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Passiflora Ivaurifolia, Maliformis, or Quadrangularis, I^inn. 

 (the two former known as water lemon, the latter as grena- 

 dilla). These are cultivated in gardens, are not abundant, and 

 I am not aware of any escapes as yet. 



The flowers of all are greenish-yellow, half an inch in 

 diameter. All perennial, the roots matting thickly. March 

 to early Autumn. 



Natural Order, Cucurbitaceae. 



Cucumbers, pumpkins and melons chiefly constitute this 

 order in Bermuda, and are all cultivated; they do not come 

 within the limits of this work. The only wild plant of the 

 order is given by I^efroy, but is omitted by Reade, namely: — 



Sicyos Angulata. Ivinn. (wild bryone) Called by Ivefroy 

 " an American species of chance introduction " found about 

 the Church Cave, Paynter Vale. It is a plant with long run- 

 ning, slender stalks; leaves like those of the cucumber bvit 

 smoother and of a paler green. Flowers, greenish. Annual. 

 It is used b}^ the natives as a medicine for fevers and colds. It 

 flowers in Spring and early Summer. I have seen a few rare 

 specimens around Hamilton in a lane leading from Mr. Bluck's 

 estate West of the grounds formerly known as the Exhibition 

 Grounds. 



Natural Order, Cacteae. 



Melocactus communis, D. C. (Turk's cap). This cactus maj- 

 be seen on stone gateways, and in high dry situations. Stem, 

 which constitutes the whole plant is globose, about one foot 

 high, with from twelve to twenty vertical ridges, spiny, and 

 top wooly, concealing a number of small crimson flowers. In 

 appearance it is not unlike a dark-green, thorny melon. 

 Flowers in Summer. 



Cereus Grandiflorus. Mill, (night blooming cereus), with 

 long, rope-like stems ascending trees and walls, or more often 

 hanging over the latter, affords after sunest one of the most 

 magnificent flow^ers in the whole vegetable kingdom, the flower 

 closing and fading at day-break. The silk}' appearance of its 

 rose-pink blossom, eight inches in diameter, wax-like and fra- 

 grant, is beautiful in the extreme. 



