THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 91 
I. sagittifolia, Pursh. (Convolvulus sagittifolius, Michx.) 
Naturalized from America, but only found in a small marsh near 
Shelly Bay, where it is very abundant. 
I. sidifolia Schrad. | 
Naturalized from the West Indies at Clarence Hill, where it runs from 
tree to tree. 
Dichondra repens, Forst. 
A common creeping weed among grass. 
D. Carolinensis, Michx. 
A variety of the same. 
LXXVI.—BORAGINEZA. 
Cordia Sebestana, Linn. Scarlet cordia. 
Introduced from the West Indies; in a few gardens. 
Tournefortia gnaphalodes, R. Br. Sea lavender. 
Native, and common on the south shores; easily recognized by its 
thick heads of elongated hoary leaflets, and the scars on the branches, 
where preceding ones have fallen off; flowers white. 
T. laurifolia, Vent. 
At Mount Langton. 
Heliotropium Curassavicum, Linn. Sea turnsole. 
Native; found in salt marshes; may be recognized by the twin spikes 
of small flowers being gracefully curved over in opposite directions. 
The name is from helios, the sun; trepo, I turn, Gr.; the flowers being 
said always to turn to the sun. 
Heliotropium Peruvianum, Linn. ‘Cherry-pie.” 
This fragrant and favorite plant is by no means common, and would 
appear not at home in Bermuda. The luxuriant growth seen in Ma- 
deira is never met with there. 
Borago officinalis, Linn. Borage. 
Lnthospermum distichum, Orteg. Gromwell. 
A seaside plant; native. 
