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COMPANION TO TROPICAL READERS 



Common Name. 



Botanical Name. 



Devil's-horsewhip. 



Duck-weed. 



Dumb-cane. 



Duppy- cherry. 



Dutchman's pipe. 



Eddoe. 



Four o'clock. 



French cotton. 



Jack-in-the-bush. 



Jerusalem candlestick. 



Leaf-of-life. 



Monkey fiddle. 



Nettle. 



Penguin. 



Plumbago, wild. 



Prickly-pear. 



Rattle-bush. 



Sand-box tree. 



Silk-cotton (Ceiba). 



Tania. 



Velvet leaf. 



Wandering Jew. 



Water- cress. 



Water-hyacinth. 



Water-lily. 



Wax plant. 



Wild cassada. 



Wild ginger. 



Wild thistle. 



Achyranthes aspera. 

 Lemna minor. 

 Dieffenbachia Seguine. 

 Ehretia tinifolia. 

 Aristolochia (several species). 

 Zanthosoma esculenta. 

 Mirabilis Jalapa. 

 Calatropis procei*a. 

 Cordia cylindrostachya. 

 Euphorbia lactea. 

 Bryophyllum calycinum. 

 Pedilanthus (two species). 

 Tragia volubilis. 

 Bromelia Pinguin. 

 Plumbago scandens. 

 Opuntia Tuna. 

 Crotalaria (several species). 

 Hura crepitans. 

 Eriodendron anfractuosum. 

 Zanthosoma esculenta. 

 Cissampalos Pareira. 

 Zebrina pendula. 

 Nasturtium fontanum. 

 Eichhornia speciosa. 

 Nelumbium jamaicensis. 

 Hoya carnosa. 

 Turpinia occidentalis. 

 Hedychium coronarium. 

 Argemone mexicana. 



