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numbers of varieties of splendid plants, of which at 

 this season but few were in flower. Certain of them 

 are peculiar to the Bahama islands, others are found 

 throughout the West Indies and in the warmer regions 

 of the mainland. Not wishing to repeat all those 

 names of plants mentioned in my description above, 

 nor intending to give a complete list of the plants of 

 Providence (out of the question both from the brief- 

 ness of my stay and from other conditions as well), I 

 will indicate only a few of the more common plants 

 blooming in April and May: 



Boerhaavia scandens. 



Justicia spinosa. 



Verbena lappulacea, curassavica and nodiflora. 



Salvia serotina. The infusion is used in fevers. 



Proserpinaca palustris. 



Commelina communis. 



Kyllingia monocephala. 



Paspalum distichum. 



Agrostis indica. 



Agrostis tenacissima, Jacquin, Ic. tab. 16, collect. I, 

 p. 85. 



Catesbaea spinosa. 



Cissus sicyoides. 



Cissus trifoliata. (Almost smooth, and with no 

 marked wings on the stalks. Caterpillars in the 

 leaves.) 



Fagara Pterota. 



Rivina humilis and lsevis. 



Ilex cuneata. 



Heliotropium parviflorum, curassavicum and gna- 

 phalodes. 



Tournefortia volubilis. 



