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in but one or two localities ; 34 of these are either found only in the 

 Walsingham district, or rarely elsewhere. This seems to he one of 

 the few limited tracts that have never been entirely cleared of the 

 trees, nor burned over. Owing to the large amount of rocky and 

 rough places and ragged ledges, where the patches of good soil are of 

 very limited extent, considerable tracts of land on this estate appear 

 never to have been cultivated, so that the primitive vegetation has 

 escaped destruction more than in any other tract. 



Most of those so restricted are of West Indian origin, but the 

 Ampelopsis is the common American woodbine, and the Celtis is 

 that of the eastern United States. Nine of these are ferns, viz.: 



Asp idium aculeatum. 

 Nephrodium amplum. 

 N. Bermudianum. 

 Polypodium pectinatum. 

 Polypodium elasticum. 



Asplenium Laffanianum. 

 A. rhyzophyllum. 

 A. dentatum. 

 Pteris heterophylla. 



One belongs to the Lycopodiaceae (Psilotum triquetrum Sw.); like 

 the ferns, it occurs about the mouths of caves; also on the shore cliffs. 

 Fourteen are trees and shrubs, viz.: — 



Chiococca racemosa. "Blolly"; 

 " Snowberry ; David's Root." 

 Flowers white or yellow. 



Dodonwa viscosa. " Broom " ; 

 " Dogwood." (See p. 580.) 



Dodomxa angustifolia Sw. Re- 

 corded by Grisebach, 1864. A 

 widely distributed tropical 

 shrub. 



Ekeodendron xylocarpum. Olive- 

 wood Bark. (See ch. 26, d.) 



Eugenia monticola (=E axillaris 

 Lef.) "Stopper; Rod Wood." 



Forestiera pondosa. " Wild 

 Olive " ? (See ch. 26, d.) 



The following are vines: — 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia. "Wood- 

 bine." 



Cardiospermum halicacabiim L. 

 Small Shot. Also in Devonshire 

 Marsh. 



Ccesalpinia bonducella. (Guil- 

 andina, in Lef.) " Nicker Tree " 

 Rare. 



Psychotria undata Jacq. 



Morinda royoc L. Yaw Weed. 



Sponia lamarckiana Decs. 



Celtis occidentalis. Nettle Tree. 



Triumfetta semitriloba. Burr- 

 bush; Burr-bark; Box-bush. 



Hibiscus tiliaceus. " Mahoe." A 

 malvaceous tree. (See p. 579.) 



Zanthoxylum aromaticum. "Yel- 

 low-wood Tree." Rare. (See 

 ch. 26, e.) 



Jatropha curcas. Physic-nut. 



Ipomoea purpurea. Morning 

 Glory. (Introduced ?) 



Passiflora ciliata. Wild Passion- 

 flower ; "Apricot." 



/Sicyos anyulatus. Wild Bryone. 

 (Introduced ?) 



