KEY TO CLASSIFICATION. 



CLASS I. — Dicotyledones. 

 DIVISION I.— Polypetalae. 

 II.— Monopetalae. 

 III.— Apetalae. 

 NATURAL ORDER. RANUNCULACEAE. 

 Ranunculus Parveflorus. Linn. (buttercup.) This plant 

 with its yellow flowers needs no description. Common every- 

 where in dry ground. Annual. Spring months. 



Ranunculus Repens. Linn, (creeping buttercup.) Long 

 runners; otherwise siniilar to above. Common on roadsides. 

 Perennial. July to September. 



Ranunculus ^Muricatus, Linn. More abundant in damp, 

 moist ground than the preceding. Its stem is erect; leaves are 

 smoother, glossy and shining and of a light-green colour. 

 Annual. February to June. 

 The flowers are yellow. 



Natural Order, Magnoliaceae. 



Magnolia Grandiflora. Linn. A handsome tree with showy 

 flowers, kvhite and pink; leaves leathery, dark-green shining. 

 A large tree at Mr. Peniston's; two fine young trees in the Hon. 

 Sir. T. J, Wadson's garden on Cedar Avenue; also a fine speci- 

 men at the home of Mr. F. K. Outerbridge, at the foot of 

 Causeway Hill, Hamilton Parish; one at '*The Willows," the 

 home of Mr, Ephraim Moyter, Pembroke, and one at " Sum- 

 merside," Somerset, the home of Mr. Leicester Curtis. There 



^ are other specimens to be found in different parts of the colonv. 

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>-* t-. Summer months. 



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Liliodendron Tulipifera. Linn, (tulip tree, or white wood.) 

 5 '^ A tall showy tree wnth flowers pinkish- white, resembling some- 

 "• -J what a small tulip. A tree at Par la Ville, Hamilton; also one 

 - 2:' at Pembroke Hall. Early spring months. 

 ; ^ Natural Order, Anonaceae. 



» S The only trees or shrubs in Bermuda representing this order 

 c5 are West Indian fruit trees. Formerly they were cultivated to 

 a certain extent, and they have taken well to the island, but of 

 ^ late years they have been neglected. They are: — 

 ^ Anona Muricata. Linn, (soursop); A, squamosa. Linn. 



~* (sugar apple or sweetsop); a. cheramoia, Mills, (cherimoyer); 

 115 a. reticulata, Linn, (custard apple.) 



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