REPORT ON THE BOTANY OF THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS. 27 



Cardiospermum halicacabum, Linn. 



Cardiospermum halicacabum, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 366; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 122; 

 Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 79. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Devonshire Marsh — Munro ; common in some places — 

 Lefroy. 



In nearly all warm countries, including Florida and the West Indies. 



Sapindus saponaria, Linn. 



Sapindus saponaria, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 367; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 126; Chapm., Fl. 

 Southern U.S., Suppl., p. 613. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. 



The first tree known in the Bermudas sprang up from drift seed. It is rare. In 1841 

 a plant sprang up from a heap of sea-weed collected during the previous autumn for 

 manure. — Jones. 



Florida ; West Indies ; Venezuela. 

 Dodonaea viscosa, Linn., var. angustifolia. 



Dodoncea viscosa, Linn., Mant., p. 228, var. angustifolia, Linn., fil., Sp. PI. Suppl., p. 218; Griseb., 

 Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 128 (species). 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. South Road to Ferry— Lane; Harrington Sound, &c. — 

 Lefroy; in the bays — Rein; without locality— Jones; Moseley. 



In almost all warm countries, especially on the sea-coast, and in dry, barren places. 

 All the specimens we have seen from the Bermudas belong to the narrow-leaved form. 

 It is the " Dogwood " and " Broom " of the islanders. 



[In Mr Beade's collection we saw a specimen of the North American Acer negundo, 

 Linn. (Negundo aceroides, Moench.), labelled "Near Spanish Point," but without any 

 further note.] 



ANACARDIACE^E. 

 Rhus toxicodendron, Linn. 



Rhus toxicodrendron, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 266; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 69. 



Rhus radicans, Linn., loc. cit. 



Rhus diversiloba, Torr. and Gr., Fl. N. Am., i. p. 219. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Without locality — Lane; abundant in marshes — Moseley; 

 climbing up trees 30 feet — Lefroy ; common in thickets, mouths of caverns, &c, especially 

 on some of the islands of the Great Sound — Jones ; without special locality — Rein ; Boaz 

 Island — Reade. 



North America, from Canada to Mexico, and on both sides of the continent, if Rhus 



