REPORT ON THE BOTANY OF THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS. 21 



HYPERICINE^E. 

 Ascyrum hypericoid.es, Linn. 



Ascyrum hypericoides, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 788; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 112. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Marshes — Lane; Jones; Rein; Lefroy ; Moseley ; Meade. 



West Indies and Mexico to New Granada. 



The "Hypericum" (?) of Jones's list is doubtless this plant. 



Ascyrum crux-andrece , Linn, of the Eastern States of N. America is very closely 

 allied. 



GUTTIFER^E. 

 Calophyllum calaba, Jacq. 



Calophyllum calaba, Jacq., Sel. Stirp. Amer., p. 269, t. 165; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 108. 

 Bermudas. — Introduced. Common in hedges — Lefroy; fine examples of this tree on 

 the roadside in Devonshire parish — Jones. 



Introduced from the West Indies, where, as well as in South America, it has a wide 

 range. 



MALVACEAE. 

 Malva parviflora, Linn. 



Malva parviflora, Linn., Amcen. Acad., iii. p. 416; DC, Prodr., L p. 433. 

 Bermudas. — Introduced. Without memorandum — Moseley ; Reade. 



A domestic weed from the Old World, apparently not naturalised in the United States, 

 though several other closely allied species are. 



Sida glomerata, Cav. 



Sida ylomerata, Cav., Diss., t. 2, fig. 6 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 73. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Without locality or memorandum — Moseley. 

 Half-shrub. Common in the West Indies, Mexico, and the northern part of South 

 America. 



Sida carpinifolia, Linn. 



Sida carpinifolia, Linn., fil., Sp. PI. Suppl., p. 307 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 73. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous % Very common all over the islands — Lane ; Jones ; Lefroy. 

 A half-shrubby plant, almost universally spread in Tropical America, Africa, and Asia. 

 This is the "Wire-weed" of the islanders, and probably reached the islands independently 

 of human agency. 



