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shaped, thin, papery, and is divided into rive valves, each valve con- 
taining a single seed. 
This rather handsome tree is a native of the Eastern and West- 
ern Peninsulas of India and is distributed over Malacca, Formosa, 
Singapore, Ceylon, Java, the Philippines, and Eastern Africa. It 
flowers from August to November. 
In Honolulu there are only two mature specimens, one on the 
corner of Beretania and Union Streets, the other, a very tall tree, on 
King Street near the Y. W. C. A. Homestead. 
It thrives well in low, moist countries and is well suited for 
planting along avenues. It has been used for this purpose in Cal- 
cutta and in the Bombay Presidency. The old timber of this species 
is much valued in Java, though no information is available as to its 
uses. Seemann reports this tree as indigenous in Fiji on Vanua Levu, 
where it is known to the natives as Marnakara. 
GUTTIFERAE 
Maxgosteex Family. 
Species under cultivation belonging to this family are as fol- 
lows: Garcinia mango stana L., the Mangosteen, a single tree on 
the Island of Kauai, and one other on Alaui are the only ones in the 
Territory. Garcinia Xanthochymus Hook, f., a moderate-sized tree 
of pyramidal stature, with dark green foliage and yellow fruits, is 
quite commonly planted. It was first introduced by Air. Albert 
Jaeger. It is a native of India, Burmah and the Andaman Islands. 
CalophyUuin inophyllum L., the true Kaniani, is also common. It 
is indigenous in these islands and is therefore treated in the writer's 
book on the "Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands." Cratoxylon 
polyanthum Korth. var. ligustrinum Bl. a glabrous aromatic shrub a 
native of tropical Asia is under cultivation in Honolulu. 1 he writer 
knows of a single specimen in the Queen's Hospital grounds near the 
Vineyard Street entrance. 
BIXACEAE 
The family Bixaceae consists of a single genus with a single 
species, which is sparingly cultivated in Honolulu. The very closely 
related family Cochlospermaceae, once classed with the Bixaceae, has 
a single species represented of the genus Cochlospermam. 
