88 THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 
LXIX.—OLEACEZ. 
Olea Europea, Linn. Olive. 
‘We haue oliues grow with us, but no great store.” Such is the evidence 
of nearly the first writer on Bermuda, in 1612. It appears sufficient to 
prove that the tree was then naturalized, probably from seeds sown by 
the crews of Spanish vessels visiting the islands or wrecked on them in 
the sixteenth century. It is mentioned by Smith, 1624, and in 1661 the 
Bermuda Company ordered them to be planted on every shore; some of 
those trees are still standing. The fruit is very scanty and not put to 
any use. 
Forestiera porulosa, Poir. 
A bushy tree found in the Walsingham tract; there are specimens 
south of the road leading to the Causeway. It flowers in December, 
and the fruit may be found in March. Flowers, which are minute, are 
polygamous, in short, axillary, amentaceous racemes. ° 
Ligustrum vulgare, Linn. Privet. 
From an old stock found among the roots of a Ficus elastica at Mount 
Langton. <A great number of plants were raised by cuttings and set 
out in fences as a rival to the oleander, but the plant did not come to 
any value. Flowers in February. 
LXX.—APOCYNE. 
Allamanda Schottii, Pohl. 
Only grown under glass at Mount Langton in 1876, but appears quite 
suited to bear the open air in sheltered situations. 
Thevetta neriifolia, Juss. French trumpet flower. (Cebera thevetia, 
Linn.) 
Naturalized, and not uncommon. 
Vinca rosea, Linn. Red periwinkle. 
Naturalized from West Indies. Common in gardens. V. rosea, var. 
alba is met with less frequently. 
Plumieria rubra, Linn. Frangipani. 
Trees of large size are found in many old gardens, and are very orna- 
mental. They lose their leaves in winter, and flower before the new 
leaf in May. Originally from tropical America. | 
Nerium Oleander, Linn.. Oleander; formerly called South Sea rose. 
This beautiful plant, which from May to September is the greatest or- 
