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lon^. Not very common, grows along hedges 

 and old walls. 



Dei^manfhus [D Virgatus]— A slender shrub, 

 four feet high, with twiggy smooth stems. 

 Flowers white, followed by a pod two inches 

 long, wide, flat, compressed and ten seeded. 

 Rare— Hungry Bay, Somerset. 



Ludicigi/i [L. Repens]— An aquatic plant, 

 with brittle stems, rooting at joints. Leaves 

 oval, one inch long, flowers green and yellow, 

 found on marshes, spreading sometimes on 

 to reclaimed land. 



'Ihorn Apple [Datura Stramonium] — A 

 branching plant, two to three feet high, 

 green stem, leaves six to nine inches long, 

 coarsely toothed, thorny at crenations. 

 Flowers white, followed by an erect seed head, 

 one to* two inches long, covered with stout 

 prickly spines, hence its name. It is of a 

 poisonous character, but the leaves are occa- 

 sionally smoked for lung alTections. Waste 

 places, and corners of cultivated ground 

 seem best adapted for its growth. Another 

 species [D. Tatula] with purple stem, and 

 bluish white flowers is abundant. A garden 

 species [D. Metel] with trumpet-shaped flow- 

 ers six inches long, often confounded with a 

 similar plant [Brugmansia Suaveolens] is 

 very showy and atti-active. 



Spiranthus [S. Tortilis]— Slender erect stem, 

 one to two feet high, leaves narrow, flowers 

 white in one row, spirally twisted, ending in 

 a terminal spike, two to three inches long. 

 Found in Pemb'oke marshes. Not very com- 

 mon. 



Poultry Grass [Commelyna Agrarla] — 

 Smooth prostrate stems much branched and 

 interwoven, several feet long, flowers brigh-t 

 blue, a most troublesome weed. Common 

 throughout the islands. 



