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Nicandra Physaloides. Gaert. (Nicatidra.) A plant some 

 three feet high, with branched, Angular, smooth stems. 

 Iveaves three to foxir inches long, half as wide, ovate, oblong. 

 Flowers solitary at leaf stalks, very showy, one inch across, 

 blue with while tube Although Lefroy quotes it as only found 

 on Ireland Island. Reade calls it a frequent weed in cultivat- 

 ed ground. It is not, however, common. Annual. June to 

 September. 



Natural Order, Scrophularineae. 



Verbascum Thapsus. Linn, (mullein.) An erect plant, 

 very .sturdy with stout stem, seldom branched, half to one foot 

 or more high. I^eaves near ground, six to ten inches long, 

 oblong, blanket-like or densely woolly, their base clasping the 

 stem. Flower spike one or more feet long, and thick, the 

 blossoms along and close to the stalk. Flowers from three- 

 quarters of an inch to one inch across, golden j'ellow. Some- 

 times called Devil's Tobacco, the leaves being smoked for 

 asthma. Waste land; not common. Perennial. June to 

 October. 



Buddleia Neema. Roxb., or B. americana (snuff Plant) A 

 drooping shrub, six or more to ten feet high, much branched 

 with downy foliage, under surface white or hoary. Iveaves 

 three to four inches long, oblong, acute, flower-stalks pendu- 

 lous, many flowered. Flowers yellow with a bluish-red tinge, 

 each one-sixth of an inch long. Found by waysides, and field 

 corners. A remarkable growth of the shrub to be seen on the 

 South bank of the Paget road near Point Finger. Its drooping 

 growth recalls that of the weeping willow. June to August. 



Capraria Biflora. Linn, (goatweed.) A smooth, shrubby 

 plant, two to three feet high, with erect, tough branches. 

 Leaves oblong, coarsely serrated, one and a half inch long and 

 half an inch wide, the serrate teeth sharp and spre&ding, 

 fringed with small hairs. Flowers in pairs, stalked, white, 

 quarter of an inch wide according to locality. Common evfery-, 

 where. Spring and Summer. 



Herpestis Monniera. H. B. (herpestis.) A creeping plaiit, 

 with round fleshy stem, rooting at the joints. Leaves half an 

 inch long, fleshy, wedge shaped, smooth, entire. Flower-sta'ks 



