SPSOKK. HORTUS JAlMATCEN'SrS, Ccl-i 



form, simple, silky, prJuncIes, scarcely ilie kni;tli of the petioles, jiTia usuallysolL 

 tary. This is the i^ihthorpia tvolvidacea oi Liniieus, but it differs fi'oin that <jenui 

 both in class and order. 



Pii.DOF,? .Sfc Torch Thistle. 

 I)iLL Sec Fex.nel. 



Xo English Name. DIODIA.' 



Cl. 4, OR. 1. Tetrandria vionogijnia.'. Nat. or'. Stcllaf^e. 



This name is derived from two Greek words signifying by the way, as it grows" by 

 \^uy-sides. 



Gkx. char. Calyx a two-leaved perianth ; corolla oner-yrctutcdj funnel-form, bor- 

 der four-parted ; the stamens are four filaments, bristle-shaped, with versatile an- 

 iliers ; the pistil lias a roundish, four-sided inferior jjerin, n iiliform style, and two- 

 oleit stigma ; the pericarp is an orate four-cornered capsule, crowned, two-celled, 

 two-vahed; seed soliuuy, ova te-ol)lontr5 even, convex on one side, flat on the 

 other, sinning. Three species are natives of Jamaica. 



LSIMPLKX. SIMPLE. 



Stem herbaceous, Eiraple, almost erect, smooth and even ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late. iS'rA . 



2. PRCSTRATA. PROSTRATE'. 



Stem sufTruticoBe, sab- divided ; branches prostrate, filiform; leaves linear^ 

 somewiiat hirsute, rcvoluie. Sw. 



3, S,\KMENTOSA. SARMENTOSE. 



Stem flaccid, shrubby ; branches opposite, spreading ; leaves oblong, acute_j 

 somewhat rugged. Sxv^ 



DOI>DEK. CUSCUTA. 



VIl. 4, cr.. 2. Tetrandria digynia. Nat. or. Convolvuli? 

 G'EN. CH.R. Calyx a one-leafed perianth, cup-form, four- cleft, obtuse, fleshy at 

 the base ; corolla one-petaled, ovate, a little longer than the caly.x, mouth ibur- 

 cleft, obtuse ; the nectary has four scales, which are linear, two-clel't, sluij-p, and 

 growing to the corolla at the base of the stamens, whicii are four subulate fila- 

 jiients, the length, of thci calyx, with roundish anthers ; the pistil has a roundisl.i 

 jH^rm ; two styles, erect, .short; with simple stigmas; the pericarp is flesh}", 

 ^.'juudish, two-celled, cut round, or opening horizontal!}' ; seeds in pairs, 



A^IERICANA. AMERICAN. 



discuta inter 7najorem et ryiinorern media^amentis longis etforfUnis 

 Mill iatisstmc 



