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with long wiry root. A very troublesome 

 weed. Flowers half an inch, yellow. 



St. John's Wort [Hypericum Perforatum] 

 erect with stems two-edged. Flowers yellow. 

 Kare, and only found on waste ground. 



BalloonVine [Cardiosperuium Halicacabum] 

 — A delicate climbing plant b»»aring white 

 flowers and solitary seeds inflated, bladder- 

 like, and marked with a heart-shaped spot. 

 Not very common. 



Dodonea [D, Burmanniana] an erect branch- 

 ing shrub four to six feet high leaves gum- 

 my, large with long flower stalks. When not 

 in flower it closely resembles the oleander. 

 Flowers green. 



Mullein [Verbascum Thapsus] — Herb, with 

 densely woolly thick leaves from two to four 

 feet high Flowers golden yellow along and 

 close to the stalk. It is familiarly known as 

 " Devil's Tobacco," and the leaves are smoked 

 for asthma. Common. 



Goaiweed [Capraria Biflora]— A smooth leafy 

 shrub, two to four feet high, branches tough, 

 leaves fi'inged with hairs on the margin, 

 flowers in paiis, white. Common. 



HerpesHs [H. Monneira]— A smooth pros- 

 trate creeping plant, abundant especially in 

 damp soil. It forms such masses in its 

 growth as to kill all other vegetation where 

 it spreads. The flower is insigniflcant, whit« 

 with puiple throat, but very small head. 



Maurandia [M. Sempervirens] — A smooth 

 evergreen climber with long slender wiry 

 stems. Leaves triangular, flowers pale pur- 

 ple, one inch long, climbs over hedges and 

 thickets. Common along waysides. 



Fimr O'clock [Mirabilis Jalapa]— A smooth 

 plant with a tuberous root, with flowers in 

 terminal clusters of six or eight, shortly 



