323 IIORTUS JAMAICENSIS. 'Ot^.-CES- 



eays it is comninn on tlie river courses, espaciaily where the banks are dry an J roc.vy. 

 Sioaae says the whole plaut has a strong smell. 



4. GRAK-DIS. GREAT. 



Leaves broad-lanceolate, very long, tooth-lettecl, rongh-haifed above, rugged 

 beueatii ; peduncles terminating ; stem arborescent. 

 This and the foUomng species, with the exception of humilis, were disco\'nred by 

 Swarcz in .Taniaica ; ihey are all shrubby plants ; and, as well as the other species, , 

 easily propagated from seeds. 



5. SCABRA. KUOGED. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrate, rugged ; peduncles axillarj' ; corollas cylin-- 

 dric, recuived. 



6. CORYMCOSA. CORYMBED. 



Leaves ovate, acute, serrate, scariose, sharp; peduncles niany-parted ; Rowers 

 in corymbs. 



7. EXSERTA. THRUSTING. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, crenate, smooth ; peduncles three-flowered ; genitals, 

 twice the length of the corolla ; capsules ovate. 



S.'CALYCINA. CALYXEB. 



Leaves lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, serrate, smooth ; peduncles three-flowered i_ 

 genitals longer than tiie corolla ; calyxes bell-shaped ; capsules cylindric. 



9. VENTRICOSA. VENTRICOSE. 



Leaves elliptic, acuminate, crenate, smooth; peduncles four-flowered, or 

 thereabouts; segments of the calyx awl-shaped, elongated; corollas ven 

 tricose. 



10. PUMILA. DWARF. 



Stemless; leaves ovate-wedge-shaped, crenate, sub-sessile; peduncles sub-t- 

 biflorous, shorter than the leaves. 



11. HUMILIS. HUMBLE. 



Leaves lanceolate, serrate, sessile ; peduncles branched, many-flowered. 

 The root of this is diffused and creeping ; stem branched, naked at bottom; leaves-^ 

 aggregate at top, deciduous. 



GiiANDiROBA See Antidote Cocoon. 



GINGER. AIMOMUM. 



Cl. 1, OR. 1. Monandria monogynia. Nat. or. Scitaminece. 

 Gen. char. Calyx a one-leafed perianth, cylindraccous, unequally trifid ; corollamo" 

 Bopetalous, funnel-shaped ; tube cylindi-aceous ; border tlu'ee-parted, parts obloi^g^, 



une{iual. 



