. 



This small tree, which is indigenous to the West Indies, is also' 

 a native of Southern Florida, and is to be found as an ornamental 

 plant in many localities of tropical America. In Jamaica it is 

 called the "Damson Plum/' Its small single white flowers are 

 highly perfumed. The fruit, which matures from August until 

 December, is small, ovoid-oblong, and when ripe is purplish- 

 black ; when bruised it emits a white sticky juice. It contains one 

 large seed. Specimens of this tree are to be found growing in the 

 grounds of the Queen's Hospital and at the Government Nursery, 

 Honolulu. 



