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spreading teeth ; corolla-tube one inch long, slender, lobes ob- 

 long, spreading ; stamens slender, purple, the lower pair exceeding 

 corolla by an inch ; style still longer, terminating in a shortly-bifid 

 stigma ; berry globose. Distribution, West Indies ; habitat, woods 

 near caves and frequently cultivated as an ornamental hedge. 

 Flowers white, two-thirds of an inch in diameter; August and 

 September. 



VIII. AVICENNIA. 



Trees with leathery leaves and white Jloivers ; calyx bell-shaped, shortly 

 five-toothed; corolla nearly regular; tube short; lobes four, rotate; 

 stamens four, in nearly equal pairs; fruit leathery, onc'seeded, seed 

 germinating within the capsule. 



}. A. nitida (White Mangrove;. A tree fifteen to twenty feet 

 higli ; trunk and branches sending down secondary roots ; branch- 

 lets and under side of leaves covered with a dusty-whitish pubes- 

 cence ; leaves three inches long, leathery, oval or oblong, quite en- 

 tire, shortly petioled ; flowers in terminal clusters ; style and stamens 

 of equal length, stigma bifid ; capsule ovoid, compressed, pointed, 

 downy, supported by persistent calyx. Distribution, West Indies ; 

 habitat. Mangrove Swamps, of which it forms the greater part, in- 

 termixed with the true Slangrove, from which it is easily distin- 

 guished by its dusty-white appearance. Flowers white, one-third 

 of an inch, stamens black ; May to September. 



X Kat : Ord : 52. Aeanthacece. 



Herbs or shrubs with opposite, simple leaves, without stipules ; 

 flowers usually in imbricated heads, supported by bracts ; calyx 

 five-parted ; corolla tubular, limb five-lobed, usually two-lipped ; 

 stamens in two pairs of unequal length, one pair sometimes absent, 

 inserted in tube of corolla ; capsule two -celled, opening with elas- 

 ticity when mature, seeds supi^orted by hooks or cup-shaped pro- 

 cesses. 



This order is only represented in Bermuda by a few ornamental 

 plants. Thunbergia alata is a twining vine frequently seen in gar- 

 dens, ascending verandahs, &c. ; it has heart-shaped leaves, borne 

 on a winged petiole, its flowers are about an inch in diameter, of a 

 deep orange colour with purple veins, and are borne on axillary 

 stalks. Thunbergia fragrans is a Jasmine -like creeper with fragrant 

 white flowers. Several species of Justicia are cultivated in gardens ; 

 the flowers are two -lipped. One species, the Eed Justicia (J. lurida- 

 sangtiineaj, is frequently met with. 



j}{at : Ord ; 53. Bignoniacece. 



Shrubs or trees, erect or climbing, with opposite leaves, destitute 

 of stipules ; flowers showy, monopetalous, five- cleft, bilabiate or 

 nearly equal ; stamens four, in unequal pairs, usually with a fifth 

 rudimentary one ; ovary superior, two -celled; style simple, stigma 

 two-lobed ; fruit a one or two celled, many-seeded capsule, open- 

 ing by two valves. 



