3T9 HOJITUS JAMAICENSTS. . kem>- 



lirnnches. I.enves opposite, and decussated, broad. lanceolaie, four or fife irfclics long, 

 shilling, on petioles ofa middling length. Coryoibs terminating ; branchlets opposite, 

 decussated, sub- lastigiate, divided again, two or three-pa.-ie.],' the last three or four- 

 flcnvcrcd; flowers whitrsli; calyx six'or eight-leaved,, coni-ai, small; coroUets com- 

 monly four, seldom three ; stigmas reflex,, cirrhcse ; seeds cunicai, eurdatc, croivned 

 with a feathered egret. This is remarkable for the very jilc;isiu,t odour of the whole 

 plant, which continues many years, even wheH dried. Szv. 



Browne calls this the shrubby dalca, and sajs it is frequent in the lower hills of , 

 Liguanea, risinor tt) the heigVA of nine or ten feet,- having a niGaerate tlutk lig neouSv^ 

 stem, which throws out tiie branches in a pretty open jiasitiyn. 



2, PARVirLORUM. SMALL-FLOWERED, .. 



Shrubby, leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrate, smooth; corymbs spreading^ ca- 

 lyxes tiiree-flowercd. 



This much resembles the preceding^ "but the leaves are oblong, the flowers smaller; 

 the calyxes constantly three-flowered, and the plant almost void of scent. It grows ii> , 

 .similar situations much more common than the former. 



3. j!ousTONL Housro^'s, . 



Stem twining ; leaves ovate, quite entire. 



Stalks slender, twining,, eight or ten feet high, sending out small opposite branches 

 at most of the upper joints ; lower leaves heart-shaped, ending in acute points ; upper 

 almost triangular, smooth, and of a lucid green. The upper part of the stalks has 

 long branching stalks of white flowers, which are small arid sessile. It was first disco= 

 vered in Jamaica by Dr. Houston. 



4. HASTATUM. . HALBEaT. 



Scandens ; foliis triangidarihuSy angulis acuiis. Browne, p. 316, _ 

 t. 34, f. 3. 



Leaves cordate-hastale somewhat toothed, nalied ; stem twining ; flowers in t 

 spikes. 



Stem shrubby, branched, striated, pubescent ; leaves petioled, opposite, petioles : 

 also pubescent ; racemes axillary, opposite ; flowera spiked in whorls, four in a wriorl, 

 white. Calyx four-leaved, leafl^ets lanceolate-ovate, convex ; corollets four ; stamens 

 extremely rninute ; style longer; egret bristly, with the bristles very minutely serrate ; 

 the flowers smell like those of cacalia suuveolens ; the taste of the whole herb is bitter. 



Sti'aifz. This is a climbing plant^ called by Browne the climbing kleinia, with tri- 



ano-n'ar leaves, which is frequent, he says, in St. Thomas in the East and Manchioneal, 

 stretching a great way among the neighbouring bushes.- The leaves of a tiiaiigulas,* 

 iigure and very sharp cornered. . 



The following have- eight-ftowered calyxes ' 



5. NERVOSUM. NERVOUS. 



Leaves elliptic, Ir.nceolate, attenuated, tootlied, triple-nerved, smooth on "botor: 

 sides,; calyxes niany-iiovvere.d.. _.' 



