650 



A. E. Verrlll — The Bermuda Islands. 



deciduous, roundish, usually cordate, about 2 inches long ; flowers 

 appear in August. Its large fruit is very remarkable for its explo- 

 sive power, when long dried. The sap is milky and poisonous. 

 Native of the West Indies, south to Brazil. 



Black Walnut. (Juglans nigra L.) 



A few trees have been raised. Introduced from the United State-. 



Cycad ; Sago Palm. {Cycas revoluta Thunb.) 



Very common in gardens and borders. The largest seen had a 

 trunk about seven feet high and over a foot in diameter. The plants 

 are of separate sexes, and frequently only one sex is planted, so that 

 seeds are not produced. Mr. G. W. West, of Shelly Bay, had a small 



Figure 42.— Cycads, Royal Palm, Palmetto, etc. Two cycada (C. 

 revoluta) stand in front of the royal palm. 



plantation of them, with both sexes together, and here they pro- 

 duced an abundance of fertile fruit, like a nut, about an inch in 

 diameter and covered with a red rind. 



Mr. West at one time shipped large numbers of the leaves to New- 

 York for decorative purposes. 



