ipS K OUT us JAMAICENSIS. bottl* 



anthers ; ihe pistil has pedicdleil germ, no style ; stigmn. ohfxtse, seasir^^ ; the 

 pericarp IS a corticose bt'Trv, one-celled, jje'licclleci ; seeds miiuerous, rcniform^ 

 , nestling. Eight species are iiulfgenoiis to tiiis isliind, us lolluw ; 



!. CYXOPHALLOPHOUA. 



Fniticosa, fcdiis ohloiigis nhtusis. _Browne, p. 24C, t. 27, f. 1. 

 Peduncles many flowered, terminal ; leaves oval, ootuse, perennial ; glands 



This varies considerably in its hahir. or general appearance, arcordin^; to the r.oil ia. 

 %vhi(-ii it is found. Ia sunny hedi^es it is wealc, thin, and as it were supported by the 

 neighbouring vegetables ; but in fields and towards tlic s!)ores, it is a kind of shrub nr 

 little tree of twelve feel high, and of a pretty appearance. Theioiives- are alternate^ 

 petiolated, smooth on both.side.s, thickish, somewhat stifT", and about three inclies 

 long ; thev are also either ovate, ob-ovate, or even lance-ovate, but more frequently 

 oblong. In the axilla, of the leaves there is a roundisli solitary gland, which is scartve- 

 ever missing. -The fiowers are beautiful, very patulous, and extremely fragrant, of a 

 vliite or greenish white ; the stamens often four inches long ; the silif.pte about a foot 

 lung, of various ilegrees of thickness, outwardly green, or greenish purple, with a red 

 sutin*e, and, when ripe, split longitudinally, each part rolling ijack to the very foot- 

 stalk, and successively letting fall the seeds, which are coated with a white bark exter- 

 nally, and greenish internally, and are surrounded by a st-arlet flesh or pulp. It is, very 

 common in the lower hills of Jamaica. Browne calls it the shrubbij brtynia. 



This is called hofth cod roof, it is found in copses, and is disposed to run in bushes, 

 It is remarkable for having large while flowers, whose stamina are of an extraordinary 

 length. The pods are a foot long and unequal. When npe they open gradually, and 

 shew the seeds in a sort of crimson bedding. The root is large, yellow, fleshy, an4 

 tastes strongly like horse-raddish. Dr. Canvane recommends it as a specific in dropsy. 

 He orders a decoction of it ; but an infusion is preferable, because boiling dissipates 

 its virtues. The other species of this genus, which grow in Jamaica, have the same 

 sensible qualities as those of the mustard tribe, IVright. 



2. BADUCEA. 



Fruticosa, foliis singularibus, oblongo-ovalis, sxperne nitidis, siliqiih 

 minorihus tcretibus cequalibus. Browne, p. 246, t. 27, f. 2. 

 Peduncles one -flovvereirtl; leaves ovate-oblong, determinately crowded, naked. 

 This Browne calls the muUard shrub with a willow-lea/, and says it is common in ali 

 the savannas anci lowlands about Kmgstcjn. It grows generally to the lieight oi nine or 

 ten feet, aiid throws out a number of slender suo-ereci brandies, adorned with oblong 

 leaves, which a])pear duty and opaque as if they were dusted underneath. All the 

 parts of the plant nave a strung pungent saiefi and taste, like most of tfie m.ustard tribe. 

 -^Browne. 



3. FFRRt;GINEA. IRON. 



/Icaciis affinis arbor siliquosa folio svbrctu7ido singuJari, flcre staminea 

 albido, siliqua tereti ventriosa, cujus interior tunica est mucosa et 

 tleganter miitiata, Sioane, v. 2, p. 59, i'rutuosa ; JoUis singu- 



-iaribus 



