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Gakdenia floeida, Z). (7. '' Cape Jasmine." Hab. China. 



G. FOETUNII. 

 G. NITIDA. 



EoNDELETiA ODORATA, Jacq. Hab. Cuba. 



Rhachicallis rupestris, Z). (7. (Hedyotis americana, Jacq. — 

 H. rupestris, Sw. — Buchnera, Sw,) Hab. W. Indies. 



Cephalanthus occidentalis, B. Q. << Button wood." Hab. 

 S. States. In marshes. The bark and leaves are used for tan- 

 ning. Among the old acts of the Bermudian Parliament is one 

 passed in the year 1704 for the protection of the Button-wood 

 which must then have been highly prized. The penalty for 

 destroying button wood was fixed at twenty shillings for each 

 offence, '' or the value thereof in good tobacco of the islands." 



Chiococca racemosa, Jacq, ** Blolly Snowberry." Road side, 

 near Tucker's Town. 



IXORA JAVANICA. 



I. flammea, D. C. (I. stricta JRoxb, — I. speciosa, Willd,) 



I. AMBOYENSIS. 



I. ACUMINATA, D. G. The Ixoras are natives of tropical Asia. 



CoFFEA ARABiCA, L, (C. guianensis, Sieb.) ''Coffee." Hab. 

 Eastern tropical Africa. Grows wild about Walsingham and 

 different parts of the Islands. No attention is paid to its culti- 

 vation . 



BORRERA ? 



Valantia muralis, D. 0. Hab. S. Europe. 

 Yangueria edulis, D. C. Hab. East Indies. 



COMPOSITE. 



Eupatorium foeniculaceum, Willd, «'Dog fennel." Waste 

 ground which has been cultivated. A common weed. 



Aster tripolium. Hab. Britain. Road sides, common. Fl. 

 April. 



Erigeron philadelphicum, jL. (E. purpureum, Ait,) Flea- 

 bane." Hab. N. America. 



SoLiDAGO ? Low ground. 



Baccharis ? n. sp. Pembroke Marshes. 



Ambrosia heterophylla, D, C Hab. N. America. 



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