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An inhabitant of salt marshes in eastern North America, ranging from North Carolina 

 to Florida. 



Polymnia uvedalia, Linn. 



Polymnia uvedalia, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 2, p. 1303; Chapni., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 219; Gray, 

 Manual, ed. 5, p. 248. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Escaped from cultivation — Lane ; without locality — Rein ; 

 Reade. 



New York to Florida. 



Parthenium hysterophorus, Linn. 



Parfhenium hysterophorus, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 988 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 369 ; Chapm., 

 Fl. Southern U.S., p. 222. 



Bermudas. — Introduced? Common — Lefroy; Rein; Moseley; Reade. 



Florida and Mexico to Patagonia, chiefly in waste places and on roadsides. 



Ambrosia artemisiaefolia, Linn. 



Ambrosia artemisiaefolia, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 988; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 223; Griseb., 

 FL Brit. W. Ind., p. 370. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Roadsides — Lane; Lefroy. 



Canada to Brazil, especially in cultivated ground and waste places. 



The "Ambrosia heterophylla, DC," of Jones's list is perhaps the same species. 



Eclipta erecta, Linn. 



Eclipta erecta, Linn, ex DC. Prodr., v. p. 490; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 224; Griseb., Fl. Brit. 

 W. Ind., p. 370, sub Eclipta alba. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous? Marshes — Moseley; abundant in wet ditches — Lefroy. 

 Pennsylvania to Uruguay, and widely diffused in the Old World. 



Borrichia arborescens, DC. (Plate II.) 



Borrichia arborescens, DC., Prodr., v. p. 489; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 371; Chapm., Fl. 



Southern U.S., p. 224. 

 Buphthalmum arborescens, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 2, p. 1273. 



Chrysanthemum bermudense, folio rigido-viridi, Moris., Hist. PL, pars iii. p. 25. 

 Borrichia argentea, DC, Prodr., v. p. 489. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Abundant along the whole coast-line — Rein ; Jones ; 

 Moseley ; Lefroy ; Boaz Island — Reade. 



The Keys of Florida, and through the West Indies to Peru. 





