63 II OUT US J A MM C EN SIS. bastap. 



or fifteen inclics in clijmctiT. 'J'iie leaves ure s-najth anJ onposile. The liJ i> faslcneii 

 to tliu caiyx luicraliy, Lut aftciwards lanis back, uua ilicu tU^ iuu^xi^uls lii-iv toiUT, 

 wliitlx bei'Jic Ua4bccu t-.vjiteJ anJ co.itealeu. 



Friilicosiim, foliis cvuti^ niiidts ct ranniUs itbiquc jugatis. Browne, 

 1.'40, t. 7, r. 2. 



Arborescent, peduncles axillarv, trichotomou:;, spreading, leaves ovate, blunt, 



branches forked. 



This siinib seklam rises above ten or twelve feet in height; the whole is biishy, an J 



bears blael. berries, crowned with the margin of the ciip. These contain lour smooth, 



plightly angular seeds, one or tAo only of wiiicii lisnaUy arrivx- at maturity. The styie 



is longer thaij the stamens j and the stigma is acute. Jroic'uc, 



3. RIGIDA. riGID. 



Arborescent, peduncles solitary, cxillarv-, tbree-fiowcred, or thereabouts^ 

 leaves ovite-acute, convex, vcinle:>s, rigid i'tc'. /'/'. j). iO. 



liASTATiD HEMP AGRIMONY. AGERATUM. 



Cl. 19, on. 1. Sifngenesia pohjgamia (cqualis. Nat. on. Co77iposi/^, 



This name is derived from two Greek words, signifying never old or ever-green. 



Gen. ch.^R. Calyx common, oblong with many lanceolate sub-equal scales ; corolla 

 c<jnipound uniform ; coroUets hermaphrodite, tubulons, numerous, equal, scarcely 

 longer than the calyx ; proper one monopetalou^, funnel shaped ; !)order qua In- 

 fid, spreading : the stamens are short capillary fi^aiuents, with cyiindrie tubu!;ir 

 anthers ; the pistillum has an oblong germ, style the length of the stamens, sti^:- 

 mas two, slender erect; there is no pericarp ; the calyx unchanged ; seed solitary, 

 oblong, angular, crowned with a chafFy, five-leaved, upriiiht, awned, calycie ; 

 the receptacle naked, convex, very small. This genus differs from eupat.wni.n 

 in tiie cr ) vu of the seeds, an 1 fro u bidens in the nakedness of the irecepui^ie - 

 There are two species, one of which is a native of Jamaica. 



CONYZOIDES. HAIRY. 



Ccmj'za urtu-tr JlUo. bioane, v. 1, p. 25S, t. 1.5C, f. 2. 



Leaves ovate, slcm hairy. 



T..is has several white strong filaments for roots, wiih lateral fi')res, and a square 

 ri.'idisii coloured woody stalk, a toot and a half high. The leaves as wen as Iraiicr.ta 

 stiind opposite, trie first on three- quarun-s of an inch footsiaiks, nairy, ana much ser- 

 rated, like the leaves of netile.'i, an i.ich and a half long, and tiiree-.piarters of an uuh 

 Ijroad in the middle, where broadi-st. Tne i, overs a lu e(?d come tt top, tae la..er 

 bei^g camuiated, smad, black, and pjppo'js, i.icijiiji iil oaiaU icavgj tof tuoir cjK;-:, 

 i.i rouud ia;.ai squaaiiiiv^luii. ^lounc. 



