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The twining plants, observed here, were the Aurora (Ipomea 
glandulifera), the I. punctata,* Teramnus uncinatus, T. volubilis, — 
Glycine caribea, and Asclepias viminalis. On every drýbank, 
the Swertia filiformis displayed its small, but beautiful purple 
flowers. The Cassia pilosa was very common, the C. Parkeri- 
ana more rare. The Eupatorium odoratum had just faded, and 
the legumes of the Hedysarum molle were beginning to form. 
Ina aet; near the reservoir of Lloyd's Estate, the Ponte- 
deria limosa was found in abundance with the Hydrocotyle 
vulgaris. The Laurus Borbonia, though this is not its usual 
time of flowering, was conspicuous at a distance by the pro- 
fuse white TO But there is no description of tree 50 
abundant as the Orange kind, and in no part of this Island 
are its varieties to be found in such perfection. Through the 
whole district, there is scarcely a Bitter or Sour Orange to be 
seen, the seed, dropped carelessly, coming up a sweet 
; palateable fruit. This is ascribable partly to the climate, 
which is dry, and partly to the nature of the soil, which is 
a gravelly loam, upon white limestone. During this season 
of the year, in particular, the Orange tribe form a beautiful 
ornament of our pastures, their golden-hued fruit contrasting 
well with the deep verdure of their foliage. 
In the evening, we observed a long train of the Hirundo 
zonaris passing over the Vale from We est to East. It is pro- 
. bable that in the migration southward, these birds may have 
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florets secund ; calyx furnished at the base with two or three long set®, its 
innermost glume having a long awn. 
Descr.—About four or five feet high. Culm as thick as the middle-fnget 
geniculated at the base. Leaves a foot long, broad, linear, hispid. Ligule with 
a line of long hairs. Sheath ciliato-setose, Spikelets 1-2 inches in length. 
2 > Isomaa. PUNCTATA. Descr.—Stem roundish, hairy. Leaves cordate, 3-lobed, 
acuminate, hairy. — Petiole shorter than the leaf, roundish, hairy, with the hairs 
proceeding, as in the stem, from a purplish gland.  Peduncle nearly twice A = 
long as the leaf, 6-flowered, roundish, as well as the petiole, hairy. Bracteas IP 
pairs, as long as the pedicels, linear, subulate, hairy. Calyx 5-leaved, bairy, ie 
hairs placed on roundish pellucid glands. Sepals long, linear-lanceolate. - 
ments hairy at the base: dathers white. Stigma papillose, somewhat 3-lobeð. 
Fr in Autumn: :—the blossoms of this, as well as 7. glandulifera, apu 
the evening, and close about ten o'clock in the merning. 
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