SRYNGO HOPvTUS JAMAICENSIS. 283 



No English Na-me. EROTEUM. 



Cl- 13, OR. 1. Pohjandria vionog^nia. Nat. ou. -Doubtful. 



<3en. cuar. Calyx a five-leaved perianth, leaflets ovate,, concave, incumbent, per- 

 manent ; corolla ftve-petaled, ptv Is ovate-roundish, concave, ei;tire, spreaclinsr ; 

 the stamens are niimeroiw iiianients (thirty), shorter than the petals, erect^ fili- 

 form, placed on tiiC receptacle ; anthers rouriui^h. minute; the pistil has an ovate, 

 pubescent, superior, aerni ; style erect, i^eneraily langer than tl.r stamens, awl- 

 shaped, trifld at the tip, jieraianent ; stigmas obtuse, simple, reflex ; the peri- 

 carp is a roundish berry, juiceless, acuminate with the permane-nt style, smooth, 

 three-celled ; seeds in three's or four's, oblong, compressed a little. There are 

 only two species, both found by Swartz in Jamaica.. 



1. TH^OIDES. TEA-LIKE. 



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Leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrate-toothed j flowers axillary, solitary.. 



2. UNDUI.ATUHT. WAVED. 



Leaves elliptic-lan?eolate^ acuminate, serrate ; flowers crowded, axillaiy. 

 Branches flexuose at top, hairj^-tomeirtose-, especially tovyards the tip. Leaves al- 

 ternate, tvvch or three inches long, coriaceous, broad-lanceoiate, acute at both ends, 

 smooth, paler uuilerneath, thicker at the etige ; tiie younger ones nervtd, and hairy 

 underneath ; petioles very short , peduncles four or five, but sometimes solitar}', one- 

 flowered, the same length vk'ith the petioles;- calycine leaflets ovate, very fuiely ciliatejj 

 obtuse. It vanes with smootii branches. 



EIIYNGO ou FITWEED. ERYNGIUM. 



Cl. 5, OR. 2. Pentandria disynia. "Nat. or. UmheUatcc. 



<Jen. char. Calyx, common receptacle, conic, ch'afl's seperating the sessile ffos- 

 cules; involucre of the receptacle n^any leaved, flat, exceeding thcrfloscules ; pe- 

 rianth proper five-leaved, upright, sharp, exceeding tiie corolla, seated on the 

 germ ; corolla imivenal, uniform, roundish, fioscuies, all fertile ; proper fiv^- 

 petaled, petals oblong, the tips bent inwards to tlie base, straitened longiciidi- 

 iially by a line ; the stamens are five filaments, capillary, straight, exceeding the 

 floscules ; anthers ob ong ; the pisti! i.as a hisped interior germ ; styles two, fili- 

 form, straight, length of the stamens ; stigmas simple ; the pericarp is an ovate 

 fruit, divisible ill two directions ; seeus oblong, coiumnar. ()ue species is a na- 

 tive of Jamaica. 



TCETIDUM. STIKKl.VG. 



_ .EryngiumfoTiis anguitis sermlisfcetiditm.. Sloane, v. 1, p. 264, t. 

 Ijti, f. 3, 4. Fatklum :oliis injerioribus ansiustis serralis, supe- 

 rioribiis laciii'atis et aculeatis. Browne, p. 184. 



"Hoot Teaves lanceolate-serrate ; floral leaves niultifij ; stem dichotomous. 

 "This plant has something of the appearance of a thistle, and very common in .Ta- 

 naica. It has six or seven iouiiU smooth whitish routs, about ten inches long, goin^^ 



O o2 .spUai^ilt 



