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Gardening " D. Wallichii is wrongly described as being of a scarlet 

 colour. 



Cassia ferruginea is a fine tree having pinnate leaves, with as many 

 as thirty-six pairs of pinnae in some leaves, and pendulous racemes of 

 pleasantly scented yellow flowers. 



Fig. 104. — Pandanus utilis in the Foreground, showing the Fruit, 



This tree is labelled wrongly P. odoratissimus, from which it differs widely. 

 The peculiar habit of sending down rootlets from the parent stem is very 

 noticeable, giving the appearance to some specimens of being supported 

 and resting only upon a series of tripods. 



Chorisia crispifiora, belonging to the Bombaceae, an order including 

 some of the handsomest of Madeira trees, grows in many parts of the 

 island, and there are two magnificent specimens in the Deanery garden at 



