GRAHTCHIS 



HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. ^^ 



species. Browne calls it the smooth-leafed coxvitch, and says lie foimd it at the Angv 

 at trie side of the road, growing commonly to tl)e lieight of four or live leet. 



Crab Grass ^ce Bent Grass. 



No English Name. CRANICHIS. 



Cl. 20, OR. 1. Gynandria diandria. Nat. ou. Orchide^. 



This generic name is from a Greek word signifying an helmet. 



Gen. char. Caiyx wandering spathes, no perianth ; the corolla has five petals, ob- 

 long, sub- horizontal ; tht^ three outer (or two upper lateral, and one anterior) 

 ovate-lanceolate, equal, spreading ; the two inner anterior scarcely smaller, more 

 slender, ovate- lanceolate, erect.,. Nectary or upper petal (between the outer su- 

 perior petals) galeate or.vaulted, erect, ovate, gibbous, slightly keeled, entire 

 at the tip, dotted within, covering and embracing the genitals behind ; the sta^ 

 mens are two or four pedicelled anthers,, placed on the apex of the style, turned 

 towards the helmet ; with an upriglit two-celled lid, fastened to the column of the 

 style in front ; they are covered at the back : the pistil has an ob-ovate germ, ob- 

 lique, inferior ; style an erect cohunn, shorter than the helmet, dilated at the tip, 

 obtuse, bearing the stamens at the back ; stigma funnel-form, between the column 

 of the style and the lid of the stamens ; the pericarp is an oblong or ob-ovate cap- 

 sule, attenuated at the base, three-cornered, three-keeled, one-celled, opening 

 under the ribs, cohering at the tip and base : seeds numerous, very small, Like 

 sand or saw-dust, affixed to a columnar receptacle. Swartz discovered five species 

 in this island. . 



I. APHYLLA. LEAFLESS. 



Bulbs in bundles ; columnar acute ; scape almost naked ; petafs converging, 



2. OLIGANTHA. 



Bulbs in bundles, club-shaped; leaves petioled, oblong, acuminate, shining j 

 scape almost naked , spike filiform ; petals converging, . 



3. DIPHYLLA. TWO-LEAVED,- 



Bulbs in bundles, filifoi-m naked ; leaves peirioled, cordate, acuminate, twin j 

 scape almost naked. . 



4. STACHYODES. STACHYS-LIKR- 



Bulbs in bundlesr, cobminar obtuse ; leaves petioled, ovate-acuiHinate ; scape 

 sheathed; spike columnar ; petals revolute. 



5. MUSCOSA, MOSSY, 



Bulbs filiform, in bundles, tomentose ; root-leaves petioled-ovate ; stem leaves 

 sheathed ; nectary dotted within, 



Ckess /.yee Indian Cress Pepper GrassWater Cress, 



KkS CROSSWORT. 



