THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 89 



iKiinonl of Lcrmiula, is said to have been iutroduced from Charleston, 

 S. C, by a Mr. LigUtbourn, of Paget Parish, about 1790. In the early 

 years of the present century it was regarded as a rare exotic; now uni- 

 v^ersally used for fencing purposes and as a screen from the sea winds. 



Beainnonfui fjr<(ndiffora, Wall. 



Sent from Barbadoes by General Munro, in 1874, and flowered freely 

 in a conservatory in 1878. 



Stephanotis fioribundcij Pet., Thon. 



Grows and flowers freely in good soil, but is not often met with. The 

 secret of the best flowering plant at Mount Hill was a neighboring pig- 



sti/e. 



LXXI.— ASCLEPIADE-^. 



Asclepias Curassavica, Linn. Wild ipecacuanha; in West Indies Eed 

 head or Blood flower. 

 Naturalized and common. 



A . nirea, Linn. 



Appeared spontaneously from some West India soil at Mount Lang- 

 ton and established itself. 



Hoy a carnosttj Br. Wax i)lant. 

 Found in gardens; originally from tropical Asia. 



Stapelia maculosa. Carrion flower. 

 Originally from the Cape ; not uncommon as a pot plant. 



LXXII. — Gentiane-<e. 



Erytlirwa Centaurium, Pers. 



A native of Britain. In Lane's list as a plant introduced. 



LXXIII. — Hydeoleace^. 



N^ama Jamaicensis, Linn. 



Native; an annual weed with white or blue flower; by roadsides, but 

 not common. 



Nemophila insignis, Benth. Nemophila. 



A garden flower from California; it was not found to do very well at 

 Mount Laugtou. 



LXXIV. — POLEMONIACE^. 



Coha'a scandenSj Cav. 



This beautiful climber grew and flowered luxuriantly at Mount Lang- 

 ton, but never matured the seed. 



