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AURANTIACE^E. 



Several of the orange family were cultivated by the earliest colonists, and soon spread 

 over the islands in a wild state. Rein includes Citrus aurantium, Linn., the sweet orange, 

 and Citrus medica, Linn., the citron, in his list. Jones states that Citrus limetta, Riss., 

 the lime, grows wild all over the islands. Concerning Citrus limonum, Riss., the same 

 authority says: "The common lemon grows wild everywhere, not in such abundance as 

 before the disease of 1854-55, which attacked the lemon as well as the orange. Thousands 

 of flue trees before that date existed throughout the cedar groves, and the fruit was so 

 abundant that it only ripened to fall and rot upon the ground. 



SIMARUBE^E. 



Suriana maritima, Linn. 



Suriana maritima, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 284; Griseb., El. Brit. W. Intl., p. 58; Lam., 111. PL, 

 t. 389; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 149. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. South shores, Hungry Bay, &c. — Rein ; Lefroy ; Moseley ; 

 Meade. 



Very widely spread on the sea-coasts of warm countries, including Florida and the West 

 Indies. 



MELIACE^E. 

 Melia azedarach, Linn. 



Melia azedarach, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 384; Chapm., Fl. Southern L T .S., p. 62. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. 



The " Pride of India " was introduced into the islands, according to the Hon. J. H. 

 Darrell, from Charleston. In a note to Sir J. Henry Lefroy he says, " I have heard my 

 father say it was brought from Charleston within his recollection — that is, after the peace 

 of 1782." 



Swietenia mahagoni, J acq. 



Swietenia mahagoni, Jacq., SeL Stirp. Amer., p. 127 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. G2. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. The Flatts — Lefroy. 



Florida, West Indies, and Central America. 



" Introduced from the Barbadoes some thirty-five or forty years ago." — Darrell 



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