Leguminosae. 91 
In the illustration published and herein referred to by Father 
Reginald, it is stated that the tree was introduced by Father Bache- 
lot in 1828, the seed having come from the Royal Gardens of Paris, 
France. Ceratonia siliqua, the St. John's Bread, is cultivated o:i 
Tantalus. 
Adenanthera pavonina L. 
Red Wood, Red Sandalwood, False Wiliwili. 
This so-called Wilhvili is a small tree reaching a height of from 
fifteen to twenty-five feet and is bare for a short time during the 
3'ear. Its leaves are bi-pinnate with six to ten pairs of leaflets to each 
pinna, the former are ovate or oblong-elliptical, and glabrous ; the 
flowers are borne in short racemes and are yellowish in color. The 
legume or pod is from four to twelve inches long, brown outside, 
golden yellow inside, linear, compressed and incurved ; the seeds 
are scarlet, round and compressed. 
The leaves as well as the seeds are employed medicinally. Of the 
former a decoction is used as a remedy for chronic rheumatism and 
gout. The latter are more often used as an article of food and as 
weights, each seed weighing about four grains. 
It is a very common tree in and about Honolulu but cannot be 
considered as ornamental save for the red seeds which are sold in 
Honolulu curio stores as wiliwili necklaces. 
The wood is hard, close grained, the heartwood red, durable and 
strong. In India a dye is prepared from the wood of this tree but 
its chief use is as a substitute for the real red sandalwood. The tim- 
ber is used for housebuilding and cabinet making in India where the 
tree grows to a considerable size. 
It is often confounded with the true red Sandalwood (Ptero- 
carpus Santalinus) which yields the red sandalwood of commerce. 
Both species, however, have really nothing in common with the fra- 
grant Sandalwood. 
It is a native of India and Burmah, but has been in cultivation in 
many tropical countries. 
Saraca indica L. 
ASOKA OR SORROW-LESS TREE OF INDIA. 
Plate XXXVII. 
This rather small tree is a native of Central and Eastern Hima- 
laya, Bengal, South India and occurs in Kumaon in which latter place 
