REPORT ON THE BOTANY OF THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS. 49 



APOCYNACILE. 



Nerium oleander, Linn. 



Nerium oleander, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 209 ; DC, Prodr., viii. p. 420 ; Gray, Synop. FI. N. 

 Am., ii. p. 79. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Common in a wild state — Rein ; Jones ; Lefroy. 



Southern Europe and Western Asia. Introduced into the Bermudas about eighty years 

 ago, and commonly planted for hedges ; and now one of the most general and conspicuous 

 shrubs in the islands. 



ASCLEPIADE^E. 



Asclepias curassavica, Linn. 



Asclepins curassavica, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 215; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 419; Chapm., Fl. 

 Southern U.S., p. 364; Desc, Fl. Ant., ii. p. 116. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Common throughout the islands — Lane ; Rein ; Jones. 



Florida, West Indies, and Tropical America generally ; and now naturalised in most 

 other warm countries. 



According to Mr Jones, the leaves of this plant form the only food in the islands of the 

 caterpillar of Danais archippus. 



LOGANIACE^E. 

 Buddleia madagascariensis, Lam. 



Bvddleia madagascariensis, Lam., Encycl, i. p. 513 ; DC, Prodr., x. p. 447; Bot. Mag., t. 2824. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Moseley ; Lefroy. 



Madagascar and Mauritius ; and naturalised in many other countries. 



Jones's list includes Buddleia americana, Linn., which he states is common by the road- 

 side in Paget parish. It is widely spread in the West Indies and Tropical and Sub-tropical 

 America. 



GENTIANE^E. 



Erythrsea texensis, Griseb. 



Erytlirtea texensis, Griseb., Gen. et Sp. Gent., p. 139 ; Gray, Synop. Fl. N. Am., ii. p. 112. 



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

 Texas. 



All the specimens that we have seen certainly belong to this species. Jones, however, 

 enumerates Eryihrma ramosissima, Pers., a European species which is naturalised in some 



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