THE CHAULMOOGRA TREE AND RELATED SPECIES. 11 
tensively planted in the temple grounds of " Wat Benchamo Pobit " 
in Bangkok. A street in Bangkok passing directly to the rear of 
the so-called golden mound, an artificial hill with a pagoda at the 
top, is also planted on both sides with this species. Here the trees 
are certainly not an ornament ; they are in a very poor condition, are 
never watered, and grow directly in the hard roadbed. They were, 
however, loaded with fruits, and male flowers could also be found, 
but no female flowers (which evidently appear later, this being No- 
vember). It seems that male flowers appear oftener, perhaps in the 
winter and again in April; and the fruits found on the trees, al- 
though not quite ripe when first seen in November, must have been 
from April flowers, or perhaps from November flowers of the year 
previous. No one seemed to know anything about the fruiting habits 
of this species save that all agreed that July was the real fruiting 
season. Fruits of the trees from the street in Bangkok were gener- 
ously given me by the municipal government of Bangkok, and the 
seeds were forwarded to Honolulu, Singapore, and Washington. In 
the two former localities they germinated splendidly, but with a 
few exceptions failed to grow in Washington. There are several 
thousand trees of this species now growing in Hawaii. 
While on an exploring trip in northern Siam in company with Mr. 
George P. W. Hunt, the American minister, the writer was informed 
by H. S. H. Princess Bovaradej, the wife of the Viceroy of Chiengmai, 
whose guest he was, that maikrabao, or Hydnocarpus antkelminthica, 
grew plentifully in eastern Siam, near Korat, the capital of that 
Province. Meanwhile, he inquired regarding this species of Dr. 
James W. McKean, superintendent of the leper settlement of 
Chiengmai, and it was found that several trees were in cultivation in 
Chiengmai proper. Later, Dr. McKean received from natives large 
quantities of seeds from a locality several miles down the Mehping 
River. It is presumed, however, that they were obtained from culti- 
vated trees. 
On the writer's return to Bangkok he made arrangements to visit 
Korat, in eastern Siam. Through the forest office there it was 
learned that maikrabao was not uncommon in the neighborhood, but 
that many of the trees had been felled and were constantly being 
cut down for firewood. On inquiry from an old Siamese ranger it 
was found that the species occurred near a place called " Lad- 
buakao." Thither the writer went by rail, and thence under the 
efficient guidance of Kun Anawat, forester, crossed into the forests 
through the rice fields and Avild bamboo groves. On the banks of a 
klong, or estuary, Hydnocarpus anthelmintMca was found growing 
much taller and handsomer than any cultivated specimen seen in 
Bangkok. (PL I.) Its roots probably receive a great deal of water, 
