Sterculiaceae. 1 S5 
Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. 
GUAZIMA OR GuASIMA, THE BASTARD CeDAR. 
The genus Guazuma possesses four species, of which the one here 
cited is the most common, all are natives of Central and South 
America. 
The Guazima, as the tree is called throughout the Antilles, 
reaches a height of forty feet and has a rather straight trunk. The 
leaves are simple, (undivided), serrate, and stellate hairy, especially on 
the under side. The flowers are small and rather insignificant ; the 
fruit is woody and covered with stout, short spines. It is undoubtedly 
a native of the West Indies, but has long been in cultivation in the 
warmer parts of India and Ceylon. In Honolulu there seem to be 
only a few trees of this species; one grows in the Government Nur- 
sery grounds on King Street, and another in Mrs. M. E. Foster's 
premises. 
The wood of the Bastard Cedar is rather loose grained, of a 
brownish color, streaked, and somewhat coarsely fibrous. It is 
occasionally employed in India for furniture, panels of carriages, 
and packing cases. The young luxuriant branches yield a fibre of 
considerable strength, useful for rope-making. 
The tree has medicinal properties which have been employed in 
Alartinque. The infusion of the old bark is esteemed 1 as useful in 
diseases of the chest. The inner bark is cut into small pieces, boiled 
in water, and strained when cool, the dose is from two to three 
fluid ounces. In the West Indies a similar decoction is used as a 
remedy for Elephantiasis. 
It is also stated that the glutinous decoction of the inner bark is 
employed in the West Indies for clarifying sugar, while the wood 
is used as fuel and the light charcoal in the manufacture of powder. 
In Southern India the tree has been planted mainly in avenues, 
for which it seems admirably adapted. 
Kleinhofia hospita L. 
Plate LXIV. 
The genus Kleinhofia consists of a single species, which is a 
handsome tree twenty-five to forty-five feet or more in height. The 
leaves are broadly ovate, pointed, five to seven nerved, heart-shaped 
at the base, about four inches each way, with leaf stalks half as long. 
The flowering panicles are ample and large and bear small pink- or 
rose-colored flowers; the capsule is about an inch long, inflated, pear- 
