S84 HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. nmsH- 



noRsr: purslane. trianthema. 



Cl. 10, OR. 2. Decandriu digyiila. Nat. or. i"ucudtnt<e. 



GenJ ciiArt. Calyx a five-ieaved perianth, leaflets oblong, coloured within, mucro' 

 Date t)elow the tip ; no eorolla ; stainens from five to twelve fildments, with, round- 

 ish anthers ; the pistil has a retuse germ, one or two styles, with simple stigmas ; 

 the pericarp is an oblong truncate capsule, retuse, cut round, two-celled ; seeds 

 solitary or two, sub-ovate. One species is a native of .famaica. 



MOMOG.YNA. ONE-STYLED. 



P.ortulacte afjinis, folio suhrotundosueculento, Jlorepentapetalo dilute . 

 purpurco. Sloaiie, v. 1, p, 205. 



Flowers fiiye-staniened, one-stj-led. 



Stems depressed, sub-dichotomous, jointed, even, pubescent on the uppc? side; 

 leaves opposite, petioled, oval, obtuse, quite entire, with a red mai'gin ; one of the 

 leaves always less than the other ; petioles two -taotiied, shorter than the leaf; flowers 

 axillary, sessile, tivc-lcaved, oval, composed as it were of a calyx and corolla totrether ; 

 under thein two awl-shaped permanent bractes ; filaments six to ten, shorter thafi-the 

 calyx; anthers oval, twin; germ half-inferior, retuse, two-horiied; .style length of 

 the flower. 'Liv.. Mant. 



This has trailing, round, smooth, green, branches, three feet long, lying on the 

 surfiice of the ground, and having much the appearance of purslane, with fleshy suc- 

 culent leaves, almost oval ; it has a swell.at every joint, brancijed at every inch and a 

 half; branches opposite. The flowers come out from the joints, of a purple colour ; 

 the capsules have two horns ; the seeds are round and black. It, grows in several places- 

 in tlie streets of Spanish Town. Sloarie^ 



HORSE RADDISH. COCHLEARIA. 



Gl. 15, OR. 1. Tetradi/namia siliculo^a.- Nat. or. Siliquos<t. 



This is so named from the form of the leaves, resembling an old-fashioned spoon. 



Gen. char. Calyx a four-leaved perianth ; corolla fotir-petaled, cruciform ; sta- 

 mens six filaments, two shorter, with -obtuse comjjressed anthers ; the pistil has a 

 heart-shaped germ, a simple style, and obtuse stigma ; the pericarp is a heart- - 

 shaped siiicle, gibbous, turgid-euiarginate, scabrous; valves gibbous-obtuse. 



ARMORACIA- 



Root leaves lanceolate-crenate ; stem leaves gashed." 



This useful plant has been long introduced into Jamaica, where it thrives and seeds 

 luxuriantly, and frequently grows without cultivation or care, appealing almost 

 like a native. 



Horse raddish root has a quick pungent smell, and a penetrating acrid taste; it 

 ^levertheless contains, in certain vessels, a sweet juice, which sometimes exudes on 

 tiie surface. By drying it loses all, its acrimony, becoming first sweetish, and then 



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