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Dieffenbachia Seguine, Schott. Dumb ciiue. 



lutroduced at Mount Laugtou from the West ludies in 1874. It quite 

 established itself. 



Anthurium cordifolium^ Kth. 

 The same remark. 



Philodendron lacerum, Schott. 

 The same remark. 



Colocasia csculenta, Schott. Eddoe. 

 Cultivated and eaten by the colored natives to a small extent,- 



Culadium. Bleeding heart. 



Many ornamental varieties, such as G. macidatum, Todd ; C. hicoXory 

 Vent. ; C chantini, Linn. ; C. argyritece, Lank, &c., were cultivated in the 

 conservatory, Mount Langton, and plants are not uncommon in the 

 island. 



Lemna minor, Linn. Duck weed. 



L. trisidca, Linn. 



Amorphophallus. Snake plant. 



The local name is suggested by the mottled appearance of the tall- 

 stem, like the skhi of a snake. Individuals are occasionally brought 

 up from the West ludies, but it is a plant of Indian origin. 



XIL — Typhaceje. 



Typlia angustifolia, Linn. Catstail. 

 Native of West Indies, and as T. latifoUa var. of Florida. 



XIII. — LlLIACE^. 



Asparagus officinalis, Linn. Asparagus. 



Tlie writer imported about 500 roots in 1872. They produced very 

 slender shoots, and died out in a year or two. 



A. Natalensis, Hort. 

 This pretty plant was received from Trinidad in 1875, and did well. 



Allium Cepa, Linn. Onion. 



One of the staple products of Bermuda, for wliich soil and tlimate 

 seem alike adapted. They were planted by the first settlers in KUG, 

 and at that time probably perpetuated by seed allowed to ripen for the 



