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“...Casearia bonairensis, Bursera tomentosa, Mélochia
tomentosa and Malpighia, while also Agave vivipara is frequent
amidst Cereus and Opuntia; sometimes it even forms with these
latter the only cover of the lime soil.
A higher hill than the former is:
Mirlamar.
It shows entirely the typical Croton vegetation with Croton
flavens, Casearia bonairensis, Beureria succulenta, Bursera simaruba,
between which also Schoepfia Schreberi, Bumelia obovata,
Caesalpinia coriaria, many Pithecolobum platylobum and Mal-
pighia, Capparis linearis, Bursera tomentosa, Peltophorum Surin-
gari, Tecoma chrysantha, Guaiacum officinale and some, but not
many, Acacia tortuosa. In many places the shrub vegetation is
little developed and the ground is then covered by herbs and low
shrubs of which a number of ruderal plants attract notice, like:
Physalis, Spigelia anthelmia, Hyptis pectinata, Commelina virginica,
Sida supina, Mitracarpus villosus, Spermacoce tenuior, Turnera
pumilea, Elytraria squamosa, Bouteloua aristidoides...”
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