fiDDLEV.'OOO IIORTUS JAMAIC ENSIS. 2EI 



Fronds pinnate, pinnas piniiatifid, the lowest two-pnrteJ. 

 This plant grwvs in tlje cooler mountains of New Liguanea, it rises commonly to 

 ^he height of two feet and a halt^ aud is easily distinguished by the regular divisiqn of 

 its lower xihs. Browne. 



12. IIETEROPHYLI.A. 



Jtiit^ vmn'arz'ce accede nsjiii.v minov non ramosa, pinnuUs suhrniimdis 

 profimde scissis. Sloane, v. 1, p. 92. Sesquipedalis ramosiis ; fo- 

 liis minor ihus ohlojtgis serrat is. Browne, p. 91. 



Fronds bipinnate, pinnas ovate-oblongj serrate, blunt, the fertile ones quite 

 entire. 



Tiiis is a very elegant little species, it grows commonly in moist and shady places, 

 arid rises to the height -of sixteen or eighteen inches; it is pretty much divided, and 

 the !ea%'cs, when }oung, are serrated ; but, as it beguis to seed, the margin reflects, 

 and none of those are seen. It is very common about the Cascade in bt. Ann's. ^ 

 Browne. 



. This has been confounded with oi)KM?2f/ff cmjOrt of Linnens, but ought to be res- 

 tored to this genus. The fructifications are at first in an interrupted line about the 

 jjge, but, wiien matured, become confluent, and are covered by the reflex margin. 



The .stalks are of a dark green colour, having twigs opposite below, alternate above ; 

 the leatkts are set aueniately, about nine pair, with an odd one, they stand on short 

 -footstalks, arc rouudishj and deeply cut on the edges, Sloane. 



13. ACULEATA. PUICKLY. 



Leaflets doubly pinnatifid; divisions broad lanceolate; segments serrate, the 

 terminal one elongated ; trunk arboreous, and stem prickly. 



See Fern. 



FIDDLEWOOD. CITHAREXYLUM. 



Cl. 14, OR. 2. Didynamia angiospermia. NaT. or. Fcrsonatx. 



This name is derived from two Greek words signifying a harp and wood. 



Cen char. Calyx a one-leafed bell-form perianth, five-toothed, acute, perma* 

 neut ; coi-olla one-petaled, funnel, wheel-form ; tube twice as long as the peri- 

 anth, thicker at the top ; border five-parted, two-lipped ; segments villose ahove, 

 obiong, truncate, flat, very spreading ; the stamens are four filaments, with the 

 rudiment of a fifth from the middle of the tube, filiform, two of them somewhat 

 longer; anthers oblong, twin, erect; the pistil has a roundish germ, a filiform 

 .style, the length of the stamens; stigma obtuse-headed; pericarp a rounilish 

 berry, somewhat compressed, one-ceiled ; seeds two, ovate, two-celled, convex 

 on one side, concave on the other, emarginate at the end. Tnree species are na- 

 tives of Jamaica^ one is known by the name of oW woman'' s bitter, 



'"'''"". Pp3 I. CAUDATUM, 



