256 
ST. HELENA. 
wild at Walbro’ Cottage, Plantation, Oakbank, &c. Alt. 3. 
Common. 
Nesiota, Hk. f. 
161. *N. elliptica, Hk. f. ; Phylica elliptica, Eoxb.— This hand- 
some indigenous plant, known as the Wild Olive of Diana’s Peak, 
growing amongst the ferns and other native vegetation on the 
north side of the central ridge, attains to a stout shrubby tree, about 
fifteen or eighteen feet high. It puts forth its small pink-tinted 
blossoms in the months of June to October, and seeds well; but 
very few trees now remain, probably not more than twelve or fifteen 
at the most, and these grow chiefly on the northern side of the 
central ridge, where it is easily recognised by its deep-grey foliage, 
m contrast with the pale-green which characterizes the other indi- 
genous plants. Alt. 5-2. Plate 31. Also Hk. Icon. Plant. 1052. 
Phylica, Linn. 
162. *P. ramosissima, D.C., P. rosmarinifolia, Eoxb.— The na- 
tive Eosemary is a very pretty shrubby plant, ranging in height 
from a small bush to about twelve feet ; the leaves are bright-green 
on the upper, and white on the under side, which gives a silvery 
appearance to the foliage ; the stems are very crooked, attaining a 
size of about four to ten inches diameter, and the wood is white and 
hard, very suitable for turning. I have not seen it either above or 
below the alt. of 3 to 4 ; it grows mostly at Fairy Land, Plantation, 
Eosemaiy Hall, Oaklands, Oakbank, and other places of similar 
position, but its most remarkable locality is on the top of the pile of 
rock called Lot, where about a dozen large bushes of it seem to 
thrive without any soil. This plant is gradually disappearing, per- 
haps not more than 100 specimens now exist. Plate 32. Also Hk. 
Icon. Plant. 1051. 
36. Celastrine -E ( Spindle-tree Family ). 
Celastrus, Linn. 
. 163 ‘ C - sp> ? ~ 0ne sma11 P ] ant only, growing near the western 
side of Plantation House ; seeds well.— Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 
