26S JONES ON THE VEGETATION OF THE BERMUDAS. 



Lantana odorata, L. (L. recta, Ait. — L. peduncularis, Anders.) 

 Hab. West Indies and Central America. This shrub also 

 grows on the Galapagos Islands. It forms the principal under- 

 wood of the Bermudas, clothing every spot of waste ground, for 

 wherever the land remains uncultivated, or more particularly 

 where the cedar groves are not properly cleared, this shrub is 

 sure to spring up and increase rapidly. It has no beauty to 

 recommend it, and its brittle stems are of little use save for fuel 

 and placing as supports for the tomato vines to run over ; a pro- 

 cess very commonly resorted to by the farmers of the present 

 day ; but one only commendable for the service it renders towards 

 annihilating this worthless form. The leaves are said to be a 

 febrifuge in yellow fever cases ; tea made from them, when 

 taken hot, promoting perspiration in a high degree. 



L. Camara, Ij.? (L. aculeata, X.) "English Sage." " Ked 

 Sage-bush." Hab. North and South America ; Southern States 

 to Buenos Ayres. This species which a few years ago was 

 confined to a few localities, is now fast spreading over the 

 Islands. It grows much more luxuriantly in shady places, 

 particularly in cedar groves occupying rich ground. In such 

 places it will run up among the branches of the cedars to the 

 height of 20 or 30 feet. On the eastern and western sides of 

 Prospect Hill it forms dense thickets. 



'CiTHAREXQYLUM QUADRANGULARE, Jacq. (C. Caudatum, Sw, 



C. coriaceum, Z^esf.) "Fiddle-wood." Hab. West Indies and 

 Central America. It would be well for the scenery of the Ber- 

 mudas if this tree was more generally grown, for when mingled 

 with the all-prevailing cedar it helps to render the landscape less 

 monotonous. But slight difference exists between this form and 

 C. cinereum, L, 



DuRANTA Plumieri, Jacq. (D. EUisia, t/acg.-^Ellisia acuta, L.) 

 Hab. West Indies and tropical America. 



Petr^a arborea, Kih. Hab. W. Indies and tropical America. 



Clerodendron capitatum. 



AviCENNiA nitida, Jacq. " Black Mangrove." Hab. Tropical 

 Africa and America. 



