36 PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



stem three to four feet liigli, round at base, striate, polished ; leaves 

 tri-pinnately divided into many fine capillary segments, ultimate 

 divisions short, almost whorled/bifid or trifid : petioles round, fur- 

 rowed ; umbels large, terminal, many-rayed, bracts and bracteoles 

 none ; fruit one -eighth of an inch long ; carpels with five equal 

 j)rominent ridges. Di.^tribution, England, &c. ; habitat, roadsides, 

 common, very fetid. Flowers yellow; May to September. 



The Common Ivy [Hedcm helix), which is closely allied to the fore- 

 going order, is occasionally met with, creeping over old walls, trees, 

 »fcc. It differs chiefly from UmheW.fi- ne in having a live -celled ovary. 

 Cedar Avenue, Pembroke Church and other places. 



Division II. — Monopetalj^. 



Flowers with both cal3'^x and corolla, the latter consisting of united 

 petals, to the sides of which the stamens are attached. 



Nat : Ord : 34 CaprifoUacv.c. 



Shrubs or small trees, leaves opposite, simple or pinnate, without 

 stipules ; flowers usually in cymes ; calyx superior, with a small 

 five-cleft limb ; corolla four to five lobed ; fitamons inserted on 

 corolla, four to live or twice that number ; ovary one to three -celled ; 

 fruit a fleshy berry or drupe, one or many seeded. 



All the representatives of this order in Bermuda arc introdaced 

 and cultivated shrubs. The Laurci^tine ( Vibarmcm Tinaa), a com^jact 

 little evergreen, with clusters of white flowers, may be seen adorning 

 shrubberies; and less frequently tlie Snowbcrry [CJnococca racemosa), 

 with its clusters of snow-v/hite berries. 



The Elder {Sambiwm nigra) is not uncommon, but does not usually 

 produce fruit, although I have seen it do so occasionally. 



Two species of Honeysuckle, Caprlfoliu,ii sempervirens and Lonicem 

 Japonica, are trained along verandahs, for which their evergreen 

 leaves and the exquisite sweetness of their flowers render tlieni very 

 suitable. In the former sjiecies tlie ujiper pairs of leaves are united 

 at the base, so that the stem appears to grow through them ; in the 

 latter the leaves are all distinct. 



Nat : Ord : 35 liuhiace(C: 



Herbs, shrubs or trees with entire, whorled leaves or opposite 

 pairs of leaves with intervening stipules ; calyx superior, four to six 

 toothed ; corolla four to six lobed, bearing an equal number of sta- 

 mens, alternate witli its lobes ; ovary inferior, usually two -celled ; 

 style simple or bifid ; fruit usually two-celled, two or many seeded. 



This large and useful order is but poorly represented in these 

 Islands, the wild plants being only worthlcs.s weeds of little beauty, 

 and the cultivated ones being confined to a few ornamental shrubs, 

 with the solitary exception of the Colfee tree 'Cafcca Arabiea), which 

 lias been jjlanted aroimd Walsingham and other , caves where it 

 appears to thrive well, but is grown only as a curiosity. The Colfee 

 is a medium- sized tree, -with oblong, shining leaves, and axillary 

 clusters of white flowers of characteristic odour. 



