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The tree is decidedly a beach tree and forms extensive beach 
forests in some of the Pacific islands. It depends on the ocean cur- 
rent for its dispersal, hence its wide distribution. It is a native of the 
Andaman Islands, Singapore, Ceylon. Guam, Samoa, the Philippines 
and other countries bordering on the Pacific, but not of Hawaii. 
In the Moluccas a lamp-oil is expressed from the seeds, while a 
drug is prepared from the bark; the active principle appears to be a 
volatile oil combined with resin ; the drug is a narcotic and is used 
by the natives of the various countries above-mentioned in stupefying 
fish. The dry fruits are also gathered by the natives and used as 
fishing floats, in place of cork. There are quite a number of trees 
planted about Honolulu, the largest occurring in Mrs. Foster's 
grounds on Nuuanu Avenue. A few have been planted on Beretania 
Street and a fine specimen may be seen in the grounds of the Uni- 
versity Club. 
Another species of Barringtonia under cultivation is B. racemosa 
Roxb., a smaller tree, with long drooping racemes of white or pink 
flowers. The single specimen in Honolulu was planted by Dr. 
W. Hillebrand on his premises. This species is a native of India, 
Ceylon and Polynesia, flourishing on open lowlands near the sea. 
COMBRETACEAE 
Terminally Family. 
The Terminalia family comprises about 250 species, with the 
following in cultivation in Honolulu. 
Terminalia catappa L. 
Umbrella Tree, False Kamaxi, Ixdiax Almoxd. 
Plate LXVIII. 
The so-called Kamani is a large tree, which sometimes reaches a 
height of seventy-five feet. The branches are long and spreading, 
horizontal, or nearly so. In its young state the branches are some- 
what turned upward, resembling an inverted umbrella, whence the 
name. The leaves are large, obovate, shining, and taper below to 
a narrow and cordate base, and finally into a short petiole. The 
small white flowers are arranged in spikes, the latter are axillary, 
simple and up to seven inches in length. The fruit is one-seeded, 
compressed, ellipsoidal in outline, prominently two-ridged, and up 
to two inches or more in length. The Umbrella or Kamani Tree 
