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occasioually {e.y.^ Prospect), and were originally introduced with a 

 view to the rearing of silkworms. 



The India-rubber tree (Fkus elastica)^ which belongs to this 

 order, is not uncommon, and the splendid specimen at "Par le Ville" 

 is one of the sights of Hamilton. The Fig (Ficus caricaj is rarely 

 met with out of cultivation, but is frequently seen planted in shel- 

 tered situations. The Jack fruit (Artooarpus integrifoUaJ^ a variety 

 of the bread-fruit, and the Osage orange {Madura aiirantiaca), have 

 been introduced locally. 



Sub -order Ulmeae. — Trees with a watery juice and alternate leaves ; 

 flowers often perfect ; calyx five-parted^ bearing five erect stamens ; styles 

 two ; fruit a drupe. 



I. SPONIA. 



1. *S'. Lamarkiana. A rough, irregular shrub or small tree with 

 apreading branches ; leaves about an inch long, ovate -lanceolate, 

 serrate, equal at the base, rough above, hoary beneath ; flowers 

 small in nearly sessile, axillary clusters ; drupe minute. Distribu- 

 tion, Bahamas ; habitat, Walsingham and Paynters Vale. Flowers 

 inconspicuous ; June. 



The Nettle or Cherry tree (Geltis occidentalism may also be seen at 

 Walsingham and elsewhere ; it is an Elm-like tree, with slender 

 spreading branches and ovate, pointed, serrated leaves, which are 

 very oblique at the entire base, the fruit is dark red about the size 

 of a pea. 



The following trees, which belong to various Apetalous orders, 

 are also met with occasionally : — 



The Plane tree [Platanus occidentalis) . A few of these tall hand- 

 some trees are growing near Spanish Point; the leaves are five- 

 angled and sharply toothed, the flowers are destitute of both calyx 

 and corolla, and are gathered into dense rough heads or balls, which 

 remain suspended from the branches on long stalks. 



The Weeping Willow {Salix babalonica) was introduced in 1832 by 

 Lady Turner ; it may frequently be seen in moist situations. The 

 graceful, yet mournful, appearance of this tree, with its slender 

 drooping branches and leaves, is too well known to require minute 

 description. Hiimboldt's Willow {Salix Humboldtiana), a small 

 evergreen species, with erect branches, is occasionally met with in 

 shrubberies. 



The Wliite Poplar {Populus albus) is said to grow at Camden, and 

 the Black Oak {Quercus niyer) at Richmond. 



The Horse-tail tree, or South Sea Ironwood {Casuarina equiseti- 

 foUa), a tall leafless tree with slender jointed branchlets, is growing 

 in the garden of the Captain-in-charge, Ireland Island. 



Nat : Ord : 63. Myricacece. 



Fragrant shrubs with simple alternate leaves dotted beneath with 

 minute resinous glands ; flowers in small unisexual catkins, desti- 



