THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 77 
P. cerulea? Linn. 
Wild Passion flower, with 5-lobed leaves, not serrated; the glands 
more distant from the leaf; appears to flower more rarely. There is said 
to be another very small wild species, undetermined. 
P. edulis? Linn. 
A white-flowering species at Mount Langton, introduced from Madeira; 
bears an oval and quite uneatable berry of very strong taste, nearly as 
large as an egg. 
P. princeps, Todd. 
This lovely crimson species flowered with great luxuriance under glass 
at Mount Langton; introduced from England 1874. 
Tacsonia mollissima, H. B., and T. Van Voxemiti, Funk, were tried un- 
successfully at Mount Langton. 
XLIX.—CUCURBITACE A. 
Sicyos angulatus, Linn. Wild Bryone. 
An American species of chance introduction; found about the Church 
Cave, Paynter’s Vale. 
Cucumis sativus, Linn. Cucumber. 
C. Melo, Linn. Melon. 
Cucurbita moschata, Linn., Musk melon, Citrullus vulgaris or Cucur- 
bita Citrullus, Linn., Water melon, are cultivated in many varieties and 
plentiful in the early autumn months; also Cucurbita Pepo, Linn., Pump- 
kin; C. Melopepo, Linn., Squash; C. maxima, Gourd. 
L.—BEGONIACE. 
Begonia fuchsioides, Hook. 
Common in gardens. 
B. hydrocotylifolia, Grah. 
B: Rex, Pritz. 
B. ulmifolia, Willd. 
Are all to be found in gardens pretty commonly. 
LI.—CAcTE&. 
Melocactus communis, DC. Turk’s cap. 
Common in gardens; probably brought from the Turk’s Islands in the 
seventeenth century, when they were much frequented by Bermuda salt- 
rakers. From melo, melon and cactus. 
