2-0 H O R T U S J A M A I C E N S I .!. :*.)R8teis, 



suHstanre, looking like hops at a distance ; in which is conluiiied its seed. Tlie biirk 

 is very rt stringent : I litive mado a decoction of ibis bark, uliioh wonid cleanse and. 

 st(,p the great flux of ulcers, and make them fit to heal, ai;d cure tlie mange in dogs. 

 Barhaiii, p. 52. 



2. C:\RTH AGINENSIS. -CARTHAGINIAN. 



FoUis phlongo ovatis, pinnalis .; siliquis coTupressis^iblongis. Browne, 

 p. 237. 



Leaflets obovate. 



Browne calls this the mountain dog-wood, ai.d observes that it is so like the forego- 

 ing, both in appearance and smell, as v.ell as in the grain and texture of its wood, that 

 it IS difficult to uistHignish the one from the other, until the fruit is observed, which, 

 in this, is quite compressed and plain, \vithout wings. It grows to nearly double the 

 size of the otlier, and its wood, which maj be had lo almost any dimensions, is rather 

 darker, but equally good. 



This tree blossom:; in June and July, the blossoms grow in spiikcs, are of a pale pur- 

 ple, and it does not lose its lea-\es while in blossom as the enjthvina does. The leaves 

 are larger and thinner than those of the other, which they resemble, and consist of 

 divers pairs of lobes grownig on the middle rib and terminated by an odd one. The 

 ^seeds are eorapresscd and kidney-sliapecl. It is found plentifully in Clarendon and 

 Vere, where it is known by the name of ^//cA-a'wrf, and is more esteemed .than any 

 ,pther wood for tlie purpose of making naves for wheels. 



No English Name. .-DORSTErvTA. 



Cl. 4, R. I. Tetrandria monogT/nia. Nat. or. Scabridee. 



This was so named in honour of Dorstenius, a German physician, who published a, 

 iiistory of plants. 



Gkn. CH.-4II. Cal3'x, common receptacle, one-ieafcd, flat-cornered, very large, co- 

 vered b}' the receptacle, with very numerous floscules inhabiting the disk, very- 

 small ; proper perianth four-cornered, concave, imbedded in the receptacle and 

 xmited with it; there is no corolla ; tne stamens are four filaments, iiliform, very 

 short; with roundish anthers ; the pistil has a roundish germ ; a simple style; and 

 obtuse stigma ; there is no pericarp, the common receptacle becoming fleshy j 

 peeds solitary, roundish-acuminate. One species is indigenous to Jamaica. 



CORDIFOLIA. HEART-LEAVED. 



Scapes rooting ; leaves cordate, ovate, tooth-letted; receptacles orbiculate. 

 Receptacle plano-convex, with a crenate dotted margin, and fleshy ; disk a littlft 

 concave ; male flowers in tlie disk towards the ray ; calyxes immersed in the receptacle, 

 or lour-toothed hples. Filaments two, three, or four, short, with twin anthers ; flow- 

 ers in the middle of the disk female, calyxes immersed, or four- toothed, four-cornered, 

 holes ; germ ovate, style bifid, stigmas retiex. When the germ is ripe it is concealed 

 within the receptacle, and opens into two parts, dropping the secd^ wiiictl is roundish. 

 This genus is clearly allied to urUca and punetaria^ 



