KEY TO CLASSIFICATION. 



CLASS I. — Dicotyledones. 

 DIVISION I.-Polypetalae. 

 " II.— Monopetalae. 



" III. — Apetalae. 

 NATURAL ORDER, RANUNCULACEAE. 



Ranunculus Parveflorus. Linn. (buttercup.) This plant 

 with its yellow flowers needs no description. Common every- 

 where in dry ground. Annual. Spring months. 



Ranunculus Repens. Linn, (creeping buttercup.) Long 

 runners; otherwise similar to above. Common on roadsides. 

 Perennial. July to September. 



Ranunculus Muricatus. Linn. More abundant in damp, 

 moist ground than the preceding. Its stem is erect; leaves are 

 smoother, glossy and shining and of a light-green colour. 

 Annual. February to June. 



The flowers are yellow. 



Natural Order, Magnoliaceae. 



Magnolia Grandiflora. Linn. A handsome tree with showy 

 flowers, white and pink; leaves leathery, dark-green shining. 

 A large tree at Mr. Peniston's; two fine young trees in the Hon. 

 Sir. T. J. Wadson's garden on Cedar Avenue; also a fine speci- 

 men at the home of Mr. F. K. Outerbridge, at the foot of 

 Causeway Hill, Hamilton Parish; one at " The Willows," the 

 home of Mr. Ephraim Moyter, Pembroke, and one at "Sum- 

 merside," Somerset, the home of Mr. Leicester Curtis. There 

 are other specimens to be found in different parts of the colony. 

 Summer months. 



Liliodendron Tulipifera. Linn, (tulip tree, or white wood.) 

 A tall showy tree with flowers pinkish- white, resembling some- 

 what a small tulip. A tree at Par la Ville, Hamilton; also one 

 at Pembroke Hall. Early spring months. 



Natural Order, Anonaceae. 



The only trees or shrubs in Bermuda representing this order 

 are West Indian fruit trees. Formerly they were cultivated to 

 a certain extent, and they have taken well to the island, but of 

 late years they have been neglected. They are:— 



Anona Muricata. Linn, (soursop); A. squamosa. Linn, 

 (sugar apple or sweetsop); a. cheramota, Mills, (cherimoyer); 

 a. reticulata, Linn, (custard apple.) 



