^T- HORTU-S JAMAICENSIS. 



This is a small herbaceous plant, somewhat of an ;ish-colour, selilom c^rrnvi-n^ ir: 

 eleven or twt'l ve inches high. It is common among the bushes in aii the savarr 

 Kingston. Browne calls it the i!)nall herbaceous goat-rue. 



The purpurea, or pnrplo galega, a luitive of the East Indies ; the pev.taphytla, or 

 S?-8-!eaved ; and grandiflnra, or rose-coloured galega, a native of the Cape oi Good 

 2iope, have been iatro.:'aced. ' 



JSee R'0 Bean-Tree and Surinam P6ison. 



GT)Ar-WEED. CAPRARTA. 



C'L. 14, OR. 2. Did^/nainia angiospermia. Nl-iT. OR.^-Personatce, 



T&is name is derived from the Latin word for a goat. 



Gen. CHAR. Caiys a one-leafed, five-parted, perianth; corolla one-petaled, bell- 

 form, five-clett, nearU- equal, divisions acute ; the stamens are subulate lilaments, 

 with cordate anthers ; the pistil has a conical germ, a filiform style, and cordate 

 stigma; the pericarp aii oblong-conicarcapsulej bivalvej bilocular ; seeds man}', 

 roundish*!. Two tpecies are natives of Jamaica. 



1. BIFLORA. TWO-FLOWERED. 



Krecta ramoaa^ foliis alternis ad apicem serrafis, floHbus singular thus 

 filaribus, pedun-culis tenui^simis.' Browne, p. 268. 



Leaves alternate ; flowers in pairs. 



This is a shrub, seldom exceeling four feet in height ; the branches long", somewhat 

 woodv, erect,, roundish, souietimes shghtly hirsute ; leavers oblong, acuminate to both 

 enls, serrate above, smooth, sessile; an inch and half long, in the shade, near five 

 inches in length; on sandy coasts succulent, thick, and brittle, as are also the calyxes. 

 Peduncles one-flowered, slender, axillary, one or two, very seMom three, much 

 shorter than tln'ieaves. Flowers without scent ; calvx smooth, very deeply five-oarced ;. 

 corolla white, the divisions hirsute at the base ; anihers twin ; germ ovate, furrowed ; 

 stigma headed, acute ;, capsule furrowed on both sides, the length of the calvx ; seeds 

 very small. Browne calls this the shrubby capraria, or goat-weed. It is very common 

 in Jamaica, growing about most houses in the lower savannas, and thriving luxuriantly 

 every where. 



2;-DirRANTIF0LTA. LE-if-ENDURING. ' 



Veronica caule hexangulari, folii<; satureice fernis, serratis. Sloanre, 

 V. 1, p. 196, t. 124, f. 2. Phse'ypea. Ererta ; foliis sessilibus,. 

 angustis, uuritis, ad apicem serratis. oppositis 'vel verticillMtis ; 

 floribus singutaribus alaribus, Browne, p. 269v.- 



Leaves in three's, toothed j peduncles solitary ; branches alternate. 

 Stem about a foot high, obtusely hexangular. Leaves two, three, or four together, 

 in a verticiliated order, sessile, lanceolal ', serrate, quite entire towarls the base, but 

 toothed at the base itself. Branches shor 3r than the stem, simple. Flowers axillary, 

 whitish grey ;. peduncles the length of the flower; calyx five-parted, leaflets lanceo- 

 iate-acuaiiuate ; corolla ringentj tube the length of the calyx, upper lip erect, broader, 



euiarginate^ 



