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Verbena urticsefolia, Linn. 



Verbena urticwfolia, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 20; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Intl., p. 493; Chapm., Fl. 

 Southern U.S., p. 307. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous? Without locality — Moseley. Also in the Sloane Herbarium, 

 clix. p. 47 (" a strong emetick "). 



Canada to Florida, Mexico, and the West Indies. 



Lefroy records Verbena officinalis, Linn., in his list, a plant not unlikely to occur. 

 [Citharexylum quadrangulare, Jacq., is in some collections, whether wild or not 

 has not been ascertained.] 



Duranta plumieri, Jacq. 



Durante plumieri, Jacq., Sel. Stirp. Am., p. 186, t. 176, fig. 76; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 498; 

 Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 309. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous \ Quite common — Lefroy ; Moseley ; Reade. 

 Florida and Mexico to Brazil ; also in Tropical Africa. 



[In the Banksian collection at the British Museum, there is a flowering specimen of a 

 Petrcea {Petrasa volubilis?) from "Bermudas."] 



Avicennia nitida, Jacq. 



Avicennia nitida, Jacq., Sel. Stirp. Am., p. 177, t. 112, fig. 1; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 502; 



Gray, Synop. Fl. N. Am., ii. p. 341. 

 Avicennia tomentosa, Nutt. '/ and Avicennia tornentosa, Jacq. in Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 310. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Everywhere in salt marshes associated with Rhizophora — 



Lane ; Rein ; Jones ; Moseley ; Lefroy. 



Florida, West Indies, and Mexico to Brazil ; also in Tropical Africa. 



Locally known as " Black Mangrove." 



LABIATvE. 



Mentha rotundifolia, Linn. 



Mentha rotundifolia, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 2, p. 805 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 312. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Wild by roadsides — Lefroy ; Reade. 



Europe, North Africa, and Temperate Asia, though frequently occurring only as a 

 colonist. 



Pycnanthemum muticum, Pers. 



Pycnanthemum muticum, Pers., Ench., ii. p. 128 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 315. 

 Brachystemum muticum, Michx., Fl. Bor.-Am., ii. p. 6, t. 32. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Without locality — Rein. 



Maine to Ohio and Florida, usually growing in dry or sandy soil. 



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