8 HORTU.S JAMAICIiNSiy. sjKPTVKrn* 



liave ton pair of leaflets or more, tliey are small, ovate-lanceolate, qisitc ftiitire, smooth, 

 and grow on short petioles ; the flowers are red purple, 0)i oljlon.g small raeenics ad- 

 bering to the trunk ; calyx five-clefc. The fruit is aa obiong poaie, the thickness- of 

 a fintrer, smoDth on the outside. . 



Tiiis plant was brought to Jamaica in his Majesty's sliiji Providence, in the year 

 1793, iVom the South Seas, and '-; valued as a preserve or pickle, though its acidity is 

 v<^rv great. The fruit, like every other strong acid, will discharge iVon-nsoulds frora 

 clothes, and also extracts ink or other stains froni. furniture. The method of using it 

 for these purposes is to bruise the fruit and rub the puljj on the stain, and leave it 

 there for some tiaie. if exposed to tiie sun, its eflect wLi! be greater and more iin- 

 2\iediate. 



The plant is easily propagated from the seed, which each berry contains iu abuiid^ 

 auce,,,by sovving thcui in tine mould in a box, aiRl regularly .watering. 



BINDWEEDS, CONVOLVULUS. , 



Cl. 5, at!. I. Pentandriamonosryaia. "N at. ok. Cirmpa-}ia<:ea'. , 



This generic name is derived from a Latin' word, signifying to roll about, because 

 the stenis of most species roll round or twine about other bodies. 



Gen. char. Calyx is a five-parted perianth, converging, ovate, obtnse, _very smali^ 

 permanent ; the corolla one-petailed, bell-shaped, spreading, Jarge, plaited, 

 obscurely five-lohed; the stamina have subulate filaments, shoi-ter hy. half tiian the 

 corolla, with ovate compressed anthers ; the pistilium has a superior roundish 

 germen ; a fililbrm style the length of the stamens ; the stigmas two, oblong, 

 broadish ; the pericarp is a capside enwrapped by. the calyx, roun.lish, two-celled, 

 one, two, or three valved ; the seeds are in pairs, roundish.' Besides tiie plants 

 of this genus referred to below, the following species, which have no English 

 names, are natives of this island ; see also the next article fur the genus evolvulus^ 

 nearly allied to this : 



1. CAROLINUS. CAROLINl.^Ni 



Polyaytfhns suhfiirsiifiis, foJIis cordato ot'ati'.f qiiandoij7ie Iohati.<t, flori~ 

 bus, fiiscicitlaiis alaribus, adicUius longioribus hirsutis. Browne, 

 p. 152. 



Leaves cordate, entire, and three-lobed, villose ; calyxes even ; capsules hir- 

 sute ; peduncles one or two flowered. 

 Browne calls this the smaUcv dimhrnff co?wohitlus, with long hairy cups. The stems ,, 

 are slender and reddish towards the roots. Leaves sorae entire and cordate, otiiers like 

 ivy leaves. Corollas pale purple or blueish. 



2. VERTICILLATUS. VERTICILI.ATE. 



Minor scandems, florihus phirimis alaribus, caHcilms glahri.^, capsuh't-- 

 quadrispermii, foliis obldngo cordatis. Browne, p. 153. 



Leaves cordate-oblong,, naked ; peduncles umbellate ; bifid, many flowered. 



Tiiisis, called by Browne^.tUe ,57?w/^ev' climbing wtivohuhis with smooth tups ; the- 



