>Qa ' HORTUS JAMA le EN SIS. ^trssT^ 



'J. LATIiVROlDF.S. LATBYRUS-I.IKK. 



Phaseolus oectus iut/tz/roidc.-:, flare atiiplc, coccincj. Rloaae, v. 1, 

 p. 13;!jt. 116, t'. 1. Minor ercctis j)ru'tnsis, joiihoblungis, lii.iiUa 

 minori, siliindsgracilibus. iiruuiie. p. 'l^J\.. 



Stem upright, ical'ets lanceolate. 



This has an obiong large wliite root, going a foot deep into Uie groirnr!, from the 

 top of which grow several trailin'g brancl-.es, round^ smooti),. and green; stt pretty 

 thick with leaves,, three always together, leaf at the top of the footstalk longer ; they 

 ^ire oblongv acuniiiiate ; the two lateral ones sub-sessile, entire, veined, smooth above,., 

 pubescent imderneath. Petioles alteriiate,^ erect, stiff,, ihannelied, angular, reddish ; 

 i<tipules at the- base of the petioles, ojjposite, acuminate ;^ others at the base of vhe 

 leaves ; pedniicles I'jng, fastigiate,. mariy Ho\vc;red,, round, pub(:;scent. The flovvi-rs 

 are in a sort of spike, alternate,, mostly in j)airs close together, blood red ; thi; banner 

 of a paler red ; wings decj) red, twice as large as the banner; keel whitish,: legume 

 roundish, awl-shaped ; seeds roundish, separated, brown. This plant grows in moist 

 sandy grounds, and Browne says rt -is pretty common in, tlie savannas about Spaiusli 

 'i^owu. 



Ste Horse Beans an-d Kidney Bean.s. 



BL.SCK Ma.stic Sec Ba.stard Bully Tree.. 

 .Black Olive See Olive- Bark. 



N^ English Name. BLECHNUM. 



Gl. 24, OR. 1. Ciypiogamia filiccs,,or Ferns. 

 Gay. citAR. Fructifications disposed in two lines, approaching to the rib of the 

 frond and parallel. One species has been discovered iu this island. 



OCCIOENTALE.. WESTERN. 



Fili-v minor, in pinnas tantuni divisa, crehras, own crenalas, auricii... 

 laws, et lineis ptdverulentis cnersa patie notalas. Sloane, v. I,.. 

 p. 87, t. 44, f. 2. ii'impUx foliis atuplioribus oblongis Jalcaiis ei: 

 impetiolatis. Browne, p. 91. 



Fronds pinnate ; pinnas lanceolate, opposite, einarginate at the base. 

 "Zrovine cvAh xh'i^xhe undivided hltchmun, with large oblong leaves. It rises by a 

 sinple undivided stalk to the height of thirteen or eighteen inches; tlie leaves loiij-- 

 ^ad narrow. "Sloane says the pinnas are many, with two small auricles at the base. 



Elechum See Christmas Pride. 



BLESSED THISTLE. CENTAUREA. 



^h. 19, OR. 3. Syngenesia poh/ganii<t frustranea. Nat. or. Composite. 



