26 CAPTAIN TUCKEY S NARRATIVE. 



Jatropha curcas, probably first brought here for its seeds, 

 Avhich afford a good oil, forms thickets in the vallies and on 

 the sides of the hills ; the Anona tripetala is also common 

 in the same wild state, and in similar situations. The Justicia 

 makibarica covers all the fields and bottoms of the vallies. 

 Tlhe. Argemoi^e meaicana is dispersed in every direction; and 

 the Cassia occidentals is scatteretl amono-st the rocks round 

 Porto Praya. Three species of Sida, the canariensis being 

 most abundant (and even more so than in the Canaries) 

 and one species of Malva, also very prevalent, are probably 

 from America. 



" The principal indigenous plants in the lower region, are 

 a species of Mimosa, Avhich I have named glandulosa; a Con- 

 volvolus, which is doubtful, and may also be American ; 

 a Zizyphus resembling the vulgaris. Spermacoce verticilata^ 

 said to be common in the West Indies and Africa : Momor- 

 dica soiegalensis, and Cardiospcrniin/i hirsutum, both of Sene- 

 gal, and Lotus jacohans. In the hilly region some indige- 

 nous plants cover large tracts, resembling, by this character 

 of aggregation in one place, the vegetation of temperate 

 climates. A new species of Peimisetum covers all the hills, 

 having no other resemblance to tropical grasses, than its 

 height and ramified stems, xlmong the many Canarian 

 plants, I looked long for the family of Euphorbia, so preva- 



