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Natural Order, Boragineae. 



Heliotropium Curassavicum. Ivinn. (sea turnsole; wild 

 heliotrope. A procumbent plant, found along salt marshes. 

 Stems branched, radiating, one to two feet long. Leaves pale 

 milky-green, rather fleshy, one to two inches long, quarter of 

 an inch wide; narrow, lanceolate, entire, not stalked. Flowers 

 minute, one-sixth of an inch, white with yellow throat, chang- 

 ing to purple. Twin spikes of flowers elongating in fruit three 

 to four inches curve over in opposite directions dotted full 

 length after, with small seed pods. Ma}- to October. Com- 

 mon. Annual. 



Tournefortia Gnaphaloides. R. Br. (sea lavender.) A 

 seaside shrub among rocks, three to four feet high, with gnarl- 

 ed, twisted and contorted trunk. Branches naked, leaves of a 

 sage-green crowded at end of branches, tw^o to three inches 

 long, one-third of an inch wide, wnth a white silky down, giv- 

 ing lirary appearance, blunt, very fleshy. Branches scarred 

 where previous leaves have fallen. Flowers half an inch across, 

 crowded, whitish-pink. Common along South shore. April to 

 August. 



Ivithcspurnum Distichum. Arteg. (gromwell.) Quoted by 

 Lefroy as a "native seaside plant," but no description. 

 Omitted by Reade. 



Cordia Sebestana, or Sebestiana. Ivinn. (scarlet cordia. ) 

 may be seen only as a large garden tree, known by its tubular 

 scarlet flowers and bright green fleshy ovate leaves. It is 

 limited in numbers, there not being many in the island shrub- 

 berries. Sparingly flowering all the year round. 



Natural Order, Hydrophyllaceae. 



Nama Jamaicensis. Linn. (nama. ) A plant with prostrate 

 stem, eight to ten inches long, radiating from the root. Leaves 

 reversely ovate, one to two inches long. Flowers with short 

 stalks, solitary or in pairs, tubular, bluish-white. Rare, al- 

 though Reade says a frequent garden weed. Summer months. 

 Annual. 



