VANGUERIA INFAUSTA. (Rubiaceae). Small tree or shrub 
to 10 feet with clusters of small greenish flowers. A tropical African 
family not much known here, although V. edulis is in limited cultiva- 
tion. 
DOVYALIS HEBECARPA.  (Flacourtiaceae). | KiTEMBILLA. 
Better known as the Ceylongooseberry, this tree of 15-20 feet, has 
small inconspicuous yellow flowers and bears purple fruits with an 
acid flavor which according to Popenoe “is so sweet and luscious, with 
a flavor resembling that of the English gooseberry which the KITEM- 
BILLA suggests so strongly in appearance and character as to give 
rise to the common name.” Thrives on plenty of moisture; does well 
in Florida but California is too cold. 
ELAEOPHORBIA DRUPIFERA. (Euphorbiaceae). A tree up to 
50 feet high from French Guinea, with stiff branches, angular when 
young, becoming cylindric. The young growth is clothed with pairs of 
short, broad-based prickles. This tree, related to our PoINsETTIA 
bears small, round berry-like yellow fruits. Hutchinson & Dalziel 
“Flora of West Tropical Africa” says the male flowers are “numerous,” 
fails to mention the color. They probably are not conspicuous. The 
fleshy short leaves are tufted at the ends of the branches. 
COMBRETUM ERYTHROPHYLLUM. (Combretaceae). Most 
members of this family are vines and some of them have very showy 
flowers. However, this variety is a tall tree from South Africa with 
inconspicuous white flowers. Its redeeming feature is that in cold 
weather its leaves turn a brilliant crimson. The tree was introduced 
years ago by USDA as P. I. 119289. 
CUPANIA SP. (Sapindaceae). This relative of the AKEE (Blighia 
sapida) was recommended to me for its showy appearance by the 
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden where thousands of interesting and 
useful trees are under cultivation. I have not seen it in bloom yet. 
Many of the Sapindaceae have exceptionally beautiful and showy 
fruits. 
ADENANTHERA PAVONIA. (Mimosaceae). SANDAL BEADTREE. 
A small tree from Asia and Africa with little spikes of yellow flowers, 
grown primarily for ornament and the beautiful red seeds which are 
much used for beads. It is usually called “Red Sandalwood” but is 
not related to the true SanpaLwoop (Santalum sp.) which comes 
from India and is virtually unknown in the United States. 
ROPALOCARPUS LUCIDUS. (Tiliaceae). This seed came to me 
from the botanical garden at Tananarive, Madagascar, but I have no 
description of the tree or its flowers. 
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