34 THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 
anaritime shrub, with fleshy leaves, some glossy and of a bright green, 
some hoary and gray. They do not mark different varieties, being often 
ound on the same plant. Flowers in April and May. (B. frutescens, 
an Lane’s list.) 
Baccharis hetorophylla, H. B. Dogbush. 
Native; abundant in Pembroke Marsh, where it flowers a little before 
‘Christmas. The @ flowers are a few days later than the é. (B. hali- 
anifolia in Lane’s list.) A name given by the Greeks to an aromatic 
plant dedicated to Bacchus. 
Solidago virgata, Michx. Golden-rod. 
A coarse weed, very common, flowering in autumn. An American . 
Species. 
a. sempervirens, Linn. 
S. Mexicana, H. B. : 
These species, in the Southern States, affect swamps and salt marshes, 
but in Bermuda are met with on high ground; for example, on the 
attery hill, Mount Langton. Name from solidare, to unite, Lat., from ~ 
supposed healing properties. 
Hrigeron Canadensis, Linn. Fleabane. 
Common to the American States and the West Indies. 
E. linifolius, Willd. (Conyza ambigua, DC.) 
HH. Philadelphicus, Linn. 
LE. quercifolis, Lam. 
Hi. bonariensis, Linn. (Conyza albida, Willd.) 
_E., sp. not identified. 
Stenactis anneca, Cass. (Hrigeron annuum, Linn.) 
Aster trifolium, Linn. 
Artemisia tenuifolia, Willd. Wild wormwood; Cape weed; Godet’s weed; 
French fennel. 
A weed in cultivated ground. Brought to Bermuda from Cape Fran- 
cois, in San Domingo, in packages of gin flasks, about the end of the 
