S5 HORTUS JAMAICTNSISJ. oo 



No English Xaine. .HOMALIUM. 



Cl. 1 3, OK. 3. Poli/andvia trigi/nia. Nat. or. Rosacecv. 



Gen. char. Calyx a one-leafed perianth, six or seven parted ; corolla six or sevett 

 petaled, peials longer than the calyx, very spreading; nectary six or seven glands, 

 liat, alurnate with the petals; stamens eighteen to iwenty-eight subulate fda- 

 ments, upright, the length of the cond la, of which three or four are inserted into 

 the receptacle among the glands belorc the base of the petals ; anthers roundish, 

 small; the pistil has a roundish germ, three upright styles, with simple stigmas; 

 the |): ricarji is a woody, ovate, one-celled capsule; seeds very many and vciy 

 siuali. Tiiere are Lsvy species,, one of which is a native of Jamaica. 



RACEMOSUM. BUNCHED. 

 Leaves serrate ; racemes axillary and terminating; flowers peduncled. 



This is a loity branching tree, with the haljit and leaves of elm. Flowers racemd(Jy 

 flat ; stamens sometimes eighteen, so tiiat tJiere are three before each petal. Sw. 



Honevsuck;4 See French Honeysuckle / Passion Flowers. 

 Hoop 1 RiiE See Bead Tree. 



HOOP-WITHE. TIIVINA. 



Cl. 4, or. 1. Tctvandria monogynia. ' Nat. or. Holoracex. 



So amed in honour of Rivintis, professor of physiology and medicine at LeipsLc. 



Gen. char. Calyx a four-leaved cBloured perianth, permanent, leaflets oblong- 

 ovate, blunt ; there is no corolla ; the stamens four or eight filaments, shorter 

 than the calyx, approaching by pairs, permanent; anthers small ; the pistil has a 

 l,arge roundish germ, a very short style, and a simple blmitstigma ; the pericarp 

 is a globular berry, placed on the geim, reflex calyx, -one-celled, with a point 

 curved in ; seed one, roundish, lens-shaped, rugged. .Two species are natives 

 of Jamaica. 



1. oCtandra. , eight-stamened. 



Sarmcntosa, sarmentis crassioribus, foliis ovatis, fiorihus spicalis do- 

 dccandris. Browne, p. 149, t. 23, f. 2. 



Racemes simple ; flowers eight or twelve. stamened ; leaves elliptic, smooth. 

 This plant is very common in the lowlands, and stretches a great way among the 

 iieighl)ouring shrubs and bushes ; the main stalk grows to a moderate thickness, being 

 seldom unuer an inch or two in- diameter, and throws out a few slender branches to- 

 wards the top, which are generally adorned with flowers at their extremities. The 

 berries make the principal part of the food of the American tlirush, or nightingale, 

 ^viiile they are in season ; they contain a very oily seed, and, after that bird has swal- 

 lowed a good niuny of them, y >u may frequently observe it to fly to the next bird-pep- 

 per-bush, and pjck a few of these warm berries also ; nature doubtless lias taught it 



what ' 



