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Modiola multifida, Moench. 



Modiola multifida, Moench., Meth. PI., p. 969 j Chapm., FL Southern U.S., p. 56. 



Malva caroliniana, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 688. 



Modiola caroliniana, G. Don. ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 72. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous'? Under walls, &c. — Lane; without locality — Moseley ; 

 Reade. 



A half-shrub, inhabiting America from Carolina southward to Chili and Buenos Ayres. 



Pavonia spinifex, Cav. 



Pavonia spinifex, Cav., Diss., t. 45, figs. 2, 3 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 82; Chapm., Fl. Southern 

 U.S., Suppl., p. 608. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Only in Southampton parish — Lefroy. 



A shrub generally dispersed in the West Indies and South America. 



Kosteletzkya virginica, Presl. 



Kosteletzkya virginica, Presl., ex A. Gray, Gen. Fl. Am. Bor. 111., ii. p. 80, t. 132; Chapm., Fl. 



Southern U.S., p. 57. 

 Hibiscus vi.rgin.icus, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 697. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Pembroke Marsh — Lefroy. 



North America, from New York to Florida. This is a marsh herbaceous plant, and was 

 probably introduced into the islands by birds. 



Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn. 



Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 694; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 58; Desc, Fl. Ant., 



ii. t. 148. 

 Paritium tiliaceum, St HiL, Fl. Bras. Mer., i. p. 256; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 86. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous? Walsingham — Lane; without exact locality — Moseley. 

 A common tree on tropical and sub-tropical sea-shores nearly all over the world. 



Hibiscus elatus, Swartz. 



Hibiscus elatus, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ., ii. p. 1218; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 86. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Probably nowhere wild in the islands ; but it was raised 

 from seed washed ashore many years ago — Lefroy. 



West Indies. Had this sprung up from seed unaided, it would belong to our category 

 of indigenous. 



Thespesia populnea, Solander. 



Thespesia populnea, Solander, ex Correa in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par., ix. p. 290, t. 8, fig. 1 ; Griseb., 

 Fl. lirit. W. Ind, p. 87. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. St George — Lefroy; without locality — Jones. 



