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Myrsinacej:. 
78. Ardisia Pickeringia (Torr and Gray). A fine shrub, or small 
tree, flowering conspicuously in March. 
Plumbaginacejs. 
79. Plumbago scandens (L.). Amongst Opuntia, in dry, 'stony 
places, very abundant. Flowers white. 
Bignoniace^. 
80. Tecoma stans (Jussieu). Rare, flowers very large, golden 
yellow. 
SCROPHULARIACEiE. 
81. Herpestis peduncular is { Beuth). Not uncommon, flowers small 
yellow. Turns quite black in drying, in common with most 
members of this family. 
82. Caprariabiflora { L.). Very common. Flowers varying from 
rose pink to white. 
ACANTHACEvE. 
83. DipteracantJms linearis (Torr and Gray.) 
84. Dicliptera assurgens (Juss) = D. sexangularis (L). S.W. of 
Key West, among cacti; flowers scarlet. 
VERBENACEiE. 
85. Priva echinata (Juss). 
86. Stachytarpheta Jamaicensis . (Yahl.) Exceedingly abundant 
all round the coast, the flowers bright blue in linear spikes. 
87. Lippia (. Zapania ) nodiflora (Michx). Very common. 
88. Lantana involucrata (L.) var. Floridana. The most frequent 
shrub on the island. Chapman (Flora S. States, p. 308) 
queries the colour of the corolla. It is white with a 
purplish tinge in the tube. 
89. Citfiarexylum villosum (L.) 
90. Avicennia oblongifolia (Nutt). Common with the mangrove in 
swamps. 
Labiate. 
91. Ocimum Campeachianum. (Mill.) Abundant, flowering in 
January and February. 
92. Salvia serotina (L.) Abundant. 
93. Leonotis nepetcefolia. (R. Br.) Rare in the S.W. portion of 
the island. 
