3C5 H CRT US JAMAICENS.I5. -PrenxjH 



Stom snni])hy, about five feet high, dividing into several hfanclies ; (he middle leaf 

 niiuii larger llwiu the other two. The. staiks are terniiiiitted l)y loi'g spikes of small 

 purple ftjwers, which are succeeded hy narrow pojs, straight on. one sidf, but jointed 

 oi! t!ie other. Swariz rr.ade it /u-ff ?(//;,. wtiich being the name of another species, this 

 was shoitened Ibivthe sake of distinction. 



5. TPvIGOXUM. THUEE-SIDED. 



TnpJailhim,, vuuinimn, samdens; caule tyigono, hirtis un<inatis 

 Hvmulo ; spicis amp/is fernii/iaiibus.- Browne, p. 301. 



teaves ovate- acute,, rough. with haii-s; stem climbirig, three-sided; racemes 

 verv Ijng, axillary ; legume* vMtlrhed, ,bent in. 

 This plant is pretty frcipiont in Jamaica, and_a native of the- mountains ; it is a 

 ciLrnber, and raises itself generally to the top of tlic tallest trees in the wood. Th.e 

 stein is triangular, and every where beset with small hooked bristles, or rough hairs. 

 The leaves are oval, a)id much like those of the ki Iney-bean tribe.; and all the branches 

 terminate in so many large and beautiful flouer-spikes. The jDiant is most common 

 about Hope Iliver. Bro-^ne. 



6. Sr-OBPIURUS. SCORPION. 



Triphyllnm, /nrsultati, minus, rcpens ; racemis strictis hirsiiiis.-^' 

 Browne, p. 301. 

 Leaves oblong, hirsute underneath , stems proeunibent, three-cornered ; ra- 

 cjuies axillary ; legumes rounaish, upright. 

 Browne calls this the //arf's /bo/ Fi-ench horiey.suck!e; and says he found this rare 

 -and curious plant a little beyond Guy's Hill'. It grew in tufts, and seldom rose above 

 sixteen or seventeen inches from the root. 



7; canescens. wniTE. 

 LeaA'es scabrous rmderneath ; stem hispid ; flowers racemed, conjugate. 

 This is an upright hairy plant, with ovate leaflets 3 awi-shap<;d sub-cordate.stipules^- 

 and white flowers. 



S. TORTUOSUM; TWISTED. 



Iledijsarum triphyllum fruticosum, flore purpurea, siliqua imu'c dis' 



tovia. Sioane, v- 1, p. 184, t. ll'c, f. 9. 



This is pretty frequent in the inland parts, growing erect to the height of two feet. 



an.l a half; or better. . The stijjules of the leaves are roundish and broad, and the 



leaves mo ieratcly large. Barham c^\-i\x.onobrychis, or cock's head, and describes it 



"asfodows: "This has a woody brown-coloured stem, having several green rough 



branches, four feet high. The leaves come out on every side, without any order, 



three alwavs together upon a staik, smooth above, of a dark-green colour, and rough 

 ,undcrneatii ; the ttips-are iong spikes of flowers, papilionaceotis, of a pale purple co- 

 lour ; after these follow several pods, slender, rough, jointed, and variously turned 

 and distorted. The plant purgeth a little ; for if an ounce of the dried leaves be put 

 in a purging decoction, it furihereth the purging property, causing not only watery 

 humours to be voided, but those that are tough and clammy ; also, it helps to digest. 

 told humours," JJarham, p. 125. , 



