1N\VAM0J^^ KORTUS JAMAICENSIS, !?; 



chum. Foiiis ohlongo ovalis, spici's- crass 's/o'iolati's ccntcc g'.iit:lfutis 

 sub/iirsuh's. Browne, p. 2tJl. 



Leaves ovate, serrate- toothed, somewhat hirsute; spikesovate; inner bractea 

 in pairs ; flowers three together, sessile. 



Stem herbaceous, two or three feet high, upright^ bi"anched, four-rornered, stria 

 ted even ; the branches spreadinof, opposite, axillary ; leaves petialed, opposite, 

 ovate-lanceoiate, acuminate, nerved ; spikes terminating, four-cornered, conical, at 

 inch long ; bractes imbricate, or floral. leaves, cordate, acuminate, nerved, hirsute, at 

 the base of which are two little lanceolate bractes, and within them three sub-sessile 

 flowers, small, whitish blue. Calyx five-leaved; leaflets awl -shaped, erect; corolla 

 fiinnel-form, border threcT-cleft. Seeds membranaceous, black. It is an annual plant, 

 common in the pastures and bushy places of Jamaica. Browne says it thrives best in a 

 gravelly soil. Sioane found it on a rocky hill bej'ond Guanaboa, 



3. BLECuromES. - /' 



Loaves oblong, somewhat toothed^ smooth; spikes ovate; flowers longer than- 

 the bractes , ,. 



The stems are prostrate, dichotcmous, even, slightTy four-cornered ; leaves oppo- 

 site, ovate, scarcely pubescent, quite entire, tocjtiilets obsolete; petioles ciiiate j 

 spikes loose, four-cornered, ma le up of cordate, floral leaves, with two short lanceo- 

 late bractes withiii each, and within tliese two sessile flowers, one without the other.. 



See Spirit Leaf. 



CINNAMON. LAURlfS, 



Cl. 9, OR. 1. Enneandria vionogijnia, NaT. oa. Hohratea^ 

 C5N. CUAfi. ^t'(? Avocado Pear Tree, p. 37. 



ONNAMOMUM. 

 Leaves three-nerved, ovate-oblong ; nerves disappearing tovrards the end. 



This tree hath a large root, which divides- into several branches, covered with a barlf^ 

 which on the outer side is of a greyish brown, and in tiie inside has a reddish cast.- 

 The wood of the root is hard, white, and has no smell. , The body of the tree, wliicb 

 grows to the height of twenty or thirty feot, is covered, as well as its numerous branches, 

 with a bark, which at first is green, and afterwards reddish. Tue leaf is longer and 

 narrower than the common bay tree ; and it is tiiree served, the nerves vanishing to- 

 wards the top. When first nnfolde! it is of a beautiful flame colour ; but, after it has- 

 been for some time exposed to. the a;r, and grows dry,- it changes tou deep green oa 

 the upper surface, and to a lighter on the lower. Tne flowers are small and pale yel- 

 low, and grow in large bunches at the extremity of the branches : they have a smell, 

 something like that of the lily of the valley. The fruit is shaped like an acorn, but ia 

 not so large. 



The cinnam.on is the under bark of the cinnanomum. The best season of separatin<5 

 ifef-WOLthe outer bark, which is grey and rngnred, is tiie spuing, wiien the sap flows la 



