S56 JONES — ON THE VEGETATION OF THE BERMUDAS. 



LYTHRAEIE^. 



Lytheum ? 



TAMARISCINE^. 



Tamarix gallica, JRcem et Schult, '* Spruce." Common on 

 the north shore near the Flatts. 



ONAGRAEIEiE. 



Fuchsia ? Hab. Mexico; Chili. The climate of the Bermu- 

 das appears to be unfavourable to the growth of the fuchsia, as 

 it will not blossom freely unless placed in a sheltered situation, 

 which is a singular fact, when we consider that in Madeira which 

 is in precisely the same latitude though far to the eastward, the 

 fuchsia grows in the wildest profusion. 



RHIZOPHORACEJE. 



Rhizophoea MANGLE, X. (R. racemosa, ikfey.) «« Mangrove." 

 Hab. Shores of the warmer regions of the globe. Perhaps the 

 most extensive mangrove swamp in the Bermudas is at Hungary 

 Bay, Devonshire Parish. On the opposite coast of N. America, 

 the mangrove does not occur farther north than the south of 

 Florida. 



COMBRETACE^. 



CoNOCARPUS erectus, L, Hab. Tropics of both hemispheres. 

 Called " Button-wood" in Jamaica. In mangrove swamps. 



C. RACEMOSUS. 



Terminalia catappa, L. Hab. Tropics of Asia and Africa. 

 '' Indian Almond-tree" of the West Indies. 



LAURACE^. 

 Persea gratissima, G. '' Avocada Pear" '' Alligator Pear." 

 Laurus NOBiLis. '* Bay-tree." 

 Oreodaphne ? 



CUCURBITACE^. 



Bryonia ? 



CucuMis sativus, D.G. ''Cucumber." Varieties cultivated. 



Hab. East Indies. 

 C. citrtjlltjs, D, O, '' Water Melon." Hab. Africa. 



