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curved near the base. Naturalized in most tropical countries, but 
said to have been native of Panama. 
Date Palm. (Phenix dactylifera L.) 
Cultivated in many grounds, but mostly as single trees. The 
trees are of different sexes, and as the two kinds are not often 
planted together, the fruit is seldom developed. Probably, also, the 
temperature is not, ordinarily, high enough to ripen the fruit well, 
for the date matures best in the hottest and driest climates. 
There is a good specimen of this palm by the side of the old 
Walsingham house. A large one in the public garden at St. George’s 
sometimes matures its fruit. Native of oriental countries but nat- 
uralized in the West Indies. 
Catechu Palm. (Areca catechu L.) Not common. Mt. Langton. 
Japanese Palm. (hapis flabelliformis L.) 
A small palm commonly cultivated in gardens. 
Several other palms are occasionally cultivated. 
Screw Pines. (Pandanus utilis Bory; P. Veitchi Hort.; P. ordora- 
tissimus LL.) 
These and other species are found in a few gardens. 
b6.—Principal Introduced Ornamental Shrubs ; Hedge Plants. 
The ornamental shrubs are very numerous and many are cultivated 
only in a few grounds. The following are those of most importance, 
aside from those that bear fruit. 
Galba. (Calopyllum calaba L., Jacq.) See p. 483. 
Not uncommon in hedges and borders. 
St. John’s Wort; St. Andrew’s Cross. (Ascyrum hypericoides L.= 
A. crux-andrec L. in Lefroy.) 
A low, straggling, tropical American shrub, 1 to 2 feet high, with 
small, blunt, subsessile, stipulate, and punctate leaves. Flowers yel- 
low, pedicelled; sepals 6; petals 4. Probably native; perhaps intro- 
duced. Pembroke Marsh and moist places elsewhere. 
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