A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Ida mis. 



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than in the preceding. It can easily be distinguished by the sharp 

 tips to the scales of the involucre, and by the prominent spinose tips 

 to the chaff, on the disk. 



Lefroy did not distinguish the two species, but both are figured by 

 Hemsley in Voy. Challenger, Bot., i, pi. ii, iii. 



Sea-side Golden-rod. (Solidago semper vir ens L.) 



This fine golden-rod, which is the same as the common one of the 

 New England coast, is very common about high-water mark, and a 

 little beyond it. It is not injured by the partial daily immersion of 

 its roots in sea-water, nor by salt spray. Found also in the Azores. 



Dog-bush ; Groundsel Tree. {Baccharis glomeruli for a Pers.=J9. 

 heterophylla in Lefroy's list.) 



This composite shrub is abundant and apparently native in Pem- 

 broke Marsh and probably elsewhere. It is found on the salt 

 marshes of the American coast, as far north as North Carolina. 

 Flowers white, appearing at Bermuda in December (Lefroy). The 

 ripe seeds have a long downy pappus. 



Black Berry. (Scmvola lobelia L.) 



Figure 37. Plates LXXV ; LXXVI. 



Figure 37. — Black Berry Shrub {Scoevola lobelia), on the Sand-Dunes. 



This native shrub is one of the most important plants for binding 

 the drifting sands on the sand-dunes close to the sea, as at Tucker's 



