368 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



Nicotiana tabacum. — Virginia Tobacco. In the wild 

 state by the roadsides. 



Virburnum tinus. — Lauristinus. 



Amaryllis equestris. — Red Lily of Bermuda. 



Amaryllis sarniensis. — Guernsey Lily. 



Amaryllis atamasco. — White Blossom, fragrant. 



Euphorbia laurocerasifolius. — Poison Weed, a handsome 

 Creeping Plant, climbing trees to the height of thirty feet 

 or more. 



Fiats elastica. — India Rubber Tree, grows in the low 

 ground near Government House Gardens, to the height of 

 twenty or twenty-five feet. 



There is a long trailing species of Convolvulus, common 

 on the sea shore, and known as the " Bay Bean," which 

 seems identical with IpoM<za maritima, the handsome 

 Pink or Purple Convolvulus of Eastern Australia, a single 

 stem of which will measure fifteen yards in length. If 

 my recollection be correct, the leaves of the Bermuda 

 plant are like those of the Laurel, and of a bright glossy 

 green. 



Nyctanthis. — Tournefortia, or Night-blowing Jasmine, of 

 powerful fragrance at night only. 



The Fuschia is frequently imported from New York, 

 but the climate appears to be unfavourable to this plant, 

 for, although it blossoms in the shade of a northern aspect, 

 it is never known to thrive ; a singular fact, considering 

 that it forms hedges in Madeira, the latitude of the two 

 islands being about the same. 



The English Wallflower, Lilac, and Lavender grow 

 freely, but refuse to blossom ; and yet the German stock, 

 when not destroyed by the aphis, blooms magnificently. 

 The Strawberry of England bears fruit sparingly, but the 

 Raspberry, Currant, and Gooseberry run entirely to wood, 

 producing no fruit. 



