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ILICINEyE. 

 Ilex cassine, Linn. 



Ilex cassine, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 125; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 269. 

 Ilex vomitoria, Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 1, i. p. 170. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. The Flatts — Lefroy. 

 North America. A coast shrub, ranging from Virginia to Florida. 

 This is said to have been introduced by Paynter, the grandfather of Captain W. 

 Peniston, in the last century. — Lefroy. 



CELASTRINE^E. 

 Elaeodendron xylocarpum, DC. 



Elceodendron xylocarpum, DC, Prodr., ii. p. 11 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 145. 

 Elmodendron rotundatum, DC, loc. cit. 

 Cassine xylocarpa, Vent., Choix, t. 23. 



Specimina bermudiana ab iis Indite occidentalis differunt foliis angustioribus, deorsum 

 attenuatis, dentibus distincte apiculatis instructis ; floribus etiam paullo majoribus — 

 fructus deest. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Walsingham — Lane ; without localities — Rein ; Moseley ; 

 Lefroy. 



West Indies. 



The Bermudan plant should perhaps rank as a distinct species, but the specimens are 

 insufficient to settle this point. 



AMPELIDE^E. 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia j Michx. 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Michx., Fl. Bor.-Am., i. p. 160; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 72. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous ? Wild at Walsingham — Lefroy. 



The Virginian creeper extends from Canada to Florida. How it reached the 

 Bermudas we do not know. 



SAPINDACEiE. 



Cardiospermum microcarpum, H. B. K. 



Cardiospermum microcarpum, H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Sp., v. p. 104; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., 

 p. 122. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Without locality — Rein. 



A very widely diffused plant in warm countries, including Florida and the West 

 Indies. 



