92 THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 



LXXVII.— SOLANE^. 



Brunfelsia Americana, Linn. 



A sbrub found in flower in Mr. R. Outerbridge's garden, St. George's, 

 October, 1876. The plant was devoured by white coccus. 



Datura suaveolens, Humb., Bonpl. Moon plant. 



A common ornament of gardens; both single and double flowering. 

 {Brugmansia suaveolens.) 



D. Tatula, Linn. 



Native; met with as a weed in cultivated ground in Paget Parish; 

 flowers pale violet. 



D. Stramonium, Linn. Prickle-bur. 



Native and common. It is alluded to in a proclamation of 1679 as 

 "a badd and stinking weede that beares a prickle-burr, the which when 

 it is drie it is full of flatt black seeds, which if suffered to grow, may be 

 very destructive to the inhabitants of these islands, by reason of the 

 venemous and poysonfull nature thereof." 



7). Metel, Linn. 



D. fastuosa, Linn. 



From Mr. J. M. Jones; unknown to me. 



Nicotiana Tdbacum, Linn. Tobacco. 



The principal export of Bermuda in the seventeenth century. The 

 legislature again in 1878 gave encouragement to the cultivation of it. 

 The plant springs up spontaneously among the ruins of old outhouses 

 constantly from seed left perhaps a century or two before. The current 

 value was 2s. M. a lb. in 1620, which had fallen to M. in 1690, when it 

 ceased to pass as currency. There is reason to believe that the Bermuda 

 tobacco was never of good quality, and that nothing but disappoint- 

 ment can attend its re-introductioo. 



N. glauca, Graham. 



A native of South America ; pretty common in gardens. Easily recog- 

 nized by its yellowish tubular flower, resembling that of the tobacco 

 plant, and blue green leaves. 



Fhysalis echilis, Linn. Cape gooseberry. 



Introduced from Cape Seed, 1874. It bears fruit abundantly and 

 nearly all the year round, and -will probably soon be found in every 

 garden. (P. Peruviaiia, Linn.) 



