26 CAPTAIN TUCKEY’S NARRATIVE. 
Jatropha curcas, probably first brought here for its seeds, 
which afford a good oil, forms thickets in the vallies and on 
the sides of the hills; the Anona tripetala is also common 
in the same wild state, and in similar situations. ‘The Justicia 
malabarica covers all the fields and bottoms of the vallies. 
The Argemone meaicana is dispersed in every direction; and 
the Cassia occrdentalis is scattered amongst the rocks round 
Porto Praya. ‘Three species of Sida, the canariensis beng 
most abundant (and even more so than in the Canaries) 
and one species of Malva, also very prevalent, are probably 
from America. 
‘* The principal indigenous plants in the lower region, are 
a species of Mimosa, which [have named glandulosa; a Con- 
volvolus, which is doubtful, and may also be American ; 
a Zizyphus resembling the vu/garis. Spermacoce verticilata, 
said to be common in the West Indies and Africa: Momor- 
dica senegalensis, and Cardiospermum hirsutum, both of Sene- 
gal, and Lotus jacobeus. In the hilly region some indige- 
nous plants cover large tracts, resembling, by this character 
of aggregation in one place, the vegetation of temperate 
climates. A new species of Pennisetum covers all the hills, 
having no other resemblance to tropical grasses, than its 
height and ramified stems. Among the many Canarian 
plants, I looked long for the family of Euphorbia, so preva- 
