THE BOTANY O^ BERMUDA. 69 



C. glauca, Lam. West ludiaii Asb. 

 At Somervjlle and Par-la-ville. 



C. ligustrina, Linn. 



Common in gardens ; distinguishable by the very pointed leading leaf- 

 lets, like Privet, whence the name. 



C occidentalism Linn. 

 An annnal weed in some gardens, especially at St. Georges. 



C corymhosa, Lam. 



Introduced at Mount Langton from the United States, and flowered, 

 but, being in a poor soil, is not likely to survive long. 



The only species of Cassia quite naturalized is of a climbing habit, 

 locally called the Christmas bush, having but G fertile stamens; here 

 queried as C. hicapsularis^ Linn. 



Brownea grandlceps^ Jacq. 



Introduced from the West Indies at Mount Langton, 1875, and left 

 thriving in 1877, but had not flowered. 



Casparca porrectUj Kth. Napoleon's plume; often called Bauhinia. 



To be found in gardens; a quick, growing, very ornamental shrub; 

 flowers in May or June. 



Bauhinia parriflora^ Vahl. 

 A tree at the Model Farm, Smith's Parish ; flowers in June. 



Bauhinia Vahlii, Wight. 



A beautiful wiiite flowering variety, introduced from the Botanical 

 Gardens, Trinidad, 1874; flowers freely at Mount Langton in June, and 

 ripened seed. 



Desmanfhns virgatus, Willd. {Desmodium virgatum, Desv.) 



Native ; a shrubby plant to be found along the South road sides, in 

 Devonshire Parish. 



Mimona pndica, Linn. Sensitive i)Iant. 



liaised from seed, and naturalized at Mount Langton. 



Lcucama glauca^ Ueuth. Wild mimosa. 



This pest is by no means so generally distributed in Bermuda as its 

 extraordinary prolific qualities would have secured if its introduction 

 had been at any remote date. It is given without remark by Dr. Rein, 

 and is i)robably of recent introduction ; but as the inhabitants cannot 



