'102 IIOIITUS JAMAICENSIS, BJ.-JE 



sppcies are indigenous to this island, as follow ; the. f<;r)iatca, a native of the East 

 Itidies, grows in East's garden, having l)oeu broiiglit to this island some years 



1. BRASILIAXA. BRARII.IAN. 



Major acaiuhiis, Joliis subrotundo ovcit's, jlorihus geminatis. 

 Browne, p. 298. 



Leaves ternate ; caly.xcs solitary, bell-form. 



'I'his Browne calls tlie larger dlmliing rlitoria, which rises with a twining hcrbacpwis 

 . stalk five or six teei high, iiaving at eacli joint one teiiiate leaf on a long [u'tK^ie. 'I'lie 

 flowers conic out singly from the axils on Jong peduncles, encompassed about the 

 middle with two small oval leaves ; the tlow-ers. are very large, the standard broad, anil 

 of a fine blue colour. Browne says this species is very rare in Jamaica, he found it iiv 

 JSt. Ann''-', where it grew very luxuriantly. 



2. VIUGINIANA. VI[lOINIA>r. 



Phaseohis svhaticusjiorepatuln, dilute purpurrf>, siliqua tenui nigrttf, 

 seminc winorc maculiUo. Sloane, v. 1, p. 181. Minor scandens^ 

 foliis sub-iillosis obl^jngo-oiatis, Jtoribus geminatis. Browne 

 p. 298. 



" Leaves ternate ; calyxes geminate, bell-form. 

 This species is very common in all the hills and lower lands of Jamaica. The stem 

 is herbaceous, filiform, subdivided, seandent, and twining, round, striated, pubescent. 

 L-eaflels oblong, acuminate, with a blunt tip, entire, nerved, smooti), sometimes pu- 

 bescent, on short petiolules : peduncles longer than the petioles, erect, angular, stri- 

 ated, hirsute, bearing three or four flowers : perianthium double, outer t wo -1 caved ; 

 leaflets ovate-acute, concave, keeled, pubescent ; inner tubular, two-lipped, the two 

 upper teeth shorter, appioximating, the three lower longer, acute, the middle one 

 tliree times as long as the others : corolla resupinate, standard blue, with oblique 

 purple sti'eaks, at tlie back. part dusky, and tomentose ; seeds smooth, and of a gray 

 colour. 



3. OALACTIA. 



Phaseolus minor /c.cfesce7is _fiore purpureo. Sloane, v. I, p. 183, t, 

 1 14, f 4. Fcliis cvatis glabris pinnate fcrJiatis, spicis elungatis 

 Jtrminalihus. Browne, p. 298, t. 32, f. 2. 



Leaves ternate ; raceme erect ; flowers pendulous. 



This, by its round small ivoody stalks, turns itself round, and mounts about any tree 

 or shrub it comes near, rising to six feet high. At every inch putting forth leaves, 

 three always togetlier, on half inch long footstalks. The leaf opposite the footstalk is 

 the longest, an inch long, and three-quarters of an inch broad in the middle where 

 broadest, being roundish or oval, of a dark green colour, smooth, hard, and nervous. 

 The flowers come out from the alfe of theieaves, on very short footstalks, -three-quar- 

 ters of an inch long, hollow, papilionaceous, and purple. After these follow cylin- 

 dric legumes, two inches long, crooked and sharp at the end, containing several brown 

 .small peas. All parts of the plant are osilky ; it grew in the Red Hills and other places 

 ^leatUuUy.-* (J'/oa^e. 



JBrownfi 



