i^ nORTUS JAMAICENSrSTf BivsTAW*-' 



BASTARD ALOE. ALETRIS. 



Cl. 6, OR. 1. Hcxanclria mo770g}/)iia. Nat. OR. Lil'acett. 



This name is derive from a Greek word, signifying to grind. 



Gen. CHAi;. No calyx ; corolla one-petalled, funnel shaped, semisexfid, much 

 wrinkled; stamina awl-sliaped fiiaineiits, inserted into the base of the divisions ; 

 anthens oblong, erect ; gennen ovate ; style subulate, stignia trifid ; rapsuld liiree- 

 cornered, acuminate, tnree-celled ; seeus very many. A variation of the hyacih- 

 tlioiJes is the onl}- species of the genus in tnis island at present, the capensis, ano 

 tlicr species, being lost ; both were introduced by Mr. East. 



IIYACINTHOIDES. HYACINTII-Ur.E. 



. Stemless, leaves lanceolate, fleshy, flowers geminate. 



The Guinea a/efris has all the leaves lanceolate, flat, and erect. The leaves of both 

 the varieties are pale, green, with bands of a darker green. Jt has thick flesiiy roots, 

 creeping far where they have rdom. Tiie leaves arise singly from the root, and are 

 near a foot and a half long, stiff, waved, and proceeding iuirr>,ediateiy from the root, 

 as do the flsnver stems, which, when the roots are strong, are often a foot and a half 

 high, adorned alaiost the whole length with flowers of a clear white, seldom continuing 

 iu beautv more than two or three days. This is a very hardy plant, propagates itselt' . 

 fast by its creeping roots, and delights in a light gravelly soil. 



Bastard Breadfruit Sc:e Jaack. 



BASTARD BRYONY. CISSUS. 



Cl. 4, OR. 1. Tetrandria mnnng;yma. Nat. or. Mederacece, 



This is derived from a Greek word for ivy. 



Gen. char. Calyx the involucre, nianyieaved, small ; theperianth one-lecfed, flatj 

 short, obscurely four-cornered; corolla four-petalled, nectary a rim surrounding 

 the germ ; the stamens the length of the corolla, inserted into the nectary, an- 

 thers roundish ; the pistillum has a roundish germen, obtusely four-cornere ., re- 

 tuse, the style the length of the stamens, stigma simple, acute ; the pencarpiuin 

 a round shining umbilicate berry ; the seed a roundish stone. Four species grow 

 in this island : 



1. SICYOIDES. SICYOS-UITE. 



Sryonia alha genkulata, viola: foUis bacch e v>ridi piirpTirasrentihiis. 

 Sloane, v. I, p. C33, t. 144, f. 1. Scandi-na, foliis ok/oiiff,) oia'is 

 ad marginci dentkulis setaceis refertis. Browne; p. 147, t. 4, f. 

 1, 2. 

 TLenvGs sub-cordate naked, bristly seiTate, branchlets round. 



Stem frutescent, geniculated, herbaceous at top, scandent,' subdivided, civaricating, 

 i'ooting, round, bloody dotted, smooth. Leaves petiole,!, alternate, cordate, ovate, 

 cetaceous serrate, with tjic serratares Uistftut andpressed ciose^ nervea, smootli on both 



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