652 A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 



curved near the base. Naturalized in most tropical countries, but 

 said to have been native of Panama. 



Date Palm. (Phoenix dactylifera L.) 



Cultivated in many grounds, but mostly as single trees. The 

 trees are of different sexes, and as the two kinds are not often 

 planted together, the fruit is seldom developed. Probably, also, the 

 temperature is not, ordinarily, high enough to ripen the fruit well, 

 for the date matures best in the hottest and driest climates. 



There is a good specimen of this palm by the side of the old 

 Walsingham house. A large one in the public garden at St. George's 

 sometimes matures its fruit. Native of oriental countries but nat- 

 uralized in the West Indies. 



Catechu Palm. (Areca catechu L.) Not common. Mt. Langton. 



Japanese Palm. (JRhapis flabelliformis L.) 



A small palm commonly cultivated in gardens. 

 Several other palms are occasionally cultivated. 



Screw Pines. (Pandanus ulilis Bory; P. VeitcJd Hort. ; P. or dor a- 



tissimus L.) 



These and other species are found in a few gardens. 



b. — Principal Introduced Ornamental Shrubs ; Hedge Plants. 



The ornamental shrubs are veiy numerous and many are cultivated 

 only in a few grounds. The following are those of most importance, 

 aside from those that bear fruit. 



Galba. (Calopyllum calaba L., Jacq.) See p. 433. 

 Not uncommon in hedges and boi'ders. 



St. John's Wort; St. Andrew's Cross. (Ascyrum hypericoides L. = 

 A. crux-andrem L. in Lefroy.) 



A low, straggling, tropical American shrub, 1 to 2 feet high, with 

 small, blunt, subsessile, stipulate, and punctate leaves. Flowers yel- 

 low, pedicelled; sepals 6; petals 4. Probably native; perhaps intro- 

 duced. Pembroke Marsh and moist places elsewhere. 



