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very tall, but in Java the writer has seen specimens over fifty feet 
in height. 
A closely allied species, if indeed at all distinct from the above, 
is Cassia Javanica, recorded by Hillebrand as cultivated in Hono- 
lulu. It is supposed to differ from the former by its smaller and 
more obtuse leaflets; the inflorescence is the same. 
Haematoxylum campechiarmm Linn. 
Logwood or Bloodwood Tree. 
The Bloodivood Tree reaches a height of thirty to forty-five feet, 
but has a short trunk rarely attaining a height of six or nine feet, 
growing very irregular and continuing into large straight branches. 
The leaves are abruptly pinnate with three to four pairs of small 
obovate obtuse leaflets which are rigid-veined. The fragrant flowers 
are copious, in dense axillary racemes, petals bright yellow, with 
ten free stamens at the base. The pod is flat, membranous, and nar- 
rowed at both ends. 
The tree is rather handsome when in flower. It is a native of 
Central America and the West Indies, but is cultivated in many 
tropical countries. In Honolulu only a few trees can be found, as 
on Wilder Avenue and in the Government Nursery grounds on 
King Street. 
The wood is very hard and heavy, compact in texture, dark 
purple in color, with darker stripes, occasionally marked with orange, 
especially towards the sapwood. It is chiefly employed in the pro- 
duction of dye, but is also used by woodturners. 
Delonix regia (Boj.) Raf. 
PoiXCIAXA REGIA. FLAME TREE, FLAMBOYANT. 
Plate XLV. 
The Poinciana regia, whose proper name is Delonix regia, is a 
deciduous, rapidly growing tree with a flat crown, though reaching 
a height of sixty feet or more; the leaves which are gracefully bi- 
pinnate have ten to twenty pairs of pinnae, each pinna with many 
small oval leaflets. The flowers are arranged in terminal racemes, 
and are extremely showy, being bright scarlet or red and yellow and 
quite large. The upper petal is usually striped with yellow, while 
the four lower are all red. The pod is flat, strap-shaped, somewhat 
curved, and about twenty-four inches long and two inches wide. 
The Poinciana is a native of Madagascar and is one of the 
