64 THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 
Desmodium virgatum, Desv. (Hedysarum virgatum, Hamilt.) An herba- 
ceous plant; to be found along the South Shore road in Devonshire 
Parish. 
D. gyrens, Linn. 
Was grown at Mount Langton. 
Arachis hypogea, Linn. Peanut or Harthnut. 
Cultivated in a few gardens. Introduced from America. 
Cajanus Indicus, Spreng. Pigeon pea. 
Not uncommon, and occasionally eaten by the colored natives. In- 
troduced from the West Indies. 
Cytisus Laburnum, Linn. Laburnum. 
Plants were raised from seed in 1872, but did not thrive. 
Melilotus officinalis, Willd. Melilot. 
Very common in cultivated grounds; of little value. Cows will eat 
it, but the patches are left untouched if there is other food. 
Melilotus alba, Lam. 
M. parviflora, Desf. 
Trifolium pratense, Linn. Red clover. 
One of a great variety of fodder plants; tried extensively on low 
ground at Mount Langton, 1875~76, where it answered better than any 
other, aud might be cultivated to advantage in parts of Pembroke 
marsh. 
T. repens, Linn. White clover. 
Similarly tried; did not appear to answer so well as red clover. 
Robinia Pseudacacia, Linn. Common acacia; locust. 
Introduced from the United States; there are well grown trees at the 
public buildings, Hamilton. (f&. dubia, Fone.) 
Hedysarum Onobrychis. Saintfoin. 
Said to be occasionally grown; but the writer never met with rt. 
From Malta. 
Wistaria frutescens, Poir. Wistaria. 
A native of the Southern United States. Introduced at Mount Lang- 
ton, 1874, where it flowered in April, 1877, but the plants did not make 
healthy growth; the soil was, perhaps, too light and calcareous. 
