120 Leguminosae-Oxalidaceae-Rutaceae. 
lacquered-ware of the different parts of India is made of the wood of 
this tree. 
As it is bare for several months during the year and as the 
flowers and leaves are produced separately at different seasons, it 
is not a choice tree for ornamental purposes unless it is desired rather 
as an oddity. 
A number of other species belonging to the genus Erythrina are 
in cultivation in Honolulu. Mention may be made of the shrubby 
species E. crista galli L. ; Erythrina subumbrans (Hassk. ) Merrill, 
formerly known as E. lithosperma, and E. fusca Lour, of which a 
single specimen occurs on Anapuni Street. There remain a few 
other species which the writer has not as yet been able to determine, 
owing to the large number of species in the genus, and the lack of 
a proper monograph on this difficult group of plants. 
OXALIDACEAE 
Xo this family belongs Averrhoa carambola L., a native of tropi- 
cal America and now cultivated for its greenish-yellow, fleshy, angu- 
larly lobed fruit. Of the family Geraniaceae, the genus Pelargon- 
ium (the geraniums of the gardeners) is represented by a few species. 
RUTACEAE 
Orange Family. 
Of the many members of this family those of the genus Citrus 
are the most planted, but as they are not within the scope of this 
work the writer refers anyone interested in them to G. P. Wilder's 
book on the "Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands." Other genera worth 
mentioning are Clausena and Aegle. The former is represented by 
the Wampi, Clausena Wampi Oliv., a native of China, and the latter 
by the Bhel or Bael fruit Aegle marmelos Correa, a native of East- 
India. One of the ornamental species belonging to this family is the 
following: 
Murraya exotica L. 
Mock Orange. 
The Alack Orange is a shrub or small tree ten to twenty feet in 
height and glabrous throughout. The leaves are composed of usually 
three to seven glossy leaflets. The flowering cymes are short and 
few flowered. The flowers are white and very fragrant. The fruit 
