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ST. SELENA. 
Spartium, Linn. 
203. S. junceum, Linn. — Spanish Broom grows and blossoms 
well in some of the gardens on the high land. Alt. 37. —Hah. S. 
of Europe. 
Trifolium, Linn. 
204. T. praten.se, Linn. — Common Bed Clover. This plant does 
not thrive, although repeated attempts have been made to introduce 
it. It merely exists as a few plants here and there. — Hab. Europe, 
N. Africa, JST.W. Asia. 
Ulex, Linn. 
205. U. europaeus, Linn. — Fuz-bush, Furze, Gorse, or Whin, as 
it is called, grows wild, and is very common. M. and H. L. Alt. 2 to 
5'2. One of the most abundant plants in the Island, covering many 
acres of the somewhat barren outskirts of the high land. The 
stems are much used for firewood in preference to the wood of the 
fir-tree, in consequence of its containing no turpentine. Many of 
the natives make a living by cutting and sending it on their donkeys 
into the town, for sale as firewood. Blossoms in October. — 
Hab. Denmark to Italy and Greece, Canaries and Azores. 
Yicia, Li nn . 
206. V. faba, Linn. — Several varieties of the Garden Bean are 
cultivated in gardens as a vegetable, and sold in the market. — Hab. 
Egypt. 
207. V. sativa, Linn. — The pink-flowering Tare, grows wild 
and is very common in the hayfields and meadows on the high land. 
Alt. 3'8. — Hab. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia to India. 
Virgilia, Lam. 
208. V. eapensis, Lam.— This beautiful tree, known as the 
Sophora, flourishes on the high land, where in an uncultivated state 
it attains a height of twenty feet. It bears its richly perfumed 
blossoms freely, but seldom seeds, and the plant is less abundant 
now than it was ten or twelve years ago. Bot. Mag. 151)0. — Hab. 
Cape of Good Hope. 
