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Salicornia ambigua, Michx. 



Salicornia ambigua, Michx., Fl. Bor.-Ain., L p. 2 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 60; Chapm., Fl. 



Southern U.S., p. 378; Gray, Manual, ed. 5 (var. Salicornue fruticosee). 

 Arthrocnemum ambiguum, Moq., Chenop. Enuni., p. 112. 



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



Eastern coast of North America, "West Indies and South America, and also in the 

 Old World, if only a variety of Salicornia fruticosa. 



Boussingaultia baselloides, H. B. K. 



Boussiiujaultia baselloides, H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et. Sp., vii. p. 196, t. 645 bis; DC, Prodr., xiii. 2, 

 p. 228. 



Bermudas. — Introduced ? David Island — Lefroy. 

 Martinique and Mexico southward to Brazil. 



POLYGONACE^E. 

 Polygonum acre, H. B. K. 



Polygonum acre, H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et. Sp., ii. p. 179 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 161 ; Chapm., 

 Fl. Southern U.S., p. 389 ; Mart., Fl. Bras., xiv. t. 5. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. "Water-holes and ditches — Lefroy; Moseley. 

 Massachusetts to Buenos Ayres, inhabiting ditches and other wet situations. 



Rumex crispus, Linn. 



Rumex crispus, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 335 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 385. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Lane; Moseley. 



North temperate regions of the Old World, and naturalised in North America, &c. 



Rumex pulcher, Linn. 



Rumex pulcher, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 336; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 386. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Moseley. 



North temperate regions of the Old World, and naturalised very widely. 



Coccoloba uvifera, Jacq. 



Coccoloba uvifera, Jacq., Sel. Stirp. Am., p. 112, t. 73; Griseb., Fl. Brit. \V. Ind., p. 161 ; Chapm., 

 Fl. Southern U.S., p. 391. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous ? Sandhills — Lane ; common in sandy places near the shore 



— Jones ; Lefroy ; here and there, but nowhere in large numbers — Rein. 



Florida, AVest Indies, and Venezuela to Brazil. 



In a list of indigenous and introduced shrubs and trees furnished by the Hon. J. H. 

 Darrell to Sir J. H. Lefroy, this tree is marked as from the "West Indies, though no 



