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White Mangrove. (Laguncularia racemosa Gert.) 
A combretaceous shrub found also on the tropical shores of 
America and West Africa. Flowers small, in lateral and terminal 
spikes. Leaves opposite, smooth and fleshy. 
Sea Mulberry ; Button Tree; Zaragoza Mangrove. (Conocarpus 
erectus L.) 
Common on most of the shores. Also in the West Indies and 
Florida. A combretaceous shrub, with lanceolate, alternate leaves 
and angular branchlets ; flowers and fruit crowded in small heads ; 
flowers very small, greenish. (See ch. 26, d.) 
Mangrove. (Rhizophora mangle L.) 
Ficure 42. PLate LXXIV; Figure 1. Piatt LXVIIL; Ficure 2. 
The true Mangrove still grows luxuriantly in many of the salt 
swamps and in the upper parts of some inlets and coves, as at Hun- 
gry Bay, Mangrove Bay, ete. (See ch. 26, ¢.) 
Prickly Pears. (Opuntia vulgaris Mill.; O. tuna Mill.; O. pes-corvi 
Lec.; and O. ficus-indica Mill.) 
These four species of Opuntia are not easy to distinguish. Some 
have much longer spines than others; few and small in the last 
named; 4 or 5 stout ones in each cluster in QO. tuna. ‘They are 
abundant on the barren sea-side cliffs and small islands, as well as 
on the walls and cuts along the roadsides. 
Whether all these species were originally native is not known. 
Prickly Pears were used as fruits to a considerable extent by Somer’s 
party, and by the earliest settlers, in 1609 to 1616, before better 
fruits were introduced. The flowers of all are large and yellow ; 
the fruits reddish, at least on one side when ripe; pulp red. 
Sea Purslane. (Sesuvium portulacastrum L.) 
A common, native, succulent, sea-side plant, growing in moist 
places. It is found on most tropical coasts. Resembles purslane, 
but has small, rosy, apetalous flowers in September. The common 
Purslane also grows here by the sea-side. 
Ear Wort. (Ithachicallis rupestris DC.) 
Among rocks along the shores; a ragged-looking shrub, with 
small leaves, belonging to the Rubiacee. West Indian. It is the 
Vaillantia muralis of Lefroy. 
