582 A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 



WildBox; Ink-berry; Indigo Berry; Box-briar. (Rmidia <iadeata\j.) 



A spiny rubiaceous shrub with small, smooth, obovate leaves, 

 large fruit, and white axillary flowers. It is found on the sand 

 dunes ; abundant in some places in Paget parish. Also in Florida 

 and the West Indies. 



Sea Oxeye; Yellow Daisy-bush. (Borrichia arboreseens DC.) 



Figure 36. 



Figure 36. — Yellow Daisy-bush {Borrichia arboreseens). 



A common, native, composite shrub, growing in thick clumps in 

 dry barren places on the shore cliffs. It varies greatly in foliage, or 

 there may be said to be two varieties. Some of the clumps have all 

 or nearly all the leaves thickly covered with downy or silky hairs, 

 giving them a pale gray, hoary appearance; while other clumps, close 

 by, may have all their leaves glossy and bright green; but intermedi- 

 ate states also occur. The leaves are thick and vary greatly in form 

 on the same plant, some being narrowly linear, others lanceolate or 

 obovate. The flowers, which appear in April and May, are like a 

 yellow daisy, about an inch across, and the investing scales are obtuse, 

 without a sharp point. It ranges from Florida and the West Indies 

 to South America ; also in Peru. 



Smaller Sea Oxeye ; Sea Marigold. (Borrichia frutescens DC.) 



This resembles the preceding and grows in similar places, but i^ 

 less common. It ranges from North Carolina to Mexico. Its leaves 

 are gray and dowm- or hoary, and the flowers are less conspicuous 



