THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 81 
There is an abundance of this plant at Mount Langton, where it was 
probably introduced at no distant date, and it grows in very poor soil, 
but it is scarcely met with elsewhere. There is no tradition as to its 
introduction. It is in flower in nearly every month. 
Sambucus nigra, Linn. Common elder. 
A few plants are met with on the islands; for example, on a cross 
road in Hamilton Parish. 
Benthamia fragifera, Lindl. 
At Mount Langton, where it did not appear to flourish, and did not 
flower. Originally from the East Indies. 
LVII.—RUBIACEA. 
Gardenia florida, Linn. Cape jasmine. 
In a few gardens. 
G. Fortunit. 
Introduced at Mount Langton, 1875, and likely to establish itself. 
G. nitida, Hook. 
The same remark. 
Randia aculeata, Linn. Box briar. 
An interesting example of local naturalization. This plant, from the 
West Indies, overspreads the hills in the parish of Warwick and part of 
Paget, and is unknown in the eastern parishes. Flowers in September. 
(ht. latifolia in Lane’s list.) 
Hoffmannia splendens, Benth., or Higginsia splendens, Hort. 
Originally from Mexico? Introduced at Mount Langton, from Bar- 
badoes, 1875, and readily established itself where screened from high 
wind. 
Rondeletia odorata, Jacq. 
Introduced from the Botanical Gardens, Trinidad, 1872, and estab- 
lished at Mount Langton. Flowers in July. 
Chiococca racemosa, Jacq. Snowberry; Blolly. 
Native, and common in the Walsingham tracts. Extremely fragrant 
and ornamental both in flower and fruit; deserves cultivation. It is a 
native of the West Indies, and flowers October to December. 
Ixora coccinea, Linn. 
Is frequently met with in gardens. 
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