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parts of North America. He states that it is a very common weed in the islands. Lane's 

 list includes Erythrcea centaurium, Pers. It is possible, of course, that all three species 

 have been introduced ; but as only one occurs iu the collections, it is probable that only 

 that one exists in the islands. 



HYDROPHYLLACE^E. 

 Nama jamaicense, Linn. 



Nama jamaieense, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 2, p. 327; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 477; Chapm., Fl. 

 Southern U.S., p. 337. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous'? Roadsides, &c. — Lane; Rein; Moseley ; Lefroy. 



Florida ; Texas ; Mexico ; West Indies. 



BORAGINE^E. 

 Tournefortia gnaphalodes, R. Br. 



Tournefortia gnaphalodes, R. Br., Prodr. Fl. N. Holl., p. 496, in nota ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., 



p. 483; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 329. 

 Heliotropium gnaphalodes, Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, ii. p. 913; Jacq., Sel. Stirp. Am., p. 25, t. 173, 



fig. 11. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Common on the coast — Lane; Rein; Moseley; Lefroy. 

 Florida and throughout the "West Indies, especially in maritime districts. 

 Tournefortia laurifolia, Vent., is in Jones's list, though without locality or other note. 



Heliotropium curassavicum, Linn. 



Heliotropium curassavicum, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 130; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 486; Chapm., 

 Fl. Southern U.S., p. 330. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous ? Salt marshes — Lefroy. 



North Carolina to Patagonia ; also common on the coasts of Australia, Southern Africa, 



and some of the Pacific Islands. 



CONVOLVULACE^E. 

 Ipomoea jamaicensis, G. Don. 



Ipomcea jamaicensis, G. Don, Gen. Syst., iv. p. 278; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 473; Mart., Fl. 

 Bras., vii. p. 225. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous 1 Without locality — Rein. 

 Jamaica; Panama; Brazil. 



Ipomoea acuminata, Eoem. et Schult. 



I/><»iiaea acuminata, Roem. et Schult., Syst. Veg., iv. p. 228; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 473. 

 J'fi<irhi/i.< acuminata, Choisy in DC. Prodr., ix. p. 342. 



Bermudas.— Indigenous 1 Without locality— Moseley. 



West Indies and Guatemala to Brazil. 



