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On the dry exposed hillsides it is more or less dwarfed and of a yellowish 

 color, while in moist rich ground and the marshes it is a handsome tree 

 with rich green foliage. It is recorded as at one time an abundant tree, 

 forming extensive groves, but it is now found for the most part only 

 in the lawns where it has been preserved. The finest natural grove 

 observed by us is in Paget Marsh, where hundreds of examples may 

 be seen in varying stages of growth. Some fine specimens are also 

 to be found in the Devonshire Marsh, probably taller than any others 

 in the islands. 



Junous bufonius L. 



S. B., No. 675, May, 1909. Cultivated ground, Harrington House. 

 S. 13., No. 725, June, 1909. Pembroke Marsh. 



Nothoscordium bivalve (L.) Britton. 



No. 415, 1905. Mr. Nicholas Periston, Paynter's Vale. S. B.. 

 No. 696, May, 1909. Abundant in a cultivated field near Devil's Hole. 

 Sisyrinchium bermudianum L. 



B. and B., No. 2 (fruit). Mt. Langdon, north shore. S. B., No. 

 661, May, 1909. Harrington House. "The Bermudiana," by which 

 name it is known throughout the islands where it is everywhere abun- 

 dant, growing in all kinds of situations. During April and May it is 

 a striking flower of the hills, roadsides and lawns. 

 Peperomia septentrionalis n. sp. 



Plant smooth, green throughout, except the peduncles and stems 

 which are frequently rosy when exposed to strong light. Stems 

 rather stout, 2 to 4 dm. long, ascending at the tips; leaves alternate, 

 blades leathery, entire, dark green and shining above, glandular 

 punctate, oval to ovate or obovate, slightly emarginate, 4 to 6 cm. long, 

 9 to 11 nerved, decurrent at the base, with the petioles 1 to 3 cm. long; 

 spikes terminal or axillary in the upper leaves, simple or several times 

 branched, .5 to 1.5 dm. long with peduncles shorter than the leaves, 

 rather densely flowered; nutlets oblong, slightly papillose, 1 mm. long 

 with a straight or slightly curved beak one-third their length. 



In woods usually on moist or shaded rocks, frequent throughout 

 the island from the Causeway to Tuckers Town, among the rocks and 

 around the caves, sinks and fissures; also in the shaded portion of 

 Paget Marsh, growing on the damp ground and over the stones, 

 flowering from late autumn to spring. Probably most nearly related 

 to P. magnolicefolia microsphyxia Dahlstedt, from which it differs in 

 the relatively broader leaves and the less strongly papillose nutlets 

 which are oblong instead of ovate-globose. 



