WJTTts, KORTUS JAM.AICEKSIS. 10? 



laribus ohlongis iitrinque actLfiSy suhtus quasi vUlosis ; fiorihus oc^ , 

 tandris, rarcmis I'oviosis a!an'!>us. Browne, p. 247, t. -8, 1'. 1. 



Pethincles nml)eiled; leaves permanent, lauceoliite, tjmeutose beueath ; tiowcis 

 eight stamened. 



This is a small tree or shriil), u-ith strlateel rufous or ferruginous colcitred branches ; 

 ^aves ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, lanuginoiis ash-colouroti beneatli, smoiAh on 

 tlie upjjer surface ; petioles ferrutiinous, short ; flowers in a sort of corymb, tenuuiat- 

 iugf, on bifid or trifid peduncles ; the corollas white, and fragrant, 'i'his plant is com- 

 mon m all the lowlands of Jamaica, and has obtained the name of ntustard shrui), from 

 its being strongly impregnated with an acrid volatile salt, 



This tree riseth to about twenty feet higii, having a trunk as thick as ones thigh, the 

 bark is of a dark grey coio'iir, the branches !)ow downwards and are crooked, liaving 

 here and tliere knobs on theiu ; the leaves come out alternately, at about half an incii 

 distance, standing on a brown half inch long footstiilk, they are two inches long, and 

 ne and a quarter broad, having one middle and several transverse ribs. The tlowers 

 come out on the ends of the twigs,, and cdusist of a great many very long wiiite sta- 

 mina, inclosed in a grt^n capsule, to which foUoiv, three inches long, green, smuoti], 

 ventricose, pods, in which is containetl four or five peas, being green and soft, in- 

 closed in a white pulp ; the inward mucilaginous membrane of the pod is of a scariet 

 colons The pod opens of itself, and its contents are mucn covetecl by ants ; the pod 

 nangs to the tree by a two-inches long footstalk, and is small at the further emi. 



4. TOROLOSA. TWISTER. 



^riorescens, foliis ovatis utrinque aciiminatis, siliqua iorosa loyigis-^ 

 sima. Browne, p. 246. 



Peduncles sub-biflorus, round, terminating ; leaves lanceolate-ovate, dotted 

 with white underneath ; pods round, linear, torulose. 



Browne calls this the larger hreynia, which grows to be a shrubby tree. He says it 

 23 rather a rare plant, and he only saw one, which grew near Port Antonio. 



5. LONGIFOLIA. LONG-LEAVED. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, dotted with meal underneath, 



6. SILIQUOSA. PODDED. 



Peduncles many flowered, compressed ; leaves permanent, lanceolate-oblong, 

 acuminate, dotted beneath. 



7. .TAMAICENSIS. JAMAICA. 



peduncles many flowered ; leaves oblong, obtuse, emarginate, downy under- 

 neath ; coroilas campanulate. 



8. BREYNIA, 



Peduncles racemed ; leaves permanent, oblong ; calyxes and peduncles tomen* 

 tose ; floivers eignt staaiened. 



This is a small tree with an upright smooth trunk and flexuose branches, scarred 

 Ritli the fallen leaves i twigs angular and pubescent j leaves uUernaie, scattered, acu- 



niinate, 



