PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 5 



lobed, toothed. Capsule globose, smooth. Distribution universal. 

 A weed in waste ground, and also cultivated for its medicinal prop- 

 erties, the petals fermented in syrup being much used by colonists 

 for chest affections. Flowers large, variable in tint, pale purple 

 and pink ; August. 



jV. 0. '1 Fu)nariacc(C . 



Annual herbs, with a watery juice and much divided loaves. 

 Flowers in racemes. Sej^als two, deciduous ; petals four, irregular, 

 two inner united at their tips, inclosing the stamens ; stamens six, 

 in two bundles ; ovary one-celled ; styles slender, stigma entire. 

 Fruit one-seeded ; indehiscent globose. 



1. F. utjy((ria. Jfilten (Fumitory). A slender, much -branched 

 annual ; steins intermingled two feet or more in length, clmibing 

 by the twisting petioles. Leaves irregularly bi-pinnate, segments 

 flat. Flowers quarter inch long in loose racemes. Sepals two- 

 toothed below, one-third as long and nearly as broad as the corcjlla 

 tube. Fruit nearly round, rough when dry, with two shalLns' pits 

 at the top. Distribution, Europe ; habitat hedges, common. 

 Flowers pink tipped with purple. Ihc J/oirers appear to be stii'dler 

 and the stems and leaves more delicate than in the British sjjecies. De- 

 cember to June. 



2. F. densi flora B.C. (Fumitory). A delicate, diffuse annual, 

 with branched, smooth stems. Leaves bi-j)innate, segments small 

 and narrow. Racemes short, few-flowered, elongated in fruit. 

 Sepals two, broadly ovate, sharply toothed, half as long as the 

 CDrolla tube and wider than it. Fruit round, rough when cUy, 

 with two shallow pits at the top. Distribution almost universal ; 

 habitat waysides and cultivated ground. Flowers pale purple, 

 darker at the tips. November to March. 



A^. 0. 5 Cruciferce. 



Herbaceous plants. Leaves simple, alternate without stipules. 

 Sepals four ; petals four, placed crosswise ; stamens six, four longer 

 in pairs and two shorter solitary arising from a glandular disc. 

 Ovary superior, one or two celled stigma, two-lobed. Fruit usually 

 a long or a short two-celled, two-valved pod. Valves deciduous, 

 leaving the seeds attached to the central partition ; sometimes 

 transversely jointed into one -seeded divisions. 



This order furnishes a large number of useful vegetables, many 

 of which are cultivated in Bermuda, such as the different varieties 

 of cabbage, kohl-rabi, turnip, radish, cress, &c. Watex-cress fXas- 

 turtium ojUcinrileJ has been grown in tanks at Mount Langton and 

 other places. Ornamental jjlants are represented in gardens by 

 the Wallflower (Cheiranthas eheirij, tlie (Jand3^-tuft fiberis violacece 

 and /. amaru), and the Virginian Stock (Malcumia MaritimaJ . 



A. Pod two-celled, much longer than broad opening throughont its 

 length, not compressed at right angles to its divisions. 



