5+: H OUT US JAMA I C EN SI 91 HAMtLUi 



3. OPPOSITirOLIA. OPPOSITE-LEAVED. 



Srecta ; foliis litiearibus opposilis, qimndoque ierr.atis ; florihus re* 

 metis terminatricibus. Browne, p. 315. 



Corymbs heaped ; peduncles very long ; Jein'es lanceolate ; stem herbaceous. 



Stem herbaceous, two feet high, bi-anched, upriglit, round, puliescent ; branches 

 opposiie, long, spreading, stiff, hoary with down ; leaves sub-sessile, opposite, 

 siiiihtlv- toothed;' the upper ones entire, sharp, nerved, pubescent, soft; petioles 

 broadisii, very short, or none. The stem at top is as it were trichotomous, with three 

 long terminating ])eciuncles, at the end of which are three sub-sessile, conical, white 

 flowers; ihe coroliuies are very small; seeds oblong, compn^ssed, with three or four 

 very minute awns; chatfs ip iceolatc, the inner ones longer than the outer. It grows 

 Oil liedj^es in tae mountains. ^Sa?. 



See MuyNTAiN Broomweed and Star- Wort. 



No EngUsh'Nd'int. HAMELLIA. 



Cl. 5, on. 1. Peniaudria monogT/nia. Nat. or. Rubiacer. 



This was so iiiair.ed from, Jean Baptiste du liamel du Monceau, author of several 

 fi)Ook.s upon trees. 



Gen. char. Calyx a five-parted perianth, acute, very small, superior, upright, 

 };crnianent ; corolla oiie-petaied, tube long, five-cornered, border five-parted ; 

 stamens sqbulate filaments, inserted at the midille of the corolla ; anthers oblong, 

 linear, the same length with the corolla ; the pistil an ovate germ, with a conical 

 tip, inferior ; 'style filiform, the same length with the corolla ; stigma linear, 

 blunt; the pericarp an oval berry, furrowed, five-celled, crowned; seeds very 

 oiaiiy, roundish, compressed, very small. Three species are natives of Jamaica. 



1. VENTRICOSA. BELLIED., 



^7'borescens Joliis ovato acuminatis, verticillafem ternatis, stipulis 

 aiuminatis interpositis ; capsults quinque locularibus. Browne, p. 

 lt)6. 



Racemes terminating and axillary ; leaves ternate,. levigated ; tube of the co- 

 rolla bellying. 

 This plant grows to the height of nine or J;en feet, with yellow flowers and entire 

 f(t;aves. 



2. CHRYSANTHA. 



IiTjvor frutescenSf foliis ovatis oppositts, stipulis acutis interpositis f 

 Lapsulii qui'nque locularibus. Browne, p. 166, t. 14, f. 1. 



Racemes ternanating ; leaves oblong, wedge-shaped, acuminate, verj' smooth; 

 tiowers peuicelied. ^ 



TbisbtKom txceeds four feet in height; the flowers and leaves like those of the 

 fornier, tne uiiiereni uisposition of the leaves making the principal distinction between 

 fthem. 



3. AXILLARIS* 



