THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. Bis 
Dieffenbachia Seguine, Schott. Dumb cane. 2 
Introduced at Mount Langton from the West Indies in 1874, It quite 
established itself. 
Anthurium cordifolium, Kth. 
The same remark. 
Philodendron lacerum, Schott. 
The same remark. 
Colocasia esculenta, Schott. Eddoe. 
Cultivated and eaten by the colored natives to a small extent- 
Caladium. Bleeding heart. 
Many ornamental varieties, such as C. maculatum, Todd; C. bicolor, 
Vent.; C. chantini, Linn.; C. argyritee, Lank, &c., were cultivated in the 
conservatory, Mount Langton, and plants are not uncommon in the 
island. 
Lemna minor, Linn. Duck weed. 
L. trisulca, Linn. 
Amorphophallus. Snake plant. 
The local name is suggested by the mottled appearance of the tall 
stem, like the skin of a snake. Individuals are occasionally brought 
up from the West Indies, but it is a plant of Indian origin. 
XII.—TYPHACEZ. 
Typha angustifolia, Linn. Catstail. 
Native of West Indies, and as T. latifolia var. of Florida. 
XITIT.—LILIACE 2. 
Asparagus officinalis, Linn, Asparagus. 
The writer imported about 500 roots in 1872. They produced very 
slender shoots, and died out in a year or two. 
A. Natalensis, Hort. 
This pretty plant was received from Trinidad in 1875, and did well. 
Allium Cepa, Linn. Onion. 
One of the staple products of Bermuda, for which soil and climate 
seem alike adapted. They were planted by the first settlers in 1616, 
and at that time probably perpetuated by seed allowed to ripen for the 
