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a bad weed, with angular stems one to three 

 feet long. Flowers greenish white. 



Seaside Lavender (Suriana Maritiinft) — An 

 erect, bushy shrub two to four feet high, with 

 reddibh branches, and leaves crowded, much 

 resembling the garden lavender. Flowers 

 small and yellow. Abundant on the rocky 

 South Shore, especially near the Natural 

 Arch. The natives use this plant medicinally 

 and have great faith in its curative pro- 

 perties. 



Samphire (Salicornia Ambigua) — A procum- 

 bent plant, creeping and rooting in the sand 

 and among rocks chielly on the South Shore, 

 very fleshy and juicy, and is eaten with 

 vinegar. Flowers very obscure and minute. 



Spurge (Euphorbia Buxifolia) — A small 

 milky-juiced plant, half shrubby, the juice 

 very acrid. Leaves a milky green, with green- 

 ish white tlower heads. Common on seashon\ 

 Another species (E. Maculata), prostrate with 

 reddish green ftow(T heads, is one of the com- 

 monest weeds. Another species, very alter- 

 native in appearance, known as Joseph's Coat, 

 (K Heterophylla) is remarkable for a d^ep red 

 blotch surrounding the terminal cluster of 

 llowers, they being of a reddish green. It 

 grows from two to three feet high, with an 

 erect stem and bright green leaves. The red 

 blotch surrounding the flower heads is easily 

 mistaken for a part of the flower itself. 



Bayberry (Myrica Cerifera)— An erect bushy 

 shrub thi-ee to four feet high, with rough, 

 leafy branches, the leaves presenting a dry 

 and withered appearance. Its flovkers are 

 brown catkins succeeded by berries in dense 

 clusters, somewhat smaller than a pea, coated 

 with white fragrant wax, which is used in 

 America for making candles. It grows in 



