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BEGONIACEiE. 



Begonia fuchsioides. 



B. HYDROCOTYL^FOLiA, HooTc. Hab. Brazil. 



B. REX. 



JUGLANDACE^. 



JuGL AN s NIGRA, X. <* Bkck Walnut." Hab. N. America. 



SALICACEiE. 

 Salix BABYLONicA, L. vav, Napoleana. Hab. Levant. 



S. ? 



PopULus ALBA, L, Hab. Europe. 



CONIFEKJE. 



JuNiPERUS BARBADENSis, L. (J. bermudiana. Lien.) Hab. West 

 Indies. [Combined by Endlicher witb J. virginiana, L., 

 which is quite distinct by having a short gland and no linear 

 furrow on the back of the leaves, and by the galbuli ovate- 

 obtusate. Note, Grisebach, W. I. Flora, p. 503.] The Ber- 

 mudian cedar has generally been considered as identical with, or 

 merely a variety of, the Virginian cedar, which form in its 

 several varieties is found throughout the eastern portion of the 

 North American continent. Grisebach's identification therefore 

 bears out our theory that these islands owe more to the current 

 of the Gulf Stream and the prevailing southerly winds for their 

 vegetation than other causes. A few drift seeds of this cedar 

 germinating, and the plants attaining maturity at any point of 

 the shore, judging from the extraordinary abundance of young 

 plants springing up annually on every spot of ground left uncul- 

 tivated, would soon over-run the group ; a circumstance only 

 too notorious at the present day. The attachment of the Ber- 

 mudians to this their only forest tree is great, so much so that 

 a large extent of the richest land upon the islands has from time 

 immemorial been devoted to the growth of cedar alone. The 

 more extended and profitable cultivation of vegetables for the 

 New York markets, a trade which is increasing rapidly every 

 year, will, however, soon tend to lessen the number of cedars. 



