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wf^ighfed with berries, the latter being 

 poisonous. They are about the size of a large 

 pea. 



Vervain (Stachytarpa Jamaicensis) — An 

 erect growing plant, one to two feet high, 

 bearing blue flowers on numerous branchlets, 

 leaves two to three inches long, common in 

 waste places, amid stone heaps and roadsides. 

 This plant is doubtless the originator of the 

 verbena. 



(}ipeweed (Lippia Nodiflora) — A smooth 

 proatrate plant, its trailing stems often root- 

 ing at the swollen joints, its flower heads 

 purplish white, and very common as a creep- 

 ing weed on neglected ground. 



S igebush (Lantana Grocea) — An erect, 

 but«hy shrub, very branching, stems angular, 

 covered all .the year with orange yellow blos- 

 soms, and a fragrant odour from both flower 

 and leaf prevails when rubbed. This is a 

 favourite hot house plant with floiists, being 

 a perpetual flowerer. It is found all along 

 the stone walls and stony ridges of the 

 islands. Another species, verj^ common (L. 

 Odorata) with small pale pink flowers and 

 much smaller leaves than the former is used 

 by old residents for cleaning cooking uten- 

 sils, a few branches boiled in a vessel remov- 

 ing any taint or unpleasant smell. 



Stiuf- Pl'int (Buddleja Americana)— A droop- 

 ing shrub six to ten feet high, much branched 

 with woolly foliage, under surface white with 

 woolly down. Flowers on a pendulous stem 

 mostly yellow, sometimes with a bluish red 

 tinge. It is not universally distributed, being 

 only met with here and thnre. It is one of 

 the most graceful shrubs on the islands. 



Smriu)peri(PolygonumConvolv()lus)— A twin- 

 ing vine found on waysides and waste ground. 



