Lady-of-the-Night, because the flowers are very fragrant after dark. 
It bears white solitary flowers that have a long (4-inch) tube and the 
corolla is about 2 inches across. The fruit is a yellow berry the size 
of a big marble. It is native of the West Indies. 
DOLICHANDRONE STIPULATA. (Bignoniaceae) This is 
a semi-evergreen tree from Africa, related to our lovely Jacaranda 
and bearing large clusters of white flowers at the tips of the branches. 
It grows very rapidly, has a slender trunk, and its long, heavy pinnate 
leaves ere often 18 inches long. It requires a rich soil and a pro- 
tected location. (See next entry.) 
DOLICHANDRONE SPATHACEA. “MANGROVE ‘TRUMPET 
TREE.” Corner says this is an evergreen tree to 60 feet, bearing 
white, very fragrant flowers that have a very long, pipe-like corolla 
tube. The flowers are arranged in short, squat, terminal clusters with 
one flower open at a time. The flowers are from 5 to 7 inches long, 
the mouth of the trumpet from 3 to 5 inches wide, the bloom pointing 
obliquely upward. The flowers are nocturnal, opening at dusk, falling 
off by sunrise, so if you want to enjoy this tree in bloom, you will 
have to stay up nights. Marie C. Neal of the Bishop Museum in 
Honolulu, who helped me obtain seed of this tree, says it grows 
along streams and in swampy lowlands through Malaya and in the 
Philippines. 
TECTONA GRANDIS. (Verbenaceae). ComMMon Teak. Fear- 
famed as the source of the world’s most durable timber, this monarch 
of the Malabar forests that grows from 80 to 150 feet, is also one of 
the most beautiful of ornamental flowering trees to be found in the 
world tropics. It grows straight and lofty and according to Cleghorn, 
its cross-arm panicles of “showy white flowers . . . form a 
striking feature in the landscape.” The individual flowers are wee 
and fragrant, but the clusters are in such huge sprays (up to 8 feet 
long, 18 inches in diameter) that overtop the foliage and push through 
to reach the sunshine, “that they foam over the tree exactly as if 
it were ‘clad with a waving veil.” (Colthurst p. 114). The tree is 
valued as an ornamental also because of its huge leaves which 
frequently measure 15x24 inches. Corner says the lack of a dry 
season in Malaya upsets the growth habit of the teak so that it does 
not do well there except in the monsoon country. In countries where 
there is a pronounced dry season, the tree is deciduous and _ it 
flowers and fruits after the new leaves have come on with the ensuing 
wet season. It should be valuable as an avenue tree in Florida when 
it gets established here, but it must have perfect drainage and plenty 
of room for development: 
CLERODENDRON TUBERCULATUM. (Verbenaceae). Most of 
the Clerodendrons we know in Florida are shrubs, and many folks love 
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