102 THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 
finest in the island, and occasionally bears ‘‘ peers” (loc.) of nearly 2 lbs. 
weight. It is much infested by white cdccus. Flowers about March. 
The fruit is in season from August on to October, and sometimes later. 
Persea Indica, the venhatico of Madeira, was tried but failed. Thename 
Persea is applied by Greek writers to another tree. 
Laurus nobilis, Linn. Sweet bay tree. 
Found in gardens and old plantations. 
LL. Carolinianum ? Poir. 
A tree of considerable size by the roadside west of Paget Church. 
Flowers in April. 
XCII.—PROTEACEZ. 
Leucodendron argenteum, Br. Silver tree. 
Many young plants were raised from seed received from the Cape of 
Good Hope, but none lived beyond a few months. 
XCIII.—URTICACEA. 
Pilea serpyllifolia, Wedd. Lace plant, or Artillery plant. 
Common in gardens ; introduced. 
Behmeria cylindrica, Willd. False nettle. 
Native, and abundant in Pembroke marsh; may be recognized by a 
general resemblance to a large nettle, especially in the flower found in 
Florida. 
Urtica dioica, Linn. Common nettle. 
U. urens, Linn. Small stinging nettle. 
U. purpurascens, Nutt. . 
Distinguishable by the bold notches or saw-teeth on the leaves; all 
weeds; probably from Europe. The name is from uro, I burn, Lat. 
Parietaria debilis var. Floridana, Nutt. Pellitory. 
Found on the walls of the Public Garden, St. George’s. From paries, 
Lat., a wail. 
XCIV.—MORACE. 
Ficus Carica, Linn. Common fig. ° 
The wild fig is nearly exterminated in Bermuda, although a few trees 
may still befound among the rocks, chiefly in the Walsingham tract. It 
is a small purple variety, with very deep-cleft 7-lobed leaves. Figs 
are not among the fruits mentioned by Jourdan or Strachey in 1610. 
