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Fumitory (Fiiraaria Agraria)— A slender, 

 delicately foliaged plant, with intertwined or 

 intermingled stems. Flow«^rs pink-tipped 

 with purple in loose racemes. Common along 

 fences or the south side of walls. Another 

 species (F. Densiflora) with pale purple flow- 

 ers, dark at the tips, and with very delicate 

 foliage almost resembling lace, is abundant 

 in the same localities. 



Alyssum [A. Maritimum]— Slightly hairy, 

 one to two feet high, with hoary leaves is 

 found on roadsides near the sea, flowers 

 small, white and sweetly odorous. 



Silene [S. Gallica]— A hairy, viscid plant, 

 branched, one to two feet high, flowers white, 

 petals flne, nearly entire and furnished with 

 small scales. Found along the South Shore, 

 but not very abundant, 



Cerastium [C. Viscosum]— A hairy plant, 

 with erect branched stem four to six inches 

 high. Flowers white. 



Sandwort [Arenaria Serpyllifolia]— Stem six 

 inches high, branched and covered with soft 

 recurved hairs. Flowers white, very minute. 

 Found along old walls and roadsides. 



Pearlwort, (Sagina apetala) grows in grass- 

 like tufts. Stems numerous and wiry. 

 Leaves very narrow, and flower stalks hair- 

 like. Flowers greenish white. A roadside 

 weed. 



Flax [Linum usitatissimum]— Stem eighteen 

 inches, branched above, flowers purple and 

 numerous. Found everywhere. 



Hibiscus [H. Mutabilis]— A shrub or small 

 tree ten to fifteen feet high. Flower stalks 

 long with large red blossoms, mostly seen in 

 gardens or neglected waste grounds. One of 

 the most showy shrubs on the island. 



Wireweed [Sida Carpinifolia] - A small shrub 



