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on King Street and others at Moanalua, while smaller ones are scat- 
tered all over town. 
It has a large sapwood which is white, while the heartwood is 
dark brown, hard and somewhat mottled. It seasons well, is worked 
easily and takes a good polish. It is extensively used for various 
purposes, even for buildings, furniture, etc. In Northern India it is 
considered unlucky to use the wood in house-building. 
Albizzia saponaria (Lour.) Bl. 
Plate XXXV. 
Albizzia saponaria is a small tree attaining a height of thirty to 
forty feet. The leaves are twelve to sixteen inches long, and consist 
of four pinnae, the upper of which are longer than the lower and 
are composed of four to eight ovate leaflets, gradually becoming 
larger tow T ards the end of the pinnae. The flowering panicles are 
terminal, pubescent and spreading. The flowers are white, crowded 
in heads at the ends of the branchlets. The pod is thin, flat, up to 
seven inches in length and little over an inch wide containing seven 
to twelve seeds. 
It is a native of the Philippines, distributed over Malay and grows 
in the open forests. In Honolulu only a few specimens occur. The 
most accessible is in the Queen's Hospital grounds. The sapw T ood 
is of a creamy white, the heartwood dark brown to almost black. 
It is moderately hard and heavy and is used for general house con- 
struction in the Philippine Islands, also for furniture and fine in- 
terior finish in the southern islands. 
Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. 
The Blackwood. 
The Blacktcood, which has been in cultivation in our Territory, 
belongs more to the higher levels rather than to Honolulu, though a 
few trees can be found on residential grounds on Nuuanu Avenue; 
it is planted mainly on Tantalus and on other higher situated locali- 
ties throughout the Territory and does not really come within the 
scope of this work. It resembles the Hawaiian Koa (Acacia Koa) 
greatly, though it does not reach such handsome proportions. The 
phyllods, or false leaves, which are really dilated leaf stalks, are not 
as graceful as those of the Koa; they are not curved but more or 
less straight and give the tree a rather stiff appearance. Mention 
may also be made here of the various wattles, as Acacia decurrens 
