young foliage. The large, erect flower panicles terminating every shoot 
are covered with a rusty-brown tomentum with a slight touch of 
chestnut color. Its vigorous growth, the distinct green color of its 
foliage and the large erect panicles of bright yellow, fragrant flowers 
combine to make this tree a marvelous object of tropical beauty. It is 
a unique and a first-class flowering and shade tree. It thrives well in 
South Florida, is evergreen, not too dense, gives a good shade and 
produces an abundance of showy flowers. A well drained soil, rather 
dry, is what it requires.” 
Trimen wrote: “A magnificent sight when in full bloom.” In 
Ceylon the tree blossoms twice a year at irregular seasons, some speci- 
mens being in blossom while others nearby are carrying: the ripe seed 
pods, flat, several inches long, shaped like the blade of a paddle. 
PELTOPHORUM LINNAEI. Brazitwoop PELTorHORUM. This 
is a comparatively rare member of the family, from the northern coast 
of South America. It grows to about 30 feet and has much finer, more 
feathery foliage than its Philippine cousin. The yellow flowers are 
small but they are borne in great quantity and are “very tubular,” 
according to my information that came with the seed from the bo- 
tanical gardn in Trinidad. It is described in Grisebach’s “Flora of 
the British West Indian Islands.” 
PELTOPHORUM BRASILIENSE. Sturrock describes this trop- 
ical American native as “a tall growing tree with a straight, slender 
trunk and long, slender branches, forming an open top. The bipin- 
nate leaves are 8-10 inches long with many oval 1 - 1% inch leaflets, 
smooth, glossy dark green. A hardy, semi-deciduous tree for general 
planting, suitable for dry soils.” 
PELTOPHORUM DASYRACHIS. Practically unknown in the | 
United States, this tree is described in Corner’s “Wayside Trees of 
Malaya” as follows: “A medium-sized, deciduous tree, up to 80 feet 
high, but the crown is uneven, irregular, and not umbrella shaped 
(like the other Malayan species, P. pterocarpum). Flowers in axillary 
racemes 8-14 inches long. Even in the open this tree has a loose, 
straggling crown, with a few upright branches giving it the appearance 
of a very large jacaranda. It is deciduous but it flowers as the new 
‘leaves develop. The inflorescences arise from the axils of the new 
leaves: they are unbranched and are never terminal. The branches of 
the tree therefore develop monopodially and for this reason, no doubt, 
the crown does not flatten and become umbrella-shaped. In habit, 
flower, and dangling bunches of pale (drab) pods it is easily dis- 
tinguished. . .. It is said to be a useful tree for afforestation of 
lalang (grassy) wastes.” 
NORONHIA EMARGINATA. (Oleaceae). This large bush or 
small tree, native to Madagascar, but rarely planted in Hawaii and 
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