*iACKR-/ED. H0TITU"S J AM AT C EN SIS,' ^l^ 



Fedisnc!cs lateral and tenninating, one-flowered ; leaves oblong, shining, dot- 

 ted underneath. 



The whole of tiiis tree is smooth, Tl>e- young twigs have linear-lanceolate scales, 

 at first iinhri(.ate, but ;ftervvards remote and deciduous. J.eaves petio'eil, an iiicli loiig, 

 kiunt, the upper burface somewhat veined and shining, with a groove along tiie middle, 

 the unik'r veinless, pale, dotted, in clusters. Peduncles sometimes four from the 

 ."*ame bud ; usually axdlary, opposite, and terminating, but often below the leaves, 

 )ne- flowered, filiform, an inch and half long. Segments of the calyx oblong, blunt ^ 

 petals obiongj biunt^ small, vsihite. Vahl. 



The branches of this tree are covered with a brown bark, with white spots on it here 

 and there ; the leaves set against one another exactly Uke those of the nnjrtiu latij'olia. 

 -The fruit is like black cherries, whence the name, having a very thin black skin, with 

 a very small purple and sweetish pnlp, inclnJing two wiiite stones, flat on one side^ 

 spherical on the other, so tliat the two compressed sides being joined, they make one 

 lound sphere. Sloane^ 



BLACKEYED PEA. PHASEOLUS. 



Cl, 17, OR. 4'. Diacklph'a decanHria. Nat. or. Papilionace^e. 



This name is said to be derived from piiaselus, a little ship or boat, from its simiii* 

 tude to the pod of the kidney bean. 



'Gen. char Calyx a one-leafed, two-lipped, periaridiium, upper Hp ernarginate ; 

 lower three toothed ; the corolla is papdionaceons ; banner heat-3haped, wingi 

 ovate ; keel narrow, rolled spirally contrary to the sun ; stamina are diadelphous 

 filaments, within the keel, spiral ; anthers simple . the pistil has an oblong ger- 

 men, compressed, villose ; a filiform style, bent in spirally, pubescent abo^e ; 

 stigma blunt, thickish, viilose ; the pericarpium a long- legume, straight, coria- 

 ceous, blunt with a point; seeds kidney-form, oblong, compressed. Two species 

 -are natives of this island. 



1. SPHtEROSPERMUS. ROUND3EEDED. 



Phaseolus erectus minor, sem'nc sphericn, alhido, kilo nigra. Sloane, 

 V. 1, p. 184, t. 117, f. 1, 2, :5. rectus ; siliquis gracilibus, tere- 

 tibiis, polj/sperinibus ; senii^iibus subrotuitdis^ hilo mgro iiotatis. 

 Browne, p. 292. 



Stem upright ; seeds globular, dye 1 at the hiluni. 

 This species is called blaclieyed pmse. The stem about a foot high, branched, petj- 

 cles three or four inches long, the leaves are three together, the odd leaflet is an inch 

 and a half broad at the base, two inches and a half long, on a petiolule three-quarters 

 of an inch longer than the lateral leaflets, which are smaller ; they are all very soft and 

 of a yellowish green colour, and have their ribs from the end of the footstalks. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, strong, and nine inches in length ; the corolla is white. Legumes 

 three or four inches long, almost round and straight, clay-coloured ; the seeds are 

 very many, almost round, white, with a black eye, not so big as the smaller field pea. 

 They are accounted the sweetest and best food of any of the kind. Sloane. 



2 '2. LATHYROIDES, 



