88 THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 



LXIX. — Oleace^. 



Olea lEuropcca, Linn. Olive. 



"We liaue oliues growwith us, but no great store." Such is the evidence 

 of nearly the first writer on Bermuda, in 1G12. It appears sufficient to 

 prove that the tree was then naturalized, i)robably from seeds sown by 

 the crews of Spanish vessels visiting the islands or wrecked on them in 

 the sixteenth century. It is mentioned by Smith, 1624, and in 1G61 the 

 Bermuda Company ordered them to be planted on every shore; some of 

 those trees are still standing. The fruit is very scanty and not put to 

 any use. 



Forestiera porulosa, Poir. 



A bushy tree found in the Walsingham tract; there are specimens 

 south of the road leading to the Causeway. It flowers in December, 

 and the fruit may be found in March. Flowers, which are minute, are 

 polygamous, in short, axillary, amentaceous racemes. 



lAgustrum vulgare, Linn. Privet. 



From an old stock found among the roots of a Ficus elastica at Mount 

 Langton. A great number of plants were raised by cuttings and set 

 out in fences as a rival to the oleander, but the plant did not come to 

 any value. Flowers in February. 



LXX.— Apocyne^. 



Allamanda Schottii, Pohl. 



Only grown under glass at Mount Langton in 1876, but appears quite 

 suited to bear the open air in sheltered situations. 



Theveiia neriifoUa, Juss. French trumpet flower. {Cehera thevetia, 

 Linn.) 

 Naturalized, and not uncommon. 



Vinca rosea, Linn. Eed i>eriwinkle. 



Naturalized from West Indies. Common in gardens. V. rosea^ var. 

 alba is met with less frequently. 



Plumieria rubra, Linn. Frangipani. 



Trees of large size are found in many old gardens, and are very orna- 

 mental. They lose their leaves in winter, and flower before the new 

 leaf in May. Originally from tropical America. 



Hferium Oleander, Linn.. Oleander; formerly called South Sea rose. 

 This beautiful i)laut, which from May to September is the greatest or- 



