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This, like the other species, is frequently found climlniig in the lower wootls ; it 

 -grows in the iowlaat'.s tij\v;irds the fout ui tiie Long Mountaii'i ; the leaTcs havo tiie ap- 

 .pearancc of parsley leaves. All the filaments of the flower are connected at the base, 

 and tU^posed as it were in a tuft on one side, and opposite to the style. Ji)o:ai. 



See Supple Jack. 



IIELLEBORINE. SERAPIAS. 



Cl. 20, on. 1. Gi/nandria diamlria. Nat. or. Orchidc<e. 

 Gen. c-!;ar. Calj;?? wandering spathes, spjidix simple, no perianth; corolla five- 

 .petaled ; nectary length of petals, ovate, gihhous, with an ovate lip ; stamens 

 two filaments, with erect anthers, under the iip of the nectary ; the pistil has an 

 oblong germ, growing style, and obsolete stigma; the pericarp is an oh-ovate, 

 -three-keeled, three-valved, capsule, opening under the keels, one-ceiled ; seeds 

 -numerous, saw-dust form ; receptacle linear, adjoined to eacli valve of the peri- 

 'carp. Swartz discovered two species of this genus in Jamaica. 



1. POLYSTACHA. MANY-SPIKED. 



Roots fibrous; stem sub-divided, jointed ; leaves oblong-lanceolate; raceme 

 compound, terminating; lip of the nectary ovate, recurved. 



C. f LAVA. YELLOW. 



.'Roots fibrous ; stem sub-divided, jointed ; leaves oblong-lanceolate; racemes 

 couipound; axillary ; lip of the nectary erect, acuminate. 



iHell-Weed .yte Dodder. 



HEMP AGRIMONY. 'EUPATORIUM. 



Cl. 19, OR. 1. Si/ngcncsia polygamia eequaiis. Nat. OR. Composite. 

 '<J F.N. CHAR. Common calyx, oblong, iml)ricate ; scales linear, lanceolate, upright, 

 unequal; compound corolla, uinform, tubular; corollets hermaphrodite, equal; 

 proper funnel-form ; border five-cleft, spreading. Stamens five capillary fila- 

 ments, very short.; anthers cyHndric, tubular; the pistil has a small germ ; a fiU- 

 form style, very long, two-cleft almost to the germ, straight; stigmas slender; 

 there is no pericarp, calyx unchanged; seeds oblong; down plumose, long; 

 receptacle naked. Twelve species are known tp be natives of Jamaica. 



Whe following have four- ftowered calyxes : 



1. DALEA. 



Frulicosa ; folUs cppositis, ohtongis, angtistis, suh-serrafis, utrinquB 

 productis ; raccmls tcrminaUbus. Browne, p. 314, t. 34, f. 1, 

 Leaves lanceolate, veined, obscurely serrate, smooth ; stem shrubby. 



'^hk rfllrub is a fatiiom ia height, with a branched even stem, and long smooth 



B b b branches 



