uicKWEED HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. nft 



sub-cvlindric, gaping at the tip ; seeds very many and roundish. Two species 

 are natives of Jaii^ica^ 



1. CORr)ATU?.1. HEART-LEAVED. 



^hine aniericana nutnmu'larire ioliis. Sloano, v. 1, p. 203. Foliis 

 orbiaiLitis oppQiitis^. raixmis lu-iis tcrniimtlibus rcmotis. Brcvne, 

 p. V.JO. 

 Leaves sub-cordate. 

 Stens decumbent, creep'ing, somewhat rigid at bottom ; leaves opposite, orbiculate- 

 *Sordate, sub-sessi!e ; stipules, t'Qur on each side, menibraiiiicevus ; peduncles lateral, 

 -elongated, ascending, seven-ilowored, one in the middle, and tliree on each side, 

 fronra peduncle fartner branched ; pedicels, when mat are, visc.id, dropping with the 

 fruit ; calycine leaflets obiong, acute, cqucave ; petals white, upngat, lanceolate, 

 shorter than the calyx ; styles divaricating. 



This plant is common in Jaipaica. Broivne calls this. the i^/r^e/- 4>^'r>can chicli-xeu!^ 

 and says that it^rows in tufts, and seldom rises above ten or twelve inches from the 

 ground ; that the smaller birds feed much upon the seeds, but that it is seldom put to 

 any other use, except that large .wads of the fresh plant, heated over a gentle fire, are 

 sometimes applied to hard and painful swellings, m order to relax the parts and dispose 

 -the obstructions to a resolution. It is also recommended as an emollient fomentation. 



2. DIANDRUM. TU'O-.STAiMENED. 



'Dlundruin petalisintegris, Joliis niintfribus obox-atts ; petiolis et cau' 

 libiis marginatis. 

 Stems procumbent, very rigid ; leaves roundish ; flowers two-stamened. 

 Browne calls this the .j?Ma//f>' c/iR-^a't'ei/, and says it is not common in Jamaica ; the 

 two hlaments are placed in the same line with the petals of the Hower, which are live in 

 .number, as well as the divisions of the cup. The plant is very small, aud seldom n^jea 

 above six or seven inches from the ground. 



CHICKWEED, AFRICAN. MOLLUGO. 



Cl. 3, OR. 3. Triandria tn'gj/nia. Nat. OR. Caryophyllei. 



'Gek. CHAR. Calyx a five-leaved perianth, leaflets oblong, from upright spreading, 

 coloured within, permanent; there is no corolla; the sUmensare tnree filaments, 

 bristle-shaped, shorter than the corolla, approximatmg to the pistd ; anthers sim- 

 ple ; the pistil has a superior germ, ovate, three-grooved ; styles three, very 

 short, stigmas blunt ; the pericarp is an ovate capsule, three-celled, three- 

 Talved ; seeds numerous, kidnej -form. Two species are natives of Jamaica. 



1. VERTICILLATA. VERTICILLATED. 



Minima repens, foliis linearibus verticiUatis,Jlorihus quinariis pedun-i 

 culalis coi'fertis. Browne, p. 139. 

 Leaves in whorls, wedge form, acute j stem subdivided, decumbent; peduncles 

 oae-tlowoi'ed, 



A..a2 This. 



