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Verde.’ It appears to be the same found by Biainner 
in St. Jago, and mentioned as Enph. genestoides. ? 
Doctor Vogel thought it to be an undescribed species. 
A spreading, creeping, branching, completely leafless 
Asclepiadea, occurred frequently at an elevation of 
five hundred feet, on small flats, or hanging from 
rocks, sometimes with white flowers at the ends of the 
branches. A handsome Statice, a Companula, related 
to dulcis, a Labiata with red flowers, and coriaceous 
leaves. Lavendula, a Sida, which is probably new, 
with a Linaria, Borago Africana, Echium, Tribulus 
terrestris, Achyranthes aspera, Lotus, half a dozen 
CompositcE, a shrubby Urtica, a flowerless Semper- 
vivum, and a few Graminefs, and Cyperacece, formed 
an agreeable spectacle in this region, such as one would 
hardly have expected on an apparently desert island. 
“ The general aspect of vegetation was very Euro- 
pean, enhanced by Samolus Valerandi, Nasturtium 
officinale, and Plantago minor. ? In these situations 
were some cultivated plants ; but they looked, at least 
then, very indifferent. Beans, especially lablah, maize, 
cucumbers, a few bananas, cotton, ricinus, and batatas, 
seemed to be the chief, but scarcely in sufficient quan- 
tities for the inhabitants. The bananas furnished to 
us, were said to come from St. Antonio. There were 
also a few Sycamores, and Jatropha curcas, and there 
are said to be some Guavas and Papayas. A creeping 
convolvulus was much cultivated, as the natives asserted, 
for the purpose of thatching. 
