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followed by a small berry, red or mag-enta coloured. Found 

 chiefly in the Walsiugham tract. Not common. June and July. 



Clerodendron Aculeatura. Gr., or, Volkameria aculeata 

 (prickly myrtle. ) A bushy shrub some six feet high, branchy, 

 rather gummy. Stems dark brown. I^eaves large, three to 

 four inches long, and as many across, slightly hairy, or with 

 minute spines. Flowers in a close head, white with purple 

 stamens, giving the flower-head a purplish ground. Not com- 

 mon. Found near the caves. How the name coffee (used by 

 Reade) became applied to this plant is a mystery. Summer 

 months. 



Clerodendron Capitatum. Schum. Very similar to the 

 above but stouter in growth and more bushy. Originally a 

 garden shrub, but now spread here and there in patches. On 

 the lane East of the Richmond grounds, and on the lower 

 South shore road in Devonshire, on the Camden estate, path 

 leading to Hungry Bay along the roadside wall are two large 

 patches, the former sight affording the largest number of plants. 

 Very showy. May to August. 



Avicennia Nitida. Linn. (white or false mangrove.) Al- 

 though belonging to this order, this tree has been alluded to 

 in connection with the mangrove proper (Order Rhizophora. ) 

 The term used, "black" according to L,efroy, is derived from 

 the colour of the wood. 



Natural Order, Labiatae. 



Mentha Viridis. I/inn. garden mint or spearmint. A plant 

 with numerous purplish stems, one to two feet high; leaves 

 oblong, lanceolate, rough, dark-green, one t j two inches long, 

 serrate. Flower-spikes cylindrical. Flowers one-sixth of an 

 inch long, pale purple, common along ditches and marshes. 

 It is a true garden mint but has spread universally. Perennial. 

 Summer months. 



Mentha Rotundifolia. Linn, (wild mint.) Hoary all over, 

 and coarse-smelling, stems upright, one to two feet. Leaves 

 rounded, one inch in diameter, wrinkled and woolly. Near 

 marshes and on damp road-sides in large patches, the plants 

 being densely crowded. Flowers minute; pale pink. Perennial. 

 Summer months. 



