38 PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



stalks, supported by a whorl of four leafy bracts ; corolla wheel- 

 shaped, four-lobed ; stamens four ; st3des two ; stigmas globose ; 

 1)erry black, divided into twin one-seeded divisions. Distribution, 

 West Indies ; habitat, a weed frequent by waysides and on barren 

 liilLs. Flowers yellow ; June to August. 



Some time since I collected another species of Galium, probably 

 G. pah(stn\ in Pembroke Marshes, but it was not in flower and I have 

 not met with it since. 



IV. SHERAllDIA. 



Kerbs resembling Galium, hut calyx- four -toothed ; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 with a slender tube. 



1. S. arvensis (Field Madder). An annual, prostrate, hispid i)lant ; 

 stems a foot in length ; leaves half -inch long, four to six in a whorl, 

 oblong-lanceolate, pointed ; coroUa-tubo slender ; limb four-lobed ; 

 stamens four ; fruit minute, dry, crowned with the calyx-teeth and 

 separating into twin seed-like divisions. Distribution^ Pritain ; 

 habitat, waysides, Saltkettle. Flowers pink ; May. 



Nat : Ord : 36 Valeria nacew. 



A small order of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves, no sti- 

 pules and small irregular flowers ; calyx superior ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, frcqucntl}'' Avith a spur at the base ; lobes three to five 

 imbricate ; stamens one to three, arising from base of corolla ; ovary 

 inferior, three -celled, two empty, one containing solitary ovule ; 

 fruit small, indehiscent. 



Centranthas raher (called >Sugar Plums in Bermuda) is common in 

 flower*gardens ; it is a smooth, erect plant, two feet high, with fleshy, 

 sub -entire leaves, two to three inches long, and dense, terminal cymes 

 of red flowers, the corolla has a slender spur at the base, a solitary 

 stamen, slender style and capitate stigma. 



Among some dried plants collected by Governor Lcfroy I And 

 two specimens of Lamb's lettuce {ValcriancUa olitoria), marked St. 

 David's. Unfortunately I have been unable to And it grownig on my 

 hasty trips to that Island. It is a small annual, with forked branches, 

 in the axils of which the dense cymeS of small lilac flowers are 

 collected ; the leaves are one to two inches long, nearly entire, and 

 are said to be excellent as a salad. 



Xat : Ord : 37 Compositce. 



Herbs or shrubs with opposite or alternate leaves, usually simple, 

 sometimes divided, without stipules ; flowers, called florets, crowded 

 in dense heads i;pon a flattened receptacle and surrounded with 

 a calyx-like involucre consisting of many bracts ; calyx superior, 

 adhering to the ovary, the limb absent or consisting of hairs or 

 featliers and called a pappus ; corolla superior, either tubular or 

 split open and strap- shaped (ligulate) ; stamens five, anthers 

 cohering into a tube, sometimes tailed at base; ovary one -celled, 

 one-seeded; style simple; stigmas two; fruit small, seed-like^ 

 crowned with the pappus— the latter is usually light and feathery, 



