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Mountain ©afobage j?alm» 
Euterpe oleracea. Order Palmae. A mag- 
nificent palm, with a trunk 80 to ^ioo feet high, 
and large pinnate leaves. Very common in dis- 
tricts, with the long-thatch palm, where there is a 
plentiful rainfall ; e g. near Bath, in the Central 
parishes and in the Cockpit country. 
Pimguin, or Penguin. 
Bromelia pinguin. Order Bromeliaceae. Native 
of the West Indies and tropical South America. A 
plant 3 to 5 feet high, long, curved, strap-shaped 
leaves with sharp thorns. A near relation to the 
cultivated pine-apple, and the wild pines on trees, 
and a somewhat more distant connection of “ old 
man’s beard.” Common everywhere on savannahs, 
on rocky hills, and in fences. 
Sisal Hemp. 
Agave rigida. Order Amaryllideae, An agave 
with stout pointed leaves, 3 to 4 feet tall, and high 
flowering pole. Plants thrive best on a dry rocky 
soil. A fibre is obtained from the leaves. 
Velvet Leaf. 
Cissampelos Pareira. Order Menispermaceae. 
Native of the West Indies. A woody climber with 
rounded leaves of a velvety appearance, and very 
small flowers. Leaves are pressed and used for 
fancy work ; beaten into pulp they are applied to 
wounds. 
Spathodea. 
Spathodea campanula ta. Order Bignoniaceae. 
Native of tropical Asia and Africa. 
A high ornamental tree, with compound leaves 
and large bell or funnel-shaped flowers of a bright 
orange-yellow colour. A fairly common tree in 
gardens on the plains, and plentiful in the east end 
of the island in the neighbourhood of Bath. 
