GO THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Mirabilis jalapa, Linn. 



Mirabilis jalapa, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 177; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 69. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Lane; Lefroy. 



Mexico and West Indies. Cultivated and commonly naturalised in many other 



countries. 



AMARANTACE^E. 

 Amarantus hybridus, Linn. 



Amarantus hybridus, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 990; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 380. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Paynter's Vale — Lefroy. 

 Virginia to Florida and Mexico. 



This is regarded by some botanists as a variety of the widely spread Amarantus 

 retrqflexus, Linn. 



Amarantus spinosus, Linn. 



Amarantus spinosus, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 991 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 68; Chapm., Fl. 

 Southern U.S., p. 380. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Amongst rubbish — Lane. 

 A very widely spread weed in warm countries. 



CHENOPODIACE^]. 

 Ohenopodium album, Linn. 



Chenopodium album, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 219 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 376. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. David Island — Lefroy. 



A native of the Old World ; and a weed of cultivation in all temperate and sub-tropical 

 countries. 



Ohenopodium ambrosioides, Linn. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 219 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 60, var. anthel- 

 minticum; Gray, Manual, ed. 5, p. 408; Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 220 (species); Chapm., Fl. 

 Southern U.S., p. 377. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. A weed in cultivated ground — Lefroy. 



Throughout Tropical and Sub-tropical America, and naturalised in many other parts of 

 the world. 



Atriplex cristata, Humb. et Bonpl. 



Atriplex cristata, llumb. et Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. PL, iv. p. 959. 

 Obione cristata, Moq. in DC. Prodr., xiii. 2, p. 110. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Common in salt marshes — Lefroy. 



Cuba, San Domingo, and Venezuela to Peru. 



