PLEA HORTUS JAlVUrC^NSIS. 2?? 



meron?, tuhnlar in the disk ; females apctaloiis, roundish iu the circuit ; proper 

 nrthe herniaplirociite, fiinnel-form, border iive-clel!:, patulous of the fctnaifS, 

 ftinucl-form, border three-cleft ; stamens in the hermaphrodites, five capillary 

 very short filaments, with cyiindrin tubular anthers ; the pistil in the hermaphro- 

 dites has an oblong germ, a fiiiform style, the length of the stamens, and a two- 

 cleft stigma : In the females the germ is oblong, style filiform, length of the her- 

 maphrodite, more slender ; stigmas two, very slender ; there is no pericarp, calyx 

 converging; the seeds to the liermaphrodites solitary, obiongjdoun simple; to 

 the females solitary, oblong, simple ;. receptacle naked, iiat. Four species are 

 natives of Jamaica. 



1. ARBOR ESCENS. TREE. 



Covyza. fruticosa Jlore pailide purpureo, capituh's e lateribus rjimulo-' 

 rmn spicatim exeuntibus. Sloane, v. 1, p. 257. Eupalorinm 1. 

 Erectum hirsiifum, foliis oblongis rugosis ; floribus spicatis, per 

 ramos terminalis dedinantes uno versiidii'pasitis. Browne, p. 313. 



Leaves ovate, quite entire, acute, tomentose underneath ; spikes recurved^ 

 one-ranked ; biactes reflex. 



Ttiis is a shnrt)-, with a depressed rugged steni, risifig four or five feet, with divari- 

 cate, sub-divided, branches, bent down, diverging, villose, with a blackish shaggi 

 ress. Leaves petioled, alternate, broad-lanceolate, nerved, wrinkled, pubescent,, 

 (like sage leaves,) an inch and a half long and half an inch broad, whitest on the under, 

 side. Racemes terminating and axillary, erect, flowers sub-sessile, alternate, palw 

 purple; calycine scdes pressed close, pubescent; corolla uniform; tueh'e herma- 

 phrodite coroUets in the circuit, a little higher than the others, giving the flower a ra- 

 diate ap.p .arauce. Sw... 



This plant,, tb erect eupnforium or hemp agrimony, grows chiefly in the lowlands. 

 The branches bend generally forwards, and bear their howers in loose spikes along their 

 extremities ; where they are disposed in a gradual succession on the upper sides only. 

 Brozcne. Pi so says, the bruised leaves are good against pains and inflammation^ of 

 the eyes ; and that the leaves and pappous seeds, because of their being aromatic, are 

 good in baths. 



2. VIRSATA. TWIGGY. 



Ildichrysum cauk alato, Jloribus spicatis. Sloane, v. 1, p. 260,n t. 

 152, f. 5. Ayigiistijolia subincana, caule alato, spica miiltiplici ; 

 floribus inferioribus tcrnaiis, mtdiis hinatis, suptrioribus singula, 

 ribus. Browne, p. 318. 



Leaves decurient, lanceolate, serrulate; stems wand^-like; flowers spiked, in 

 scattered heaps. 



4. This has several straight stalks, rising two feet high, from the same root ; it is pretty 

 hairy. The leaves are set at about an inch distant from one another, having two littie 

 leaflets at their origin, set on an edged stalk ; they are slightly- indented, of a dark 

 <~reen colour above, and woolly or white below, having an eminent nerve running long- 

 ways. The flower branches are very long and slender, and disposed in the form of 

 spikes ai. the top. The flowers are sessile, and stand sometimes singly and sometimes 

 three or four together. It grows in dry savannas. 



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