COCKSCOMB HOUTUS JAMAICENSIS. tui 



3. AXILLARIS. AXILLARY. 



Racemes axillaiy ; leaves distich, ovate-acjuminate, sliiningj on \'ery short pe- 

 tioles ; slipuies miicronate ; stem shrubby. Sw. 



4. CAULIFLOHA. f LOWER-STALKEO. 



Racemes cauline, scaly at the base; leaves tUstich, oblong, acute, shining j: 

 stein arborescent. Sw. 



No English Name. COCCOSTPSILUM. . 



Cl. 4, OR. 1. Tetmndria mongyma. Nat- or. Stdlatts. 

 This name is derived from two Greek words, signifying- a measure of grain or seed. 

 Gen. CHAR. Calyx a one-leafed perianth, foiir-partecl, superior, with erect acute 

 segments; the corolla is one-pelaled^ fimnel-form'; tube longer than die calyx, 

 gradually widening towards the border, . which is four-]3arted, the parts ovate, 

 erect; the stamens are four filaments, the length of the tul)e, inserted into the 

 base, fihform, erect ; anthers erect : the pistil has an ovate inferior germ ; style 

 the length of the stamens, bifid at the tip ; stigmas simple; the pericarp is a 

 roundish beny, inflated, two-celled, crowned ; seeds numerous, minute^ There 

 is only one species, which is a nativ^e of Jamaica, 



REPENS. . CREEPING. 



Herhacetitn repens, foliis venosis ovatis oppositis, pedunculis brevibus 

 subtnnbellatis cid alas alternas. Browne, p. 144, t. 6, f. 2. 



This plant is frequently observed in the cooler mountains of Liguanea and Mount- 

 Diabio ; it grows in spreading tufts, each stalk creeping about eighteen or twenty 

 inches from the root, and shooting out a few lateral branches as it runs. The leaves* 

 are opposite, and the fijllawing flowers and fructifications rise oo short divided footv-. 

 Stalks from their alternate alije. Browne. 



COCKSCOMB. CELOSIA. 



Cl. 5, da. l. PentandriamonogTjnia. Nat. or. Miscellanete. 



OeN. char. Calyx a three-leaved perianth, leaflets lanceolate, dry, acute, perma* 

 nent, similar to the corolla ; the corolla has five-petals, lanceolate, acuminate, , 

 erect, permanent, stiflSsh, calytiform ; the nectary a margin surrounding the 

 germ, very small, five-cleft ; the stamens are five filaments, subulate, conjoined 

 :V, the base to the plaited nectary, length of the corolla, with versatile antliers;- 

 tiic pistil has a globular germ; style subulate, straight, length of the stamens; 

 &tigma simple ; tiie pericarp is a globular capsule, surrounded by the corolla, one= 

 celled, circumcised ; seeds few, rounilish, emarginate. One species, the pani' 

 eulata, is a native of Jamaica, another beautiful one, the cristata, has been in- 

 croduced. 



