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COMBRETACE^]. 

 Laguncularia racemosa, Gsert. 



Laguncularia racemosa, Gaert ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 276 Chapman, Fl. Southern U.S., p. 

 136 (Oonocarpus racemosus, Linn.) 



On the shore. A maritime shrub from Florida to Bahia, and on the western coast of 



Africa. 



MYRTACE^E. 



Eugenia axillaris, Poir., is doubtless the same that we have referred to Eugenia mon- 



ficola, DC. 



RUBIACE^. 



Spermacoce tenuior, Lam. In the Walsingham tract. 



BORAGINE^E. 

 Lithospermum distichum, Orteg. 



Lithospermum distichum, Orteg. ; DC, Proclr., x. p. 77. 



This Mexican plant is enumerated by Sir J. H. Lefroy as a native of the sea-shore. 



VERBENACE^. 

 Oallicarpa ferruginea, Swartz 1 



Callicarpa fermginea, Swartz? Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 499 



Chiefly in the Walsingham tract. A common West Indian species. 



URTICACE^E. 

 Sponia lamarckiana, Dene. 



Sponia lamarcJaana, Dene. ; Griseb., FL Brit. W. Ind., p. 150. 



Forms the underwood of a large part of the Walsingham tract, especially near 



Paynter's Vale. A common West Indian species. 



JUNCACE^E. 

 Juncus maritimus, Lam. 



.ha,, -us maritimus, Lam. ; Chapman, Fl. Southern U.S., p. 493. 



Common in the wetter portions of the marshes. A widely dispersed rush. 



GRAMINE^E. 

 Arundinaria tecta, Muhl. 



Arundinaria tecta, Muhl. ; Chapman, Fl. Southern U.S., p. 561. 



This common swamp rood of the south-eastern States is recorded as indigenous in the 

 Bermudas, but no special locality is given. 



