266 JONES ON THE VEGETATION OF THE BERMUDAS. 



to eclipse the Bermudians in this profitable trade, wHch gradu- 

 ally declined in the islands, and has never been attempted since. 

 In the year 1670 one ship received as part of her cargo for 

 England, 250,000 lbs. It is stated, with what truth we know 

 not, that tobacco plants are sure to spring up where old stone 

 walls are taken down. 

 Petunia ? Varieties cultivated. 



SCEOPHULAKIACE^. 

 BuDDLEJA Americana, L. (B. occidentalis, B. P.) *' SnufF- 

 plant. Hab. Western part of America, California to Peru. 

 The odor of this shrub is very powerful and unpleasant, and it 

 should never be allowed to grow in any quantity by the public 

 roadside, as it is in Paget parish near the *' Head of the Lane." 

 Fl. Jan. 



B. MADAGASCARIENSIS, 6r. Dofl. 



Verbascum THAPSus, X. <« Dock-lcavcs." Hab. Europe. The 

 common mullein adds not a little to the scenic effect of the flora 

 of the Bermudas ; for where such a paucity of wild flowers ex- 

 ists, its noble spike of yellow bloom rising full five feet high in 

 good ground, presents a peculiarly pleasing eflfect, and recalls 

 home scenes in days gone by, while rambling amid the sunny 

 glades of old England. The woolly leaves are used by cotta- 

 gers for cleaning plates and dishes. 



LiNARiA VULGARIS, MUL Hab. Europe. Very common in gar- 

 dens and waste land which has been cultivated. It is much 

 smaller than the northern form. 



Antirrhinum ? Varieties cultivated. 



Veronica salicifolia. 



Capraria biflora, L. Hab. Tropical Africa and America, 



KusSELLiA JUNCEA, ^0^. i?e^. ** Heath." Hab. Mexico. 



Maurandia Barclayana, G. Don. 



M. semperflorens, G. Don, 



M. — ? 



