Ualbert: H out us JAMAICENSI3, i5.65 



IIALBKRT ^VEED. GALEA. 



Cl. 19, OR. 1. Sj/ngeiiesiu poli/gamia tp^ualis: Nat. or. Composifee. 

 Gen. char. Common calyx, imbiicate ; scales oblong,. loosish ; compound corolla, 

 uniform ; coiollules hernuiphrodite, very many, equal ; jjroper calyx funuel-ibnix, 

 with a five-cleft border; tiie stamens are five filaments, tajiillary, very short, i'li 

 tylindnc tubular anthers ; the pistil has an oblong germ, a filiforni.stylc, the length 

 ot the corollule ; stigmas two, reeurved, acute ; there is no ])ericarp, the caly.'C 

 tmchanged ; seeds solitary, oblong ; down hairy, the length of the calyx ; recep- 

 tacle chatfy ; chaiis a little longer than the calyx, eminent between the floscules. 

 iive species arc natives of Jamaica. 



I'.LUirATA. LOBEO.- 



Virga aurea vwjor, sive herbadoria, folio sinuato ^lirsufo. Sloane^ 

 V. 1, p. 260, t. 152, f. 4. El ccta subhirsuta ; fuliis serratis, Itas- 

 latis, ix'l sinipiicibus et utrinque porrectis; Jloribus cornosis. 

 Browne, \). 315. 



Con-mbs heaped ; leaves alternate, the npper ones ovate-lanceolate, the lower 

 ones -tooth-hastate, sinuate- serrate. 



Gohkn-Rod. American golden-rod hath a strong striated green stalk, as high as a 

 man, with rough, dark-green leaves^ .four inches long, and sinuated about the edges; 

 towards the top of the stalk are many branches and twigs, sustaining a great many naked 

 yellow flowers, like those of St. John's wort or rag- wort. It is called virga aurea. 

 major. It is a most noble wound-herb, restringent, and healing all sores and ulcers 

 in the mouth, or in any part of the body. It stops all sorts of fluxes, inwardly taken ; 

 und yet it provokes urine in abundance, forcing away that tartaieous matter which 

 breeds the stone. Barliam, p. 66, 



From the shape of the leaves, Browne called this plant ,^fl/if;Y-:^ref^, and says it is 

 an excellent bitter, and much used in America; where a spirituous infusion of the tops 

 is generally kept in most plantations, and often adaiinislered as aa active warm sto- 

 machic. 



2. JAMAICENSIS. ' JAMAICA. 



Cmiysa frnticosa, cistiodore, floiibus pallide purpureis sinmnitatibus 

 rumidorum iiisideutibus, capitutis et iemine majoribvs. Sloane, v. 

 1,. p. 257,. t. 151, f. 3. Subhirsuta; foliis o^ato-acuminutis, op- 

 fositis ; capitulis a.villaribus, pedunculatis teniatis siJigulari i:essile 

 associatis. Browne, p. 315. 



Flovrers subternate-peduncled ; leaves ovate oblong, sub-serrate, petioled. ' 



Browne calls this the larger downy santolina, and says it grows chiefly in the woods 

 and inland parts of the island, growing generally to the height of six or .-even feet, or 

 better. Stems shrubby, narrow, round, oiiscurely tomentose ; leaves hairy, rugged,, 

 tliree- nerved. Flowers terminating, frequently three together j the pedicels ot Uife 

 sactte length with the flowers j calyx coloured. 



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