346 HOllTUS JAMAICENSIS. GRSB 



42. LAXUM. LOOSE. 



Slem one-leafed, leaf oblong; raceme the length of the leaf; inner petals awU 

 shap;d ; lip ovale ; capsules naked. Hw. 



43. OVALE. OVATE. 



Stem one-leafed, leaf ovate, acuminate; raceme pressed close, many-flowered; 

 petals roun<iihi), the inner. ones reinole ii) front at the base; capsules pedi 



celled. iiw. 



44. PULCIIELLUM. BEAUTIFUL. 



Stem one-leafed, leaf roundish, acute; raceme loose,, few-flowered ; petals 

 acuiiiinale, ciliate, the iuner one crossed at tiie tip. 



45. TRIDENTATUM. THREE-TOOTHED^ 



Stem one-leafed, leaf ovate-acute,, tliree-toothed at the tip ; raceme many-:- 

 flovvercd ; flowers three-sided, acuminate ; petals of the nectary erect, bowea 

 inwards. 



46..COLnLEARIFOLIUM. SPOON-LEAVED. 



Steal one-leafed, leaf orbiculate, concavo-convex; raceme few-flowea'ed. 



47. FUNALE. CORDED. 



Leafless, filiform, rooting,;, peduncle two-flowered ; lip two-lobed ; horn very 

 long,. awUshajjed. 



48. KUSCIFOLIU.M. KUSCUS-LEAVED. 



Stem one-leafed ; flowers, from the sinus of the leaf, aggregate. 



Hoots numerous, filiform, rigid, whitish ; stems aggregate, often united at th% base, 

 filiform, a toot high, erect, slieathed, smooth ; leaf terminating, ovate-la'nceolate, 

 fealftiie length of the plant, acumiuate, entire, keeled, channelled at the base, com- 

 pressed, smooth, tliick, veined. Sheaths of the stem long, acuminate, streaked, 

 withering ; peduncles short, two-flowered. Common spathe ovate, acuminate, com- 

 pressed, gapmg, emitting peduncles that are bent down, with nodding flowers, of a 

 pale green colour. Corollas small, acuminate, four-petaled ; the two outer petals, 

 which are the upper and lower, opposite, lanceolate, acute, patulous ; the two inner 

 lateral, linear, shorter, ereit; nectary of the same shape with the inner petals, but 

 less, erect, channalletl, pale; lip obtuse, recurved. Column of the fructification 

 round; at the top, in a hollow, two roundisk anthers, covered with a two-celled lid. 

 Capsules ovate, small, acuminate, six-grooved, three-valved. Native of the hi<gh 

 mountains, on the trunks of old trees. Sw. 



The following have naked scapes and j^adical leaves : 



49. guttatunl spotted. 

 Viscum delphmii Hore albo guttata minus, rad ice fibrosa . Sloane, v. 

 1, p. 251, t. !48, f. 2. 

 Leaves lanceolate, channelled ; petals wedge-shaped, retuse. 

 From a matted root this sends out several leaves, three inches long and not a.quarter 

 of an inch broad, almost triangular, aad of a yeiiowisli green colour. FroaUhe midst 



