A beach runner. Flowers white with purple stripes. 
Merremia umbellata (L.) Haller filius. Convol- 
vulaceae. 
No local name. 
A beach runner. 
Lantana involucrata Linnaeus. Verbenacexe. 
Growing on rocks at the sea side. Lilac flowers and 
dark purple fruit. An excellent decorative shrub. 
Leonurus sibiricus Linnaeus. Labiatae. 
The axillary whorls of pink-purple flowers makes this 
a good garden plant. 
Spathodea campanulata Beauvois. Bignoniaceae. 
ArFrIcAN Tuip TREE. 
This very showy tree with large scarlet flowers is com- 
monly planted for decoration. 
Randia aculeata Linnaeus. Rubiaceae. 
CurisrM as TREE. 
This small tree, with open branching, bears many 
small, tough, dark blue-green waxy leaves. The flowers 
are small, white and very fragrant. This is the local 
Christmas tree. Decorated with colored shells and sea 
urchins it is quite festive. 
Verbesina alata Linnaeus. Compositae. 
The deep orange flowering heads suggest excellent 
garden possibilities. 
NOXIOUS PLANTS AND WEEDS 
Argemone mexicana Linnacus. Papaveraceae. 
THISTLE. 
'This is one of the prickly-poppies, not a thistle. It 
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