To Europeans, the taste of the West Indian fruit, hke the 

 taste for olives, is acquired. 



Natural Order, Papaveraceae. 



Argemone Mexicana. Linn. (Stinging thistle; pricks- 

 poppy) . Very abundant on waste ground and also m unused 

 cultivated soil. Its prickly leaves, spottecT with white, halt 

 clasp the stem, and its bright yellow flowers make it most con- 

 spicuous. Annual. February to July. 



Papaver Dubium. Linn. (red poppy.) Erect hairy stem 

 from six to twelve inches high, with bright scarlet single 

 flowers. Grows in fields and waste ground. Very showy; 

 flowers are two inches in diameter. Annual. February to 

 March. 



Papaver Somniferum. Ivinn. (opium poppy.) A weed m 

 waste ground, but is cultivated for its medicinal properties. 

 Flowers large, double, of various colours— pale, purple, pink 

 or white predominating. It is a showy flower for background 

 in gardens, growing three feet high. Annual. Summer 

 months. 



Fumaria Agraria or Officinalis. Linn, (fumitory.) A 

 slender, much-branched, brittle, delicately foliaged plant, 

 with pink flowers tipped with purple; stems intertwined or 

 tangled, two feet or more in length inclined to climb. 

 Flowers a quarter of an inch long. Is very abundant and a 

 troublesome weed. Annual. Nearly all the year. 



Fumaria Densiflora. (fumitory) similar to the above, bu^ 

 with more lace-like foliage. Flowers pale purple, dark at tips. 

 Common along exposed fences and old walls with a warm 

 aspect, as well as on the roadsides. Annual. November to 

 March. 



Natural Order, Cruciferae. 



Nasturtium Officinale. R.Br, (water-cress) said by Lefroy 

 to be abundant in Pembroke Marsh, but, if so formerlv, it 

 must have died out, as I failed to find it or to learn of any 

 traces of it. It is doubtful if it would thrive in brackish water- 

 Perennial. It has been grown in tanks at Government House; 

 also in some old tanks adjoining the Rectory (formerly the 

 Government House) St. George's where it still grows. 



