A RIVAL OF THE ROYAL^POINCIANA. 
(Phyllocarpus septentrionalis Donn. Smith, S. P. I. No. 50666.) 
The "flor de mico" grows in small ravines in the lowlands of eastern 
Guatemala. It flowers at the end of winter, and for this reason 
' it may be of particular interest in southern Florida, where orna- 
mental trees which will bloom during the winter season are 
greatly desired. The royal poinciana, which the "flor de mico" 
(monkey flower) greatly suggests in appearance, does not flower 
until midsummer and is not attractive during the period when 
many thousands of people from the North visit the tropical 
resorts of southern Florida. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, 
Barranquillo, Guatemala, January 29, 1920; P17720FS.) 
