2 liORTUS JAMAICENSIS aciiama 



3. VIRGATA. 



Erccia -jirguUiTsa, fcUis ovato acuminatis alqiie crenatis, spicis uniform 

 mibits alaribus. Browne, p. 346, t. 36, f. 2. 



FfWialc ir.vol'.ici'cs heart-shaped, serrate; male spikes, distinct, naked; leaves 

 ianco-ovate 



This grows in great plenty in Jamaica. Its leaves resemble those of the annual net- 

 tle and sting full us much when tosched. 



4. TOMENTOSA. 



Female spikes terminating solitary; involucres manj'-parted ; males erect; 

 leaves ovutc-lanccolute ; serrate scabrous, villous-tomentose underneath. 



S. ANGUSTirOLIA. 



Female flowers sub-sessile terminating, involucres serrate ; males in spikes 3 

 leaves linear serrate. 



6. SCABROSA. 



Female spikes with cordate gashed involucres : leaves oblong-lanceolate serrate - 

 scabrous. 



7. betui..5:folia. 



Fernale flowers axillary sessile, involucres cordate crer.ate ; males in spikes : 

 leaves roundish, crer.ate, smooth. 

 The above plants are easily propagated from their seeds, but are possessed of no 

 beauty. The last four species are from Swartz's Prodromus. 



No English Name ACKANIA. 



Cj.. 16, OR. 6 Monoddphia pnlyandria. Nat. or.- CoIumrJJcne. 



The name is derived from a Greek word, signifying ' not to open,' as the corolla 

 docs not open. 



Gejj. char. Calyx double, outer many-leaved, inner one-leafed; the corolla, 

 subclavate, convoluted, petals five; berry sub-globular, fleshy, five-ceiled, five- 

 seeded ; seetls solitary, convex on one side, angular on tiie otiicr. Tiiere are 

 three species, all natives of Jamaica. 



1. MAI.VAVISCVS. 



Frutefcen.", folii.': angulutis, cordato acuminatis, crenatis i petalis ab 

 uno latere auritis. Browne, p. 284. 



Leaves somewhat scabrous, acuminate, leaflets of the outer calyx erect. 



This plant is named scarlet achania, or l)astard hibiscus; it is common in the woods, 

 but seldom seen in the lowlands. Tiie stem is arboreous, about ten feet high, and is 

 branched. Leaves petioled, cordate, crenate, tomentose, sometimes sliglitiy three or 

 five lobed, the middle lobe most produced. Stipules bristle shaped, small, withering-.-^. 

 Flowers'avUary, solitary, on villous peduncles shorter tlian the petiole. Outer calyx ' 



eiiiht. 



