A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 657 



Coral Plant. (Jatropha multifida L.) 



Commonly cultivated in flower gardens. Native of South America. 

 Other species are cultivated less frequently, as J. podagrica Hook, 

 and J. hastata Jacq. 



Slipper Plant ; Arsenic Plant. (Pedilanthus tithymaloides Poit.) 



Leaves thick, fleshy, alternate, bright green ; involucre red. A 

 poisonous West Indian shrub, often cultivated for its bright green 

 foliage. 



Euphorbia candelabrum Trem. 



The large and fine specimen grown at Bishop's Lodge is the 

 parent of most of those cultivated on the islands. 



Spanish Bayonet. ( Yucca alotfolla L.= Y. serrulata Haw.) 



Common in hedges and by roadsides ; sends up tall stalks, 10 to 

 12 feet high, with spikes of white flowers, in May and June. 



Other species, including Y. Jilamentosa and Y. Whippleyi, are 

 cultivated occasionally. 



Bitter Aloe ; Barbadoes Aloe. (Aloe vera ~L.z=Aloe vidgaris Lam.) 



Formerly cultivated to a considerable extent for the commercial 

 drug aloes. The collection of the drug is said to have proved 

 unhealthful, and sometimes fatal, so that it was abandoned. 



Very common and quite naturalized. Flower-scapes 2 to 3 feet 

 high ; flowers yellow, in racemes. 



Giant Aloe. (Furcrma gigantea Vent. =Fourcroya gigantea, in 

 Lefroy.) 



A large West Indian species, often cultivated. The fleshy leaves 

 are entire, mucronate, arising from the top of a short, thick trunk ; 

 flower-scapes 20 to 30 feet high, branched ; the flowers racemose, 

 greenish white. 



Century Plant ; Margay ; Golden Aloe. (Agave Americana L.) 



Numerous large plants were seen in old gardens and borders. The 

 branched flower-scape is sometimes 20 to 30 feet high, and bears 

 in early spring large numbers of yellow flowers, clustered at the 

 ends of the branches. The stalks, when dry, are often locally called 

 " bamboo." 



Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. XI. 42 June, 1902. 



