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Jatropha Manihot. Linn. Manihot Utilissima, Pohl. 

 (cassava. ) A smooth .shrubby plant, cviltivated, three to four 

 feet high. Leaves cut like the preceding into five to seven 

 acute segments Propagated from cuttings. Its roots are not 

 unlike those of the dahlia, but more massive. A Bermudian 

 Christmas dinner is not considered complete without cassava 

 pie, an adjunct which however palatable to some tastes is out 

 of place as a substitute for the English plum pudding at that 

 season Flowers from the leaf-stalks. Tapioca is made from 

 the roots by a process somewhat similar to that of arrowroot, 

 but it is not carried on to any extent, the low price of the 

 article not warranting the outlay. It is also known under the 

 name of manioc. 



Jatropha Curcas. Linn, (physic nut.) A shrubby plant 

 six to eight feet high, with smooth, entire, heart-shaped leaves 

 six to seven inches long and half as wide, three to five-lobed 

 and six inches long; is found sparingly around Walsingham. 

 It takes its local name from its purgative properties. Flowers 

 green. May and June. 



Aleuritis Triloba. Forst. (otaheite walnut. ) A tree fifteen 

 to twenty feet high; leaves, three-lobed, the middle one largest, 

 and together with its leaflets covered with a mealy down. 

 Flowers, greenish-white, followed by a round nut, called here 

 " butternut," very rich in oil and not wholesome if eaten in 

 any quantity. It is not common, a few trees being in the 

 grounds of the Public Buildings, one or two in the Rosebank 

 grounds, and here and there a tree in private shrubberies. 



Cicca Disticha. Linn, (otaheite gooseberrj'. A fairly sized 

 tree or large shrub, shedding its leaves in Winter. Leaves 

 oval; flowers green. Very rare. 



Ricinus Communis. Linn, (castor oil plant. ) This it is 

 supposed, according to Lefroy, to be the plant mentioned in 

 1623 by Captain John Smith as the redweed, and was cultivated 

 under the name of " olyseed " in 1632. This plant is here of 

 very quick growth, assumes the size of a small tree, ten to fif- 

 teen feet high; stem branched, smooth, frequently of a purple 

 colour. Leaves, seven to ten-lobed, acute, coarsely toothed, 

 the teeth again serrate, one foot in diameter, attached near the 



