322 THE ATLANTIC. [ CHAP. IV. 
given to the undergrowth by the prickly pear, the Mexican yel- 
low poppy (Argemone Mexicana), the scarlet sage (Lantana 
coccinea), and the wild ipecacuanha (Asclepias curassavica), the 
food of the caterpillar of the finest Bermudian butterfly (Da- 
nais archippus); but nettles, chick-weed, sow -thistles, rapes, 
clovers, and other cosmopolitan weeds, hold their accustomed 
place. 
Aolian Rocks, Bermudas. 
