CONTRA 7SRVA II O R T U S J A M A I C E N S I S; ??4 



cave, resemhling a perianth ; the three, inferior ones alternate, very large, romrU 

 jsh, coloured ; nectaries three, rcsemhiing stamens, seated on -their proper fila- 

 ments, cruciforni, horiiiontal ; the stamens ar-^ t!iree fiiainents, suhiihue, rech'ied, 

 agreeing in fimire and circuit with tlie filaments of tlie nectarv, hnt inferior to 

 them; anthers ovate ; the pistil lias a superior ronndish perm ; style snhnlate, re- 

 voUite, ienyth of the stamens; sti^nta simple; tlie pericarp a naked capsulcj 

 nearly globular, three-furrowed, tlni^e-celled, three, valved ; seeds two, angu- 

 lated. Two spucies are natives of Jamaica. , 



1. CO.M.MLrM.S. COMMOIf. 



Precinnhens foliis lanoeolafa-ovatis, floribiis ptmtcioribuHy petalis duo- 

 hus mujorihus. 



Corollas unequal ; loaves ovate-lanceolate, a(?ut ; stem creeping, smooth. 

 This plant has several trailing stalks, which put out roots at the joints, ha\ing one 

 leaf at each joint, which is.sinrtoth, of a deep green, and marked with several longitu- 

 dinal nerves, and emhraciiig the stalk. Flowers axillary, two, or three together on 

 short peduncles : the corolla is composed of two large blue petals, and, four small gret-ti 

 ones. Browne calls it the broad-leaved eYij/i>7ji'//i',.whichg,rows.very, commonly in the 

 niidflle lands of Jamaica, growing in beds, and crtx ping generally along the ground, 

 and liiro'.ving out a great number of leaves and smaU branches towards the top It is 

 accounted an excellent food for most sorts of eattle, especially, those tliat give milk. 



2 NUDIFLORfc, NAKED'-FI.-OVVERED.'- 



Ei'ecfa simpler angiisii folia, Jioribas singularibiis. Browne, p. 126. 



Corollas equal-,, peduncles c^iiliiry ; leaves ]ii}ear ; involucre none; flowers 

 two-stamened. , 



Stem somewhat erert, decumbent at the base, somewhat scabrous; leaves sessile, 

 acute, sheathing; peduncles terminating, two, a greater and a smaller ; flowers from 

 four to six, pedicelied, .noddiiig,. . Brovvae says it seldom rises above the height of 

 mi>eteen or twent}' inches, tliat it v,as pretty c(,tr>inon in the mountains of VVestnaor^. 

 land,, but he had not seen it in any other part of the island. 



Ste SuDER Wort. 



eONTRAYER,VA.- ARISTGLOCHIAr. 



Cr.. 20, C'K. 5.1 Gi/nandria hexandria. Nat. or. Sarmentacex; 



GcN. C!AR.-r-There is no calyx; corolla on-.^-petaled, tubHlousi, irregular; hase^ 

 swelling', sub-globular, torulose ; tube oblong, iiexagon-cyhndric ; httib dilated, 

 extentled below into a long tongue ; the stamens iiave <io filaments ; anthers six 

 fastened at. bottom to the stigmas, four-celled ; tjie pistil has an abloii'r oerin, in- 

 ferior, angular ; style scarcely any ; .stigma sub-glol)u!ar .sjx.-jiarted, concave ; 

 th<3 pericarp is a large capsule ; six-angled and six-celled ; the seeds several, dc-- 

 preiicd, incaiubeiit. Ttiiree species are natives of Jamaica. 



I. onor..iTi,SarMA. 



