* HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. basket 



1. Hl'MlLIS. HUMBLE. 



Bcclinala diffusn, et liirsuta^ foli'U ovatis, ramulis rectis 'cmidis. 

 Browne, p. \oO. 

 Leaves ovate, acuminate, smooth ; petioles reflexed ; stcin twining. 



This plant has low shrubby stalks, which seldom rise more.thao three t'eethigh,s;nd- 

 ing out slender woody branches. Leaves rough, dark green, on their upper, but pale 

 on their untier, surface. The flowers come out in single axillary spikes, trie}- are white, 

 and succeeded by small succident berries. This Browne calls the bciskct-xiithe, and 

 says it i^rows very luxuriantly, stretdiing sometimes many feet from the main root. It 

 ii generally used for dung-baskets. 



2. lI!R3UTISSIM.-i. SIIACGY. 



HcUolropiiftore, frutex haccifer raccmo&n^, folio rngoso, fa'tido, 

 maximo subvotando hirsulo, fncc/u albo. Sloane, v. 2, p. 108, t. 

 212, f. 1. Sccuideus J'oliis jiirtis riigosis oralis spkis ramosis. 

 Browne, p. 169. 



Leaves ovate, petioled, pointed ; stem rougii, haired ; spikes terminal, recurved. 



The stem is shrybby, .somewhat scandent, branched, covered with a ferruginoi*; 

 ?hagginess. Leaves oblong, entire, r.erved, hairy all over, but extreuiei} so beneath. 

 Spikes, or racemes very much branchetl, stiff and straight, spreading a little ; flowers 

 ivhite, directed all one way. Filaments very short ; anthers blackish green ; germ 

 ovate; stigma headed ; berry rugged hirsute, when ripe white, two-celled, with two 

 seeds in each cell. Sew. 



Browne calls this plant the larger scandent tournefortia, and says it raises itself gene- 

 rally by the help of the neighbouring trees, and shoots sometimes to a considerable 

 height in the woods. Sloane observed it only to grow three or four feet high, havinsj 

 a green brittle stem, with irregidar eminences on its surface. The leaves are nine 

 inches long, and rugged or corrugated, of a dark^gre^n cplour, and havmg a very uu- 

 savoury socll. 



3. VOLUBILIS. TWINING. 



Snjonia nigra fruticosa, racemi ramulis vartc imvJicitis, atque caiidce 

 scorpionis instar, in sc cmiiortis, baccis albis una vcl ullera iiigiti 

 macula notatis. Sloane, v. I, p. 23i, t. 143, f. 2. Fruticosa scan^ 

 dens; baccis niveis maculis nigris notatis. Browne, 170. 



"Leaves ovate, acuminate, smooth, petioles reflexed, stem twining. 



This has a trunk as thick as ones arm, woody, and-.twining round the neighbouring- 

 trees for support, rising to the height of ten or twelve feet, and sending out several 

 slender woody branches. The leaves are smooth, of a dark brown colour, and a little 

 bowed back. At the tops of -the twigs -copie several small crooked branches, viixiously 

 turned, anl twisted into each other, like a scorpion's tail, sustaining in spikes the smatl 

 ivhite flowers. The berries which succeed are as big as pepper corns, white when ripe, 

 with remarkable black spots, which vary with the number of tlie seeds, which are some- 

 times one, two, or more ; though constantly four in the more perfect specimens. This 

 plant is common about Kingston and Spanish Town, growing about trees or shrubs. 

 Browne calls it the cUmbing tournefoilia, with spotted berries, and slender branches. 

 loanc Si JBrou'/ie. 



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