aiQ HORTUS JAMAlCF/KSf*!. yvmm 



. This shnib is common in all the ^ugar islands, it grows'from fonf to eight feet in 

 height, chietiy in a liiy rock_v ur gnivcily soil, witii a small linn and woody trunk, 

 little branched. Leaves ofjposite, petioled ; Jeail-eis sub-sessiicj, tiongate-ianceolate, 

 acuminate, A'cined; racfemos teruiiuating, ijpiii^ht ; -the flowej's jeilow, >vith Ved lines 

 on the insjda of" tire tube ; siiiques halt a foot in letigtii, witii H'ii)i;ed seeds. Jaapiiiu 

 IM;i!ej- says he received the seed of this jjlunt'from Bermuda ixy the title wt candlc-rc'ood.;' 

 aiid iiii ki\o\\n'by ihe naiv^ of l>r(incking ti unipet-jiJicer. . 



3. UNGUI.S-CATI. CAT-CLAW. 



^poomo affine, Gi'lseminum Jndicum htderacev.m herbaceimi'ictra-' 

 phj/Uuiii, JoUo-.siibrolundo acuiiiinuto. -Sioane, \. 1, p. :;,08. 



Leaves conjugate; tendril very short, bovvet^l, three-parted. 



This has a woody stalk, about the bigness of a hen's quill, covered with a smooth 

 bark of an ash -colour, climbing trees and hedges; at every three or four inches dis- 

 tance putting forth leaves, which are small, ovate, euiire, shining, roundish, smooth, 

 rarely indented, and placed opposite at every i-jint ; at which place come also tendrils, 

 by wnich the plants fasten themselvi .; to wliatever may be near tiicm. The flowers use 

 asiiilary, and shaped like those of fox-glove. 



:^ee Whiie-\\ood;?c? Clive Bark. 



French Piivsic Nut S'er Piivsic Not. 



7 No English Name. TUCHSIA. 



Cl. 8, OR. \.Ocl(ni']riamonogynia. Nat. OR. Onagri. 

 "This was so named in honour of Leonara Fuchs, a famous German botanist. 



>G EN. CHAR. Calyx one-leiifed, coloured, bearing the corolla,' very large ; corqTIa 

 four small petals ; stamens four or eight, filifurm ; anthers twin ; the pistil has an 

 inferior germ, simple styie, an; i oi)tu3e stigma ; the. pericarp an ovate berry, in- 

 ferior, four-celied ; seeds nianj-, ovate, fixed in a double row to a columnar re- 

 .ceptacle. 'One species was discovered in this island by Swartz, another, the jco- 

 cinea, has been introduced. 



1. INVOLUCRATA. INVOLUCRED. 



J'lowers involucred. 



2. COCINEA. SCARLET. 



Leaves opposite,, ovate, tooth-letted ; petals obovate, obtuse. 

 This plant is a native of China, and was intj-oduced by Mr. East. It has an herbace- 

 bus stem, lanceolate-sessiie leaves, disposed in threes. Peduncles one-flowered. _ 

 Flowers large, verv fine, of a very bright scarlet, having eight stamens, not projecting 

 beyond the fovver; and the berry is little larger than an olive, fleshy, soft, reddish- 

 biack, somev; ha', pubescent, and of a pleasant taste ; the seeds are small and brown, 

 by wiiich it is propagated. 



iFu^(Jus See MusHRooais. x 



