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cr from the fork of the branchlets. Flowers sma!!, white ; follicles brown, bivalve in 

 their structure, but not opeiiint^. Browne says it is tVecjuent in the parishes of West- 

 morland and St. J.*mes. and grows commonly to the heigiit of twenty-nine feet or moyef 

 and is said to be a good timber wood, but is full of an acrid milky juice. 



2. ANGUSTIFOLIA. sriALI.-LEAVED. 



Leaves linear. 



The stem of this is irregularly branchinjj. Leaves opposite, quite entire, the middle 

 nerve ruaaiip; down ; thev have two ribs running longitudinally. It grows only about 

 eiii;ht feet hitili, and the flower and fruic are also mucn smaller than the fir^-t species. 

 The flowers are p<-oduced scatteringly at the ends of the branches, and it also abounds 

 with a milky acrid juice. Both plants rnay be propagated from seeds. 



BASTARD MUSTARD. CLEOME. 



Cl. 15, OR. 2. Tctrad^namia siliquosa. Nat. OR. Futaminete. 

 This name is derived from a Greek word, signifying to close or shut up. 



Gkn. char. Calyx four-leaved, very small, spreading, the lower leaflet gaping 

 more than the rest ; corolla foiir-petalled ; nectareous ghmds three, rountlisli, at 

 each division, except one at the calyx ; stamina subulate, declining; fi"thers la- 

 teral, descending ; style simple ; germen oblong ; stigmas thickish : perlcarpium 

 a long siliqne cylindric, one-ceiled, two-valved ; seeds many, rouiKiMi. Then3 

 are four known species, natives of this island. 



1. SPINOS.1. TIIOfiNY. 



Slnapistriim TRs^yptium heptaphijUum, flare cameo, majus spinnsinv. 

 Sloane, v. 1, p. 194. Assargcns ramosum et spuiosuin, htptaphyl- 

 lum ; spica multiplki foliolatd . Browne, p. 273. 



Flowers six stamened ; leaves in seven's and five's; stem thorny. 



The root of this plant is deep, large, white, and firmly fixed in the ground by several 

 smaller. The stalk is very strojig, round, hairy, and green, risnig to about four or 

 five feet hj^h, spreading branches on every side, haviiig fingered leaves standmg on 

 long foot-stalks. The leaf is divided generally into seven parts or fingers ; they are 

 viscid or clammy, will seem to stick to the hand when you squeeze them, and have a rank 

 disagreeable sinell. The stalks and branches have short, green, strong, straight 

 prickles. The flowers come cmt on every side of the tojis ot tiie branches : They are 

 each nia le up of four long petals of white colour, witli some purple thrums or stamina, 

 Tue pods aie small, round, and of pale-greeu colour, inclosing a great many very 

 small bro.wn seeds. Barkavi, p. lOS. 



Browne calls this the prickly branched sambo, and says it thrives best in . dry soil. 



2. PROCU.MBENS. PROCUMBENT. 



Leucoium liiteum, she keiri minimum polij^ala' facie. Sloane, v. I, 

 ,p. 193, t. 123, f. 1. Erecla lierbaccii, Joliis oblongis, jloribu.^ soli- 

 (unis. Browne, p. 273. ' 



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