^(^ HORTUS JAMAICENSrS.. Verj* 



90, t. 3 5, f. I. Acrosticum 7. Simplex villositm, foliishnceolato- 

 avails ennui is et sub-auvitis petiolatis mininiis.. Erojvne, p. 105. 



Pumas sub-ovate, blunt, repand, hirsute uadecneati). 



The leaves are about a foot long, with reddish-brown, shining, s'ender, footstalks. 

 The pinnae are sometimes opposite, soniciimes alternate, very thick set near the top. 

 The leaves are of an. irregular figure, notched about tiie edges : green above and very 

 white below, with a brown down on the margin. It ii comruoii in the middle inonn- 

 taius of Liguanea, seldom grows more than teu or twelve inches in height, and has the 

 appearance of aii adiantum. 



The/ollowing have sith-pinnate or hranchedfronds : 



S. PEDATA. FOOTED. 



Jjayi!0)iit:s foLiis afrcvirenlibus vm.vime dissectis sett fili^ Geranii 

 JiobertHiiii folio. Sloane, v. 1, p. 7:.'>. Minor simpleJ: monophyllus- 

 a^que lobalus, lobis piofunde incisis, laciniis laiiccclatis. Browne,, 

 p. yo. 



Fronds five-angled, trifoliate ; pinnas pinnatifid, the lateral ones two-parted. 



This litble plant seldom rises above four or six inches from the ground ; it is beauti-- 

 fuUy dissL-r ted, and of a very singular form ; but varies much in its division and ap- 

 pearance. isrowne. This ]>lant has also the appearance oi anadianhan, and the leaves- 

 are oi a dark green colour above. 



9. CAUDATA. TAILED. 



Filir fa'inina sen ramosa major, pinnulis angiistissimis rarissiniisgv^. 

 Sloane, v. 1, p. IDl, t. 63. Bamosus, /ronde rariori lohata, lobis 

 linearibius auritis quandoque subdivisis, ierminalibuslongitjiibus. 

 Browne, p..)l. 



Fronds super-decompound ; pinnas. linear, the lowest pinnate-toothed at the 

 base, the tennmatiag ones very long. 



This pLmt is very common in die mountains of Jamaica. It grows ver^- thick in most 

 open spots, and thrives best in a stiff clav. Browne. It rises about five feet high with 

 a strong stalk, cornered, as big as ones finger, of a black colour at bottom and reddish 

 green above; having branches sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate; on which 

 come the twigs beset with pinneEj very narrow, having a large space betv/een each. - 

 JSIoanc. 



1,0. m;,utilata. mangled. 



Hamosus, foliis linear ibus per pinnas alatas. Browne, p. 91. 



Fronds decompounti, leaflets pinnate, the lowest semi-pinnatifid, the tenninat* 

 ing one and those of the base very long. 



This plant growslike the foregoing, but never rises so high ;. it loves an open gra- 

 velly, soil, and is very common in the lower bills. Browne. 



11. BIAURITA. TWO- EARED. 



Simplex, pinnis longis in limbos anguslos falcatos pt'ofunde sCctis, vi' 

 Jima uirin^ue geiiiinata, Brovvae, p. 30, 



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