30* HORTUS JAMAICA NSrS. fuench 



12. PF.TIOLATUM. rKTIOLFD. 



Fronds entire, smooth, petioled ; the barren ones linear-lanceolate, the fertile 

 oni'.i linear. .S'a^. 



13. L.%T!FOLIUM. BRO.'iD-LE.WED* 



AcaulCy folio ohlongo intep-o sapernc nitido petiolato. Browne^ p. 104. 

 Fronds petioled, broad-lanceolate,, very smooth, entire, margined; the fruit- 

 bearing ones ovate-lanceolate ; shoots creeping. 

 Bro'.vne calls this the \enf acipsticum, an.d says it is found in the cooler monn'tains of 

 Kevv Li"uanea; ilgtous upon the rocks, and rises in tufts tVom a spreading fibrons 

 loot; l)ut seldom exceeds tenor twc-lve incites in length, and is every vviieresuiroondeJ 

 withatbia membranous margin. Browne. 



14. VILLOSUM. HAIRV. 



Fronds broad-lanceolate,, somewhat crenulatej villous on both sides. Sw. 



15. MUSCOSUM. MOSSY. 



Fronds petioled, entire, scaly; the barren ones oblong-lanceolate, blunt; the 

 fertile ones linear-lanceolate. Sw. 



16. SERRUL.^TUM. SERRULATE. 



FrondsKnear, toothed, fruit-bearing at the tip-; shoots very short, rooting. Sw, 



17. GRAMINOIDES. GRASS-LIKE. 



Fronds naked, linear, sub-dichotomous, and fruit-bearing at the tip. Sxv. 



18. SULPHUREUM. SULPHUR. 



Fronds bi-pinnate, pinnas alternate-orate, pinnatifid ; leaflets retuse-serrate* 

 ,Sw. 



See Ferns. 



Four O'Clock Flower See M.irvel of Peru. 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE. HEDYSARU.M. 



Cl. 17, OR. 't.-^Diadelpkia decandria. Nat. or. Papilionticear, 

 This generic name is derived from two Greek words signifying sweet ointment. 

 Gen. C}1AR. Calyx a one-leafed perianth, half five-cleft, clefts subulate, upright^, 

 permanent; corolla papilionaceous, streaked, banner reflex-compressed, ovate- 

 oblong, emarginate, long; wings oblong, narrower than the other petals, .straight; 

 keel straight,, compressed, broadar outwardly, transversely blunt, from the base 

 to the swelling part bifid ; stamens diadelphous filaments, bent in at a right angle ; 

 anthers roundish, compressed; the pistil has a slender [erm, compressed, linear; 

 s!yle subulate, bent in with the stamens ; stigma very simple ; the pericarp is a 

 roundish legume, with compressed joints, two-valved, one-seeded ; seed kidney- 

 shaped, solitary. Twelve species are natives yf Jamaica ; all with ternate leaves, 

 except the first, which has conjugate. 



1. diphyllum. 



