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(44) Syngenesia, Lactuca (?) perennial; a curious plant, 2 to 3 feet 

 kigh, on moist rocks, rare. 



(45) Umhelliferae, allied to Daucus ; biennial ; fruit oblong, ciliated on 

 the angles, solid ; abundant in tbe vaUeys."^ 



(46) Ranunculus sp. ; perennial ; stem creeping ; leaves round, partly 

 divided; petiole long; corolla inferior, seeds yellow (six to ten), angles 

 beset with, bristles ; a curious plant, on low moist ground,^ 



(47) Imperfect, plentiful on the old walls. 



(48) Campanula (?) ; leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate, serrate, 

 smooth above, slightly pubescent underneath ; flowers capitate, numerous,, 

 white ; bractea linear ; sufEruticose ; an exceedingly ornamental plant ; 

 a low plant, 2 feet high, in tufts on the highest peaks of the mountains.' 



(49) Campanula (var. of 48), corolla striated with blue, like most of 

 this extensive and ornamental genus ; has its varieties ; this is a smaller 

 plant but by far excels it in beauty, in the same place with the former. 



(50) Imperfect, one of the largest trees on the island.^ 40 to 70 feet 

 high, 3 J to 4 diameter ; wood white, hard, and takes a fine polish. 



(51) Gnaphalium, perennial; leaves amplexicaul, lanceolate, woolly; 

 flowers capitate, yellow ; stem glutinous ; abundant on dry elevated spots. 



(52) Gnaphalium sp. ; leaves oblong, woolly under ; stem slightly 

 pubescent ; in the same place with the former. 



(53) Rumex sp. ; perennial ; perhaps introduced ; plentiful in the 

 abandoned fields. 



(54) Gnaphalium, probably wiU agree with 52 ; in the same situation. 



(55) Ruta sp. ; perennial ; flowers yellow ; most likely introduced ; near 

 the abandoned fields.* 



(56) Labiatae ; calyx persistent ; segments four = ; corolla long under-hp, 

 obtuse, bright blue ; stamens four, two abortive ; fruit small, pulpy, 

 globular, covered with a thin skin, violet-purple colour ; two-seeded, seeds 

 angular ; leaves opposite, ovate at the base, point acute, smooth, nearly 

 sessile ; stem spiny ; spines straight ; a tree 40 to 50 feet high, very 

 ornamental from the multiplicity of its azure drooping blossoms ; the 

 profusion of its fruit of the same colour, and flowering the greater part 

 of the season to all appearance, makes it the most graceful tree in the 

 valleys 6 where it abounds. 



(57) Lyihrum sp. ; on the seashore, abundantly. 



(58) Mentha perennial ; introduced, in the abandoned fields. 



(59) Gramineae, in the mountain valleys, abimdant. 



(60) Avena sp. (?) ; annual, 6 to 8 feet high, one of the most 

 abundant grasses in .the valleys on the island ; seeds long, covered with 

 silky hairs ; I had some difficulty in procuring the few seeds, being the 

 food of a species of small blue pigeon that devours it before it is ripe.. 



' In another MS. :— 'abundant on the hills.' 

 2 In another MS. : — ' on the summits of the hills.' 



= In another MS. :— ' 10 to 1 8 inches high, in dry light soils on the hills ; plentiful : 

 a small portion of seed of this fine plant was had.' 



* In another MS. :— ' abundant on the hills and valleys.' 

 = In another MS. :— ' divided into five equal segments.' 

 8 In another MS.:—' on the high hills, where it is the only tree of great size ' 



