238 jrORTUS JAMAICENPTS. 'GotDY 



emarginate. lower tliree-partecl, equal. Stamens twin, the length of thn calyx ; stirfma 

 obtuse, two-lobed ; capsule ovate, acute, two-celled ; seeds many, roundish. Browne 

 sa\'s it is vi'ry common in the road between Passage Fort and Spanish Town, and grows 

 ciiiffly in those sloughs, where the mud has been worked up by carriages in die- rainy 

 seabons. 



Golden Cc'DWEEd See Flea-Eanes. 

 GoLDtN Rod See Hai;eert Wkeo. 



GOLDEN-ROD-TREE. BOSEA. 



Cl. 5, OR. 2. Pcntandria digynia. Nat. or. 



This was so named after Bose, a senator of Leipsic. 



Gen. CHAR. Calyx a five equal-leaved perianth, leaflets roundish, conca%'e, erect, 

 thinner at the edge; there is no corolla; tlie stamens five filaments, subulate, 

 longer than the calyx, wilh simple anthers ; the pistil has an ovate-obiong germ, 

 cuspidate, no style, two stigmas ; pericarp a globular berry, one-celled ; seed 

 one, round, acuminate. There is only one species, a native of Jamaica, 



YERVAMORA. 



Tilia forte arhor raceviosa, folio longiori stihfus<ilhicanle nevjis piiV' 

 pureis insignito, Jlore pentapetalo purpurea. Sloane, v. 2, p. 19, 

 t. 158, f. 3. 



This is a pretty strong wood} shrub, with a stem as large as a middling person's leg ; 

 the branches come out very irregularly, covered witn a reddish brown, smooth bark ; 

 the wood white. Leaves two inches long, and one and a half broad, roundish, broader 

 at the base, blunt at the end, white underneath, on short petioles ; ribs purple. The 

 flowers come out at the ends of the twigs, on alternate pedicels, at the base of which is 

 a stipule. Calyx purplish, six-leaved; seed black. .This tree may be propagated by 



GOLDY LOCKS. TRICHOMANES. 



Cl. 24, OR. 2. CryptogamiafUces. Nat. or. Filices. 



<CeN. char. The fructifications are inserted into the margin of the frond, separate j 

 in\t)lucres urn-shaped, undivided, opening outwards ; columns extending be- 

 yond the involucres, like styles. The habit of these plants is membranaceous 

 ;and semi-transparent. There are seventeen species natives of Jamaica. 



The following have simple fronds : 



1. membranaceum. ^ membranaceous. 



Phyllitis scandens minima musci facie foliis memhranaceis sitbrofundis. 

 Sloane, v. 1, p. 74, t. 27, f. 1. Simplex^ repeiiSf foliis erectis iri' 

 cisiSf capsidis biphrjllis> Browne, p. 86, 



Brovvne 



