Melanodendron, D.C.
361. *M. integrifolium, D.C. ; Soïidaço integrifoUa, Roxb,—
The. native Black Cabbage-tree grows to a large, handsome, spreading
tree,- about fifteen feet high, on each side of the central ridge ;
now the most abundant of all. I t ' is covered with masses of
white blossoms in t h e months of October and November; P l a t e 40.
Also Ilk. Icon. Plant. 1045.
. Psiadia, Jacq.
362. *P. rotundifolia, Hk. f. ; Solidago rotundifolia, Eoxb.—Only
one tree of this species is now known to exist in the world, and that
grows in a field' to the left of the entrance gates at Longwood,
called The Black Field* Roxburgh states that the islanders
called it Bastard Gum Wood, o r Cabbage-tree. After, a careful search,
extending over a year or more, the plant above mentioned was
discovered in the year 1868. I t is a tree aJjMtti tewmty feet in
height, and apparently very old. It grows side ' by side fwsih a
Gum Wood, and without close examiiMfsva «tight bà mistaken for
that species ; indeed, I discovered it only by riding up to it to look
for blossoms, of the Gum-Wood, and was surprised to find it
covered with small white flowers of a different plant. I t is much to
be desired that a plant of such singular interest should be propagated
before it is entirely lost. I t flowers in May and June.
P l a t e 41.
Beilis, Linn.
363. B. perennis, Linn.—Common Daisy; grown in gardens, and
is very-rare, notwithstanding the many efforts which have been J - p J
made to naturalize it.—Hab.. Europe, N. Africa, &e. ■-
Tribe Helianth oldeæ. " s
. 1 Blainvillea, Cass.
364. B. rhomboidea, Cass.—A common weed on the rocky
‘ground in the neighbourhqod of Barnes-’ Rosfd, &c. Flowers are white,
and appear in July. Wild and common. M. Alt. 1 to 2.—-Hab. Brazil,,
Dahlia, Cav.
365. D, variabilis, Desf.—Many varieties of Dahlia are cultivated
in the gardens on the high land, and flower and seed exceed