PLANTS OF BERMUDA. tl 



five-partite, inferior ; petals five, arising from base of calyx ; 

 stamens ten ; ovary consisting of five one-seeded carpels cohering 

 in a circle, from each of which a distinct style arises. 



I. SURIANA. 



1. •S'. maritima (8ea side Lavender). An erect, bushy shrub, two 

 to four feet high, with erect, pubescent, reddish branches ; leaves 

 crowded an inch long by quarter-inch wide, reversely lanceolate, 

 tapering to the sessile base, fieshy, covered with short whitish down ; 

 clusters about six-flowered ; calyx five-partite ; petals the length of 

 calyx ; stamens ten, of which half are abortive ; stj'-les five, length 

 of stamens. Distribution, Bahamas, Turks Islands ; habitat, rocky 

 shores, frequent. Flowers half-inch, yellow ; June to September. 



The natural arrangement of the above plant is doubtful ; it is 

 sometimes placed in Rutacese. 



Xat : Ord : 58. GhenopodiacecB. 



An order of weed-like herbs with alternate, usually simple leaves, 

 sometimes leafless ; stipules none ; calyx small, greenish or none ; 

 petals none ; stamens inserted in base of calyx and opposite to its 

 divisions ; styles usually two ; ovary one -celled, becoming a one- 

 seeded fruit, loosely enclosed in its membranous covering and 

 frequently in the persistent calyx. 



The Beet CBeta vulgarisj is a member of this order, and is largely 

 grown in Bermuda ; the crop, however, suffers much from the 

 ravages of caterpillars. The Bridal -wreath (BoussingauUia basseloidesj 

 is often seen in gardens ; it is a smooth creeping vine of rapid 

 growth, twining up trees or along verandahs and soon covering 

 arbours with a thick cloak of fleshy, ovate, cordate leaves, the 

 fragrant white flowers, which appear in profusion towards the end 

 of summer, are in long, slender racemes, six to eight inches in 

 length. It seldom produces seed, but is readily propagated by means 

 of adventitious roots. 



I. CHENOPODItJM. 



Ilowers regular ; cahjx Jive^parted^ persistent, hut not fleshy^ more or less 

 enclosing the fruit ; stamens Jive ; seeds brittle, polished. 



1. C. album (Pigweed). An erect annual, two to foiu* feet high ; 

 stems grooved, sparingly branched ; leaves one to three inches long 

 on slender petioles, rhomboid- ovate, more or less sinuate toothed, 

 wedge-shaped at the entire base, whitish with powdery scales, 

 upper leaves oblong, entire ; flowers in almost leafless panicles, 

 consisting of roundish clusters collected in spikes ; sepals keeled, 

 closing over the fruit ; seeds black, shinning ; stamens five. Dis- 

 tribution, Europe and North America ; habitat, waysides and culti- 

 vated ground. Flowers minute, green, mealy. 



2, C. murale. Annual ; stems branched, decumbent or ascending, 

 six to eighteen inches, grooved ; leaves petioled, smooth, bright 

 green, rhomboid- ovate, sharply and irregularly toothed except at 



