of considerable extent, and when covered with their blossoms during 
spring months, afford an exquisite display of color.” There is some 
confusion in the United States over this tree, partly because some 
reference books have made it identical with Tabebuia pallida, an en- 
tirely different tree, and partly because some trees have been distributed 
under incorrect names. To differentiate these trees, T. B. McClelland, 
former head of Chapman Field, once wrote me: “T. pentaphylla is a 
larger, more open tree with much larger foliage. The flowers are in 
clusters rather than in masses as on T, pallida.” Mr. McClelland sent 
me seed of the Chapman Field tree (it originally came from Salvador) 
and I have received seed direct from Salvador, and.I have raised trees 
from both broods. T. pentaphylla is the national tree of Salvador by 
act of their Congress. My seed from Salvador was sent by Sydney M. 
Stadler, president of the Committee for the Beautification of the High- 
ways and Public Parks of Salvador. Down there the. tree is known as 
Maquilishuat. All of the Tabebuias have wood that is so beautifully 
grained that there is a tendency in Central America to slaughter the 
trees for their timber, with the result that some varieties are becoming 
extremely scarce. 
GARCIA MAYANA (Euphorbiaceae). <A tree to 40 feet bearing 
pinkish flowers 1 inch wide, described by Britton “Scientific Survey 
of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands” from a type tree at Mayaguez. 
GARCIA NUTANS. This is a much better known tropical 
American tree with inconspicuous flowers and large, rough leaves. (cf. 
Standley: “Flora of Costa Rica.”) 
-YELLOW-FLOWERED TREES 
COCHLOSPERMUM VITIFOLIUM. (Cochlospermaceae). YEL- 
LOWSILK SHELLSEED. This is a particularly beautiful and showy flower- 
ing tree, bearing golden yellow flowers 4 inches or more across, 
much like oversize single roses. The flowers come in April before the 
leaves which are deeply 5-lobed and often a foot across. This tree 
starts to bloom when only a few feet high but eventually it grows to 
40 feet and produces quantities of golden flowers all over its otherwise 
bare branches. I grew these trees from seed gathered at the Mont- 
gomery Palmetum in Coconut Grove. 
COCHLOSPERMUM HIBISCOIDES. This name may be a 
synonym for the tropical American C. vitifolium but my seed came 
from Honolulu where it is called “the buttercup tree.” Marie C. 
Neal, botanist of the Bishop Museum at Honolulu, wrote me concerning 
it: “From tropical America. Its many large yellow flowers are scattered 
over the tree and are especially conspicuous if they precede the new 
crop of leaves (sic!). A most attractive little tree, becoming more and 
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