52 H CRT US JAMAICKNSrS. ' Emcii 



Acroi\1ing to Brov;ne this is so extremely like the linifoli'is, that they are barJly ta 

 be Llitilinmiisiieu witliout j;reat attention. The flower stalks are very s'jort, the cup3 

 Siiij^le^ aud every flower turniyiu.-cl with four styles. It grows in tiie lowlands. 



4. GANGETICUS. G.-iNGETIC. 



Ilerbaceits repens minor, corolla quinquejida, sty'e ad hamm vsque 



qtuidripartito, florihus sin^ularibus ad aius. Browne, p. 1 i'i. 



Leaves cordate, obtuse, nucrooniite, viilose, pctioied j stem diiiuae, peduncles- 

 one-flowered. 



This little plant, the smaller creeping convchuhts, is found on the side of the raait 

 that leads to tJie foot of the Lonu Mouiiuiiii in Liguanea. It creejw and roots npoii the 

 groiind,^ but seklom grows above two or three iiulies in lengt:i ; the leaves are round- 

 ish, and the flowers tubular, but nioderati.lv open and divided at the inaroiu ; tlie 

 style is divided in four part^ to tke very base, aud tiie fruit is a tapaulej and fontaiiia 

 two or Ibiix seeds. 



BIRCH TRKE. BURS'ERx^. 



Cl. 23, OR. 2. Polygamia dioeeia. Nat. OR. Guntmifer^. 



This is so named in memory of J<jachim Burser, a great wUector of plants. 



Gen. CHAR. The hermaphrodite calyx is a one-leafed minute perianthium, three- 

 parted ; the parts ovate, acute ; tiie corolla has three petals, ovate, acute, spread- 

 inur, entire, deciduous ; stamina are si.< filaments, subulate, erect, fixed round 

 the base of the germ, with ovate erect anthers ; the pisLiiluin has an ovate ger- 

 jnen ; a short thick style, trifid at the tip, with very short and simple stigmas ; 

 the pericarpium is a fleshy obovate capsule, tiiree-cornered, three-ceiled, three- 

 valved ; the seeds berried, solitary (con)monly only one), compressed. Ttiere are 

 obscure vestiges of two cells, but a single seed occupies the whole capsule. The 

 calvx of tfie male flwer, on a separate tree, is a five-toothed minute perianthium; 

 corolla five-petals,, lanceolate, acuminate, refiex, shrivelling ; the stamina are- 

 live, eight, or ten, filaments placed round a slightly convex surface, scarcely 

 shorter than the petals, subulate, with oblong two-celled anthers ; the pistilluin 

 a rudiment,, no germen, style trifid, caducous,, or none. There is only one specie* 

 a native of Jamaica. 



GUMMIFERA. GUM-BEARING 



Terchinthus majoi', belitla corfire, fruetu triangulari, Sloane, v. 2, 

 p. 89, t. Ut9,. f. 1,2. Foliis eorda/o ot'otis pinnalis, cortjce levi 

 rujescenie florihus masculinis spicalis. Browne, p. 345. 

 Ferruginous villous twigs ;. leaves pinnate ; two or three pairs, with an odd one ( 

 racemes axillary. 

 This is a very loi\v ree, with an upright, round, smooth trunk, covered with a livid. 

 shining, bark, peeling off in round pieces, like the European birch ; branches ter- 

 minating, smooth, horizontal ; twigs ferruginous and viilose ; leaves pinnate ; petioles 

 round, villoic, petioltdes compressed, clianaeiled, viilose benenth. Leaflets, two 



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