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as 
202 ‘The Natural Hifory of Jamaica. 
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This is not the Cufcuta Lendiginofa, crc. Plukenct. Tab. 26. Fig. 6. as the 
Doctor conjectures, Mantiff. p. 61. as may be feen above p. 191. his Cy/- 
cuta Lendiginofa, being the inward patt of the Vifcum cariophylloides, &c. there 
deferibed, the little knots in it being at the places of the Stalks where the 
ranches were placed. 
; It grows on ae Palifadoes, Trees, Shrubs, and Fields near the Rio Cobre, 
dbout and below the Town of St. Fugo de la Vega very plentifully. 
Cn ee Xi 
Of vafculiferous’ Herbs with pentapetalous Flowers. 
I Lftus urtice folio, flore luteo, vafculis trigonis. Cat p36. Tab. 127. 
a. 4s. 
| This. Shrub has a Stem as big as ones Thumb, covered with 
a reddifh brown, fmooth Bark, rifing three or four Foot high, 
and having many Branches towards the top, {pread thinly on 
all hands. They are befet with Leaves and {mall Sprigs. The Leaves are 
fome greater, fome fmaller, thofe largeft ftand on an half Inch long Foot- 
Stalks, beingtwo Inches and an half long, and one Inch broad in the mid- 
dle where broadeft, notch’d about the edges, hoary or woolly, foft, having 
one middle Rib, and feveral tranverfe ones. They are of a yellowith dark 
green colour, and they have a fcent like Ciffus ; and fomewhat refemble the 
Leaves of Cannabis fpuria. On the tops of the Twigs and Branches come 
the Flowers ftanding in a pentaphyllous Cahx. They are pentapetalous, 
yellow, or Orange coloured, very large, and like the Flowers of Cifxs, 
after which follows a {mall Head, made up of three ftrong cartilagineous 
membranes, in which are lodged the Seeds, which are large. 
It grew between Guanaboa and the Town on theRed Hills very plentifully, 
in the Road going to the Angels near the Gate, and in feveral other places of 
this Ifland. : 
Il. Chameciftus urtice folio, flore luteo. Cat Pe SD ab 499. Pig; 6. PRC” 
This hasa{mall, ftraight, white, ‘fhort Root,’ having fome fmall,; white 
fibers on each fide, from whence fprings oné round, rough Stalk, ‘two Inches 
high, having Branches oppofite to Ohe another, and Leaves which aré three 
quarters of an Inch ‘long, and one third part of an Inch broad, vety deep 
cut in on the edges, and ‘rough, like thofe of Cannabis (puria. The Flower 
{tands at top, it 1s very woolly or hairy, furrounded by three or four Leaves. 
It is of a deep yellow colour in the inner part, pentapetalous, large, and 
making afinefhow. After this followsa {mall Head, made up of three carti- 
lagineous Membranes, inclofing fome large Seeds, of a white colour, very 
pleafantly ftriated, and like thofe of Mallows. 
It grows in the Town Savanna after Rain. 
IE. Chamaciftus caule hirfuto, folio oblongo, angufto, finuato, flore luteo, pedicule 
infidente. Cat.p.87. Tab.127. Fig. 7. | 
This has a wooddy, oblong Root, with feveral lateral fibrils, which fends 
up fometimes a fingle, and fometimes two or three wooddy, round Stalks, 
about three or four Inches high, being covered with a reddith coloured hair, 
or {mall Prickles, which although they look very fierce, yet I never obferved 
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