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(44) Syngenesia, Lactuca (?) perennial ; a curious plant, 2 to 3 feet 

 high, on moist rocks, rare. 



(45) Umbelliferae, allied to Daucus ; biennial ; fruit oblong, ciliated on 

 the angles, solid ; abundant in the valleys. 1 



(46) Ranunculus sp. ; perennial ; stem creeping ; leaves round, partly 

 divided; petiole long; corolla inferior, seeds yellow (six to ten), angles 

 beset with bristles ; a curious plant, on low moist ground. 2 



(47) Imperfect, plentiful on the old walls. 



(48) Campanula (?) ; leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate, serrate, 

 smooth above, slightly pubescent underneath ; flowers capitate, numerous, 

 white ; bractea linear ; suffruticose ; an exceedingly ornamental plant ; 

 a low plant, 2 feet high, in tufts on the highest peaks of the mountains. 3 



(49) Campanula (var. of 48), corolla striated with blue, like most of 

 this extensive and ornamental genus ; has its varieties ; this is a smaller 

 plant but by far excels it in beauty, in the same place with the former. 



(50) Imperfect, one of the largest trees on the island, 40 to 70 feet 

 high, 3 to 4 diameter ; wood white, hard, and takes a fine polish. 



(51) Gnaphalium, perennial ; leaves amplexicaul, lanceolate, woolly ; 

 flowers capitate, yellow ; stem glutinous ; abundant on dry elevated spots. 



(52) Gnaphalium sp. ; leaves oblong, woolly under ; stem slightly 

 pubescent ; in the same place with the former. 



(53) Rumex sp. ; perennial ; perhaps introduced ; plentiful in the 

 abandoned fields. 



(54) Gnaphalium, probably will agree with 52 ; in the same situation. 



(55) Ruta sp. ; perennial ; flowers yellow ; most likely introduced ; near 

 the abandoned fields. 4 



(56) Labiatae ; calyx persistent ; segments four 5 ; corolla long under-lip, 

 obtuse, bright blue ; stamens four, two abortive ; fruit small, pulpy, 

 globular, covered with a thin skin, violet-purple colour ; two-seeded, seeds 

 angular ; leaves opposite, ovate at the base, point acute, smooth, nearly 

 sessile ; stem spiny ; spines straight ; a tree 40 to 50 feet high, very 

 ornamental from the multiplicity of its azure drooping blossoms ; the 

 profusion of its fruit of the same colour, and flowering the greater part 

 of the season to all appearance, makes it the most graceful tree in the 

 valleys s where it abounds. 



(57) Lythrum sp. ; on the seashore, abundantly. 



(58) Mentha perennial ; introduced, in the abandoned fields. 



(59) Gramineae, in the mountain valleys, abundant. 



(60) Avena sp. (?) ; annual, 6 to 8 feet high, one of the most 

 abundant grasses in the valleys on the island ; seeds long, covered with 

 silky hairs ; I had some difficulty in procuring the few seeds, being the 

 food of a species of small blue pigeon that devours it before it is ripe. 



1 In another MS. : ' abundant on the hills.' 



2 In another MS. : ' on the summits of the hills.' 



3 In another MS. : ' 10 to 18 inches high, in dry light soils on the hills ; plentiful ; 

 a small portion of seed of this fine plant was had.' 



* In another MS. : ' abundant on the hills and valleys.' 

 s In another MS. : ' divided into five equal segments.' 



In another MS.: ' on the high hills, where it ia the only tree of great size.' 



