t^^: HORTUS JAMAICENSI3. 16T 



% wliich they are fastened to tlie pod. It throws on the keys near Port FvOjal, p:enti- 

 fA'lly, and the peas are dangerous to cat." S'loatw. 



3. RRPEN'S. CREEPING. 



Mnritimu.t, vu'no7\ rrpcn.f ; pfdunciilis hngiorihus ; siltquis polifa 

 sperviibi/s, gracilihu.';, tcrctihus. Browne, p. 293. 

 Stem rreepirio- ; leaves pubescent, ovate ; flowers racemed, in pairs ; legumes 

 linear, columnar. 

 This plant grows conioionly by the sea side. Browne calls it ihc smaller seaside 

 dolichos, .. 



4. MiNiMtrSi small; 



P?tnsechis minimvs, fa'tidus fforihus spicafi's'e viririe htteis seyni'm ma" 

 fulalo. Slnnne, v. 1, p. !82, t. 115, f. I. MinimuS Jxtidus re- 

 pins, silicuUs bispermihus. Browne, p. 294. 



Legumes in raceines, compressed, with four seeds in them ;. leaves rhomb- 

 shaped. 



This plant has round, small, tender,- stalks, twrsting round any thing thej' come near, 

 till it be six or seven feet high, (Browne says it seldom exceeds tuo or three,) ha^iing 

 here and tliere leaves and flowers. The leaTes are alwavs three together, sn)ali, of a, 

 yellowish green colour on tlie same peduncle; the flowers are many spike-fashion, 

 ismall, scarce opening, and of a greenish yellow colour, succeeded by small pods, a 

 ;uarter of an inch long, black and rough, contaimng one or more small oblong, black- 

 ish, green speckled peas. The whole plant has an unsavoury rank smell, and grows 

 in rocky places. Sfoane. Browne calls it the small feet id dolichos. In C'uragoa it has 

 t^e name of "Ji'itttekrux/t, or wart-herb, the leaves, bruised with salt, being reputed to.- 

 cure warts, 



5. UUTEUS. . YELLOW. 



Twining; tibwers in a sort of spike; legumes sub-CAdindric, smooth j leaves 

 roimdish, rhombed, obtuse, entire, smooth. Sw. Fr. p. 105. 



Besides the above indigenous species, three exotic ones have been introduced, the 



lahlab, of which arbours are made in the East ; the svinr,:Sf. or Chinese dolichos j an(i_ 

 tkti-(utiaug, which is said to be cultivated for food in the East Indies., 



Se CowiTCH^ Horse Bean Horse-Eye- Bean. 

 CATESBiEA^Ste- Trumpet Flower, 



GAT-MINT, NEPETA. 



Cti. 14, OR. T.^ Didynamia gymnnspermiai Nat. or. Verticillat-e. 



Gen. CffAR. Calyx one-leafed, five- toothed ; corolla one-petalled, ringent, lowet- 



lip with an intermediate segment, crenate, throat reflex at the edge ; stamina awl- 

 " ehaged, Jjeneatii the upper lip approjuinatkigj aathers inciuiibeiit j the pistil hsa 



