Skvn-F.uoyr H OUT US JAM AI C EN'SI S- 2S9 



The stalk ami leaves are like those of the first sort, bat the leaves are obtuse, and 

 have ho spines at their ends ; the 'flower stalk rises five or six feet high, and is gene- 

 Tally covered with flowers most of its length ; the flowers are larger and whiter thaa 

 those of the other spedes, and sit close to the stalk; fronr the sii!e come o'lt lf)n2^ 

 threads which hang down. All these plants are very omaiTiental, and easily pro])agated 

 from seeds, or troai ofl'-sets and heads taken from the old plants afier the maiinei' of 

 aloes. ' _ 



DAMSON-PLUM. CHRYSOPHYLLUM. 



Cl. 5, OR. 1. PentandriamonogTjnia. Nat. or. Dimiosx. 



This generic name is derived from two Greek words^ signifying golden leaf. 



Gen. char. Calyx a' five parted small perianth ; leaflets roundish, obtuse, perma- 

 nent ; corolla uionopetaious, bell-shaped; hordei- five-cleft, segments roundish, 

 much expanded, shorter than the tul.e ; the stamens are five filaments, subulate, 

 placed on the tulje, converging; anthers roundish, twin, incumbent; the pistil 

 has a roundish germ ; a very siiort style; an obtuse sub-cnunquefid stigma; the 

 pericarp is a ghjbular berr}', ten-celled, lai'ge ; seeds solitary, bony, compressed, 

 marked with a scar, shining. Three species are natives of Jamaica, the star- apple, 

 or cainito, and the following : 



1. MONOPYRENUM. 



Fructu minovi glabra, folils subtusferruginiis.Vi^ovme, p. 171. 



Leaves elliptic-acuminate, golden-tomentose beneath ; fruit ovate, one-seeded. 



This tree never attains the size of the star-apple, either in height or the size of the 

 trunks by half ; but the branches are slender and garnished with leaves like it. It 

 grows wild in many parts r)f Jamaica. The flowers come out in clusters from the side 

 of the branches, which are succeeded by oval smooth fruit, about the size of a berga- 

 mot pear. This contains a white clamniy juice, when fresh; but, after being kept a 

 few days, it becomes sweet, soft, and delicious. It frequently contains lour or fivQ 

 black seeds about the size of those of a pumpkin. 



2. RUGOSUM. 'WRINKLED. 



i Leaves oblong-acuminate, smooth on both sides ; fruit acuminate, wrinkled* 

 -.Hw. 



See Star- Apple 



DANDELION, or LION'S TAIL. TUSSILAGO. 



Cl. 19, OR. 2. Syyigenesia polygmnia superflua. Nat. or. Composiftf. 

 This name is derived from tussis, on account of son>e of the species being of use ii^ 



.TJnng coughs. 



Gen. char. Calyx coiraaon cylindrical ; scales lanceolate-linear (fifteen or twenty) j 



L i 3 eq^ualj 



