io BOnTUS JAMAICENSr?. bwdtjitem- 



minatinj^, crowded, oblong, sometimes Wuntly sagittate, entire, emarginate, scarcely , 

 veined, very smooth, somewnat snccaJent,. on loiigisii petioles ; pet!uii<;les i'rom ilie 

 axils , of the terminatini petioles, the length of tiie leaves, erect, one-iiowered ; ilow- 

 eis rathes large, wiiuish. It is a native of tlie samly coasts of Jamaica. Su>. 



Sloatic says he could not see any difference between the European and this herh^ 

 which grew on Gun Cayos, a small island olf Port Royal. It is very puroing, especi- 

 ally of wat,ery and hydropic liumours, and either given in powder, or boiiea lu brollis^ 

 but very strong, and not fjt for weak persous. Sloanc. 



6. HEHERACEUS.. IVY-LIKE. 



Convolvulus folio hcderaceo, avi^uloso, lunuginoso fioremagno, carit~ 

 Ico, patido,. Sloane, v. 1, ]>, 155. 



Leaves triangnhu-, aciite ; flowers many, sessile, spreading ; calyxes acutc^, 

 nia'ny cleft ; stem twining. 



The stalk of this is. round, hairy, and pretty large, having leaves standing at about 

 two inches intervals, on inch long hoary footstalks. The\" are shaped like those of ivy, 

 having three angles or points, whitish, hoary,^ woolly, soft, an inch and a half long,, 

 and an inch broad at the base where broadest. From the alse of the leaves come the 

 flowers, being several on the same footstalk ; they are large, blue, monopetaious, and 

 extrfemeiy pleasing to the eye. 



7. TOMENTOSUS. T)0\VNY. 



Convolvulus folio lariaio, in fres lacinias diviso, flnre oblortffn, pvrpu^ 

 reo. Sloane, v. 1, p. 154, t. 98, f. 2. Scandtns, foliis trilohis- 

 gnandoyue cordatis septinerviis, peduncidis minus ramosis alaribuSo . 

 Browne, p. 152. 

 Leaves three-lobed, tomentose ; stem lanuginose. 



This, by its round, whitish, woolly stem, turns itself round the trunks of trees, ris- 

 ing twenty feet high, and putting forth leaves at every inches distance, standing on 

 three-quarters of an inch long, footstalks. They are sometliing like the elder leaves of 

 ivy, being divided into tliree lacinise, an inch and a half long from the centre of the 

 footstalk to the point opposite to it, and a.s much or more from one section at base to 

 the other ; they are of a verj- white green colour,, "soft, and covered over with a short 

 wool. The Howers come out e.v alls ioliorum, standing on quarter of an inch lon^ 

 footstalks in a pentaphyllous green calyx, are mono})etalous, an inch and a half long: 

 irvthe tubulus of the ilower, which opens itself bell-fashion, of a fine purple colour, 

 Tvuh some yellow stamina in the middle, and five paler streaks. After these folKjws a 

 Virown memhranaeeovis capsule, with four round protuberances, under a liiia lueni- 

 brane, containing three satined. seeds.- Sloane, 



Of the above genus there are one hundred and ten species known. All the forego- 

 ing are indigenous to this island ; the foHowing-esotic species have been introJucfl^, 

 and are in tiie Hortus Easteusis : Scariimotria, purpureus 7}wjoi- and niinop, tricolor^. 

 dissec/us, canariensis, speciosus, and strif^oius. 



^c CliRiST.MAS Gamrol .T.^i.AP iNniAN Creeper Purging Sea BixdweeD Scam- 

 MONY Sweet Eotatos Also the JoUowiiig atUde. 



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