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Red Jasmine. (Ixora coccinea L.) Often seen in gardens. Other 

 species of Ixora are also cultivated. 



Privet. (Ligustrum vulgare L.) Not common. 



Oleander. (JYeriiim oleander L.) See p. 426. 



Naturalized. Very abundant, and used extensively for hedges 

 and windbreaks by the roadsides and elsewhere ; sometimes found 

 on the sand dunes, at a little distance from the sea. Stands salt 

 winds fairly well, though the foliage is often damaged. Flowers 

 from May to September. A white-flowered variety is also common. 

 Said to have been introduced about 1790. 



French Trumpet Flower. [Thevetia nereifolia Juss. or Thevetia 

 thevetia L.) 



A handsome shrub, with glossy, linear leaves, 4 to 5 inches long ; 

 flowers large, saffron-colored. Common ; partially naturalized. 



Snuff Plant. (Buddleja Americana L.) 



An American, introduced loganiaceous shrub, common in some 

 places along the roadsides near Hamilton. It has terminal clus- 

 ters of small yellow flowers. Hemsley also records B. Madagas- 

 cariensis Lam. 



Spanish Pepper ; Red Pepper. (Capsicum frutescens L.) 



Common in gardens and borders. The berry is elongated-conical. 

 Probably native, for the early writers refer to a plant that agrees 

 well with this. Governor Moore, 1612, speaks of peppers growing 

 wild. Governor Butler, 1621, sent "Red-peppers" to Virginia; and 

 Capt. Smith, 1624, speaks of a fruit like a barberry that "sets all 

 the mouth on an extreme heat, very terrible for the time," and hence 

 called " red pepper." 



Hurdis, p. 370, mentioned also the Bird Pepper ( C. baccatum) as 

 cultivated, but we did not see it. It has a small globose or ovoid 

 berry. 



The Guinea Pepper or Chillies ( C. annuum L.) is also cultivated. 



Common Sage ; Sage Bush. (Lantana involucrata h. = I. odorata 

 L.) See p. 432. 



Thoroughly naturalized, forming the underbrush over extensive 

 tracts, and growing in the most barren and rocky soils, or even in 



