so PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



tute of both calyx and corolla ; male cylindrical, stamens four to 

 six ; female ovoid, ovaries one -celled with several scales at the 

 base, stigmas two ; drupe one-seeded, covered with wax. 



I. MYRICA. 



1. M. cerifera (Bayberry). An erect, bushy shrub, three to six 

 feet high, with many rough leafy branches ; leaves dry and with- 

 ered-looking, brownish beneath with minute dots, oblong, wedge- 

 shaped, gradually narrowing to the short petiole, entire or with a 

 few teeth towards the acute point, two to three inches long and 

 one-half to three-quarters of an inch wide ; berries, in dense clus- 

 ters, half the size of a pea, granular and ooated with white fragrant 

 wax, which is used in the United States for making candles. Habi- 

 tat, Devonshire marshes, Hamilton to Prospect, very common, but 

 suffers from blight. Catkins brown ; May to July. 



Nat : Ord : 64. Piperacece. 



Herbs with jointed stems and opposite or alternate leaves, stipules 

 none ; flowers perfect in spikes, calyx and corolla absent, but each 

 flower arising from the axil of a bract or scale, stamens two, ovary 

 one-celled, forming a one-seeded berry, stigma minute. 



1. P. ohtusifolia (Wild Pepper). A smooth, fleshy, perennial 

 plant ; stems prostrate, ascending at the flowering ends ; leaves 

 alternate, fleshy, shining, broadly obovate, tapering into the chan- 

 nelled petiole, two and a half inches long and one and a half inches 

 broad ; spikes in pairs or threes, three to five inches long, curved. 

 Distribution, West Indies ; habitat, woods near all caves, common. 

 Spikes green. 



Class II. — Monocotyledons. 



Stem with the woody fibre mingled with the pith, bark not sepa- 

 rable; leaves usually sheathing at the base, the veins parallel; 

 divisions of the flower [perianth) three or six in one or two whorls ; 

 embryo with only one seed-leaf. 



Nat : Ord : 65. Talmacee. 



Trees or shrubs with simple unbranched stems; leaves large, 

 usually in terminal clusters; flowers unisexual, arranged on a 

 branched fleshy stem (spadix), usually enveloped in a large mem- 

 branous sheath (spathe) ; perianth in two whorls, each consisting 

 of three scaly leaves ; stamens six ; ovary usually three-celled : 

 fruit one to three seeded, hard or fleshy. 



Although a large number of Palms have, at various times, been 

 introduced into Bermuda, only one species appears to be indigenous ; 

 of the former the Cabbage Palm {Oreodoxa oleracea), formerly called 

 Areca oleracca, is certainly the most handsome. The splendid trees 



