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The twining plants, observed here, were the Aurora [IpomcBa 

 glandulifera), the I. punctata * Tera7nnus uncinatus, T.volubilis, 

 Glycine carihcea, and Asclepias viminalis. On every dry bank, 

 the Swertia filiformis displayed its small, but beautiful purple 

 flowers. The Cassia pilosa was very common, the C. Parkeri- 

 ana more rare. The Eupatorium odoratum had just faded, and 

 the legumes of the Hedysarum molle were beginning to form. 

 In a marsh, near the reservoir of Lloyd's Estate, the Ponte- 

 deria limosa was found in abundance with the Hydrocotyle 

 vulgaris. The Laurus Borhonia, though this is not its usual 

 time of flowering, was conspicuous at a distance by the pro- 

 fuse white bloom. But there is no description of tree so 

 abundant as the Orange kind, and in no part of this Island 

 are its varieties to be found in such perfection. Through the 

 whole district, there is scarcely a Bitter or Sour Orange to be 

 seen, the seed, dropped carelessly, coming up a sweet and 

 palateable fruit. This is ascribable partly to the climate, 

 which is dry, and partly to the nature of the soil, which is 

 a gravelly loam, upon white limestone. During this season 

 of the year, in particular, the Orange tribe form a beautiful 

 ornament of our pastures, their golden-hued fruit contrasting 

 well with the deep verdure of their foliage. 



In the evening, we observed a long train of the Hirundo 

 zonaris passing over the Vale from West to East. It is pro- 

 bable that in the migration southward, these birds may have 



florets secund ; calyx furnished at the base with two or three long setae, its 

 innermost glume having a long awn. 



Descr — About four or five feet high. Ctdm as thick as the middle-finger, 

 geniculated at the base. Leaves a foot long, broad, linear, hispid. Ligule with 

 a line of long hairs. Sheath ciliato-setose. Spikelets 1—2 inches in length. 



* Ipom^ea PCJNCTATA. Descr. — iS^cm Toundish, hairy. Xea2;es cordate, 3-lobed, 

 acuminate, hairy. Petiole shorter than the leaf, roundish, hairy, with the hairs 

 proceeding, as in the stem, from a purplish gland. Peduncle nearly twice as 

 long as the leaf, 6-flowered, roundish, as well as the petiole, hairy. Bracteas in 

 pairs, as long as the pedicels, linear, subulate, hairy. Calyx 5-leaved, hairy, the 

 hairs placed on roundish pellucid glands. Sepals long, linear-lanceolate. Fila- 

 ments hairy at the base : Anthers white. Stigma papillose, somewhat .3-lobed. 



Fl. in Autumn: — the blossoms of this, as well as /. glandulifera, expand in 

 the evening, and close about ten o'clock in the morning. 



