HOLARRHENA (H. wulfsbergi). <A 
west African evergreen tree to 50 feet 
with shining foliage, dense clusters of 
narrow-tubular white fragrant allamanda- 
like flowers, and long slender fruits. 
CIRCARS JASMINE (Jasminum an- 
gustifolium). A wiry climbing shrub with 
small white flowers. It is armed with 
sharp thorns. 
*FERN JACARANDA (J. caerulea). 
These small or dwarf West Indian trees 
“make a gay show during the early months 
of the year with their wealth of flowers,” 
wrote Freeman & Williams, and contin- 
ued: “the violet buds open into bluish- 
violet pendent tubular flowers with white 
throats, borne in many-flowered panicles. 
It is usual for the trees to be bare of 
leaves at the time of flowering, thus mak- 
ing them more conspicuous.” The blos- 
soms may be blue, lilac or nearly white. 
CAMEROONS SAUSAGE (Kigelia sp.). 
This seed came from Cameroons. Accord- 
ing to Hutchinson & Dalziel, two species 
grow there: K. acutifolia, a tree 20-30 feet 
with brown-red flowers, and K. elliptica, 
a 20-foot tree with dark red flowers. Both 
bear sausage-like fruits, 
*BRAZIL MONKEYPOT 
pisonis) . 
(Lecythis 
Hoehne says this marvelous 
Album Floristico 
LECYTHIS PISONIS 
large tree is “particularly stunning” when 
in new leaf or in bloom, and cautions that 
the enormous woody capsules can be al- 
most dangerous to those walking under 
the trees, unless they are picked before 
they are ready to fall. The flowers are 
followed by urn-shaped woody fruits. 
There are 40 species of Lecythis, many 
prized for the tasty nuts they produce in 
these woody pods. Album Floristico says: 
“Tree reaches large dimensions, crows 
with stout wide spreading branches, the 
whole with an appearance of noble pro- 
portions. Suitable for parks, squares and 
gardens. In the flowering season it is 
covered with pink-purplish young leaves, 
together with violaceous-whitish flowers 
and is very decorative. For decorative 
purposes, the leaves are more remarkable 
than the flowers themselves. Flowers in 
October-November (in Rio).” 
PRICKLY LEEA (L. aculeata). There 
are 60 species of this grape-vine relative, 
mostly trees and_ shrubs, _ scattered 
throughout the tropics. I have no descrip- 
tion of this species. 
DROOPING MELALEUCA (M. armil- 
laris). This compact bushy shrub with 
gracefully drooping bright green, fine-cut 
leaves, is the most admired shrub in my 
garden. In spring it produces long spikes 
of white bottlebrush flowers that Harris 
calls “very pleasing.” In Australia this 
tall shrub rarely becomes a 30-foot tree. 
It grows best on light moist soils. 
PRICKLY PAPERBARK (Melaleuca 
styphelioides). This Queensland species 
thrives best in brackish soil along the 
coast. It makes a big tree 30-60 feet, with 
papery bark and prickly light green, pretty 
leaves. Harris calls it “a handsome tree 
of spreading habit” that in spring pro- 
duces cream bottlebrush flowers in great 
masses. 
CAMEROONS MARKHAMIA (M,. sp.). 
This seed came from Cameroons. <Ac- 
cording to Hutchinson & Dalziel, two spe- 
cies grow there: M. lutea, and M. tomen- 
tosa, both trees to 30 feet bearing great 
quantities of yellow tubular flowers mark- 
ed with purple. The Markhamia trees 
are related to our Tabebuia, and most of 
them are very showy in flower. 
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