84 THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 



i:;ajitime shrub, with fleshy leaves, some glossy and of a bright green, 

 some hoary and gray. They do not mark different varieties, being often 

 ound on the same plant. Flowers in April and May. {B.frutescens, 

 in Lane's list.) 



Baccharis lietoropliylla^ H. B. Dogbush. 



Native ; abundant in Pembroke Marsh, where it flowers a little before 

 Christmas. The 9 flowers are a few days later than the $ . [B. liali- 

 mifoUa in Lane's list.) A name given by the Greeks to an aromatic 

 phnit dedicated to Bacchus. 



^olidago virgata, Michx. Golden-rod. 



A coarse weed, very common, flowering in autumn. An American 



species. 



^. semjiervirenSj Linn. 



^. 3fexicana, H. B. 



These species, in the Southern States, affect swamps and salt marshes, 

 but in Bermuda are met with on high ground ; for example, on the 

 battery hill, Mount Langton. Name from solidare, to unite, Lat., from 

 supposed healing proj^erties. 



Eriyeron Canadensis, Linn. Fleabane. 

 Common to the American States and the West Indies. 



E. Unifolius, Willd. {Conyza ambigua, DC.) 



E. Philadelphicits, Linn. 



E. quercifoUs, Lam. 



E. bonariensis, Jjinn. {Conyza albida, WUld.) 



E., sp. not identified. 



StenaeUs anneca, Cass. {Erigeron annuum, Linn.) 



Aster trifolkim, Linn. 



Artemisia temdfolia, Willd. Wild wormwood ; Cape weed ; Godet's weed ; 

 French fennel. 

 A weed in cultivated ground. Brought to Bermuda from Cape Fran- 

 cois, in San Domingo, in packages of gin flasks, about the end of the 



