555 H CRT US JAMAICENSiSi ^\EiftM2-: 



siiness tliat leaves a light prickly warmth beliind it ; but tins wears ofTsoon, leaving the- 

 palate tree Ironi every sensiUfon but that of tlie bitter.. As the root dries it acquires a, 

 great deal both of tiie colour and tiiste of rl;nlarb ; but it shouhl be sliceJ, and kept a- 

 iong time in tlie oj;eii air or s'.ui, to lie pjopitiy .cured. It m.i, be ui^eA uithgr.afe 

 proj/iieiy as a stoiuachjt, and is geneiaiiy observed to thioken the iaiiva wiien chewed. 

 liro}i;/ie, 



2. TUBEROSUM. TUBEROUS., 



Flowers sub-spikeu,- bearded. 



Root tuberous: sti iri a fool and a half hi<jh ; the ni:mber of flowers not exeeeding 

 five, dark purple; in ;i more luxuriant situation, prc/bably all parts are iarger. Ti'is 

 was long confounded witii iht,' brst species. 



3. UTRXUXATUM. EOTTLED. 



Eoot , tuberous ;, root leaves twin-sheathed, radical sheath inflated, scap,- 

 sheathed ; iiowers sessile. Sia. 



4. GENTIANOIDES. GENTIAN-LIXE. 



Jioot tuberous j ..leafiess, stem sheathed . flowers peduncled.. 



Jam Ai-CA Walnut iSf^' Walnut. 

 JLAMBOLAN-^iS'ee Rose Apple;. 



JASMINE-., JASMFNUM. 



Ct. 2, or.. 1. Diandyia monogynia. Nat. or. Sepiarite. 



C5en. char. Calyx a onc-leaied 6ve-tootbed perianth ; corolla one-petaledj salver- 

 sii;;;icd, border five-]iarted ; the filaments have small anthers, within the tube j 

 the pistil has a roundish germ, a fildorni style, and bifid stigma; the pericarp ii 

 an oval smooth, 1 erry, two-ceiled; seeds tuo, large, ovate,...arLllated, convex, on 

 OJie side, flat on tlie other. 



\. OFFICINAL&. OFFICINAL. j 



Leaves opposite, pinnate; leaflets acuminate ; buds almost upright. 



This shrubby, ciinibing, and fragrant plant, has becn-.very generally cultivated iii- 

 Jamaica, for the pujpost of framing arbours. Several other species have also been 

 introduced, which thrive n niarkabiy well. Browne notices a wild species, which l>e 

 calls the small, shrubby, </a'(2)yjVi,$?/j?f, with siuall ovate, aoumiDate, rigid, opposite 

 leaves, which is a native of Jamaica, and, he says, grows plentifuliv in the jxirish of 

 Portland. It, .shoots in ^niall tuits, and seldom rises above a foot or .two from the 

 ground ; its leaves-are.-very smooth and shining. 



2. SAMBAC. 



Leaves opposite, simple,, c-.liiptic, ovate and sub-cordate, membranaceous,,, 

 op?.que; branchlti.-. and petioles pubescent; calycine segments awl-shaped. 

 This .plant is geuerally kuovvti by the name of 4?(?^/e jasjuine) and .is .the vyc^. 



