650 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 
deciduous, roundish, usually cordate, about 2 inches long ; flowers 
appear in August. Its large fruit is very remarkable for its explo- 
sive power, when long dried. The sap is milky and poisonous. 
Native of the West Indies, south to Brazil. 
Black Walnut. (Juglans nigra L.) 
A few trees have been raised. Introduced from the United States. 
Cycad; Sago Palm. (Cycas revoluta Thunb.) 
Very common in gardens and borders. The largest seen had a 
trunk about seven feet high and over a foot in diameter, The plants 
are of separate sexes, and frequently only one sex is planted, so that 
seeds are not produced. Mr. G. W. West, of Shelly Bay, had asmall 
Figure 42.—Cyeads, Royal Palm, Palmetto, ete. Two cyecads (C. 
revoluta) stand in front of the royal palm. 
plantation of them, with both sexes together, and here they pro- 
duced an abundance of fertile fruit, like a nut, about an inch in 
diameter and covered with a red rind. 
Mr. West at one time shipped large numbers of the leaves to New 
York for decorative purposes. 
