>rw.i^ IIOHTUS JAMAICENSIS. -^9 



(^visions of the petjaiith are reflected and deciduous. Browne says, " this shrub was 

 first iniiodiiied into .lamaica from the Maiuj but uow throws wild ia many parti. Itk- 

 seiUom rises above eigbt feet in lieight." 



Jews Wallow Sie Broom-Wf.ed. 

 Indian Ai(Row-RooT .Vce Arrow-Root, 



INDIAN creeper: ipomoea,. 



Cl. 5, OR. X.-^Pentctndria menasynta. ' NaT. or. Campanacea. 



(S-EV. li.-iR. Calyx a five-toothed oblong ]oeriaiith, very small, pennanent ; corolla 

 on -iK'taled, funnel-form;' tube siub-cyiindrjc, very long; border iivc-clefr, 

 spreading.;, divi.sions oblong, tiat ; the stamens are five filaments, awl -shaped, 

 almo,st the length of ilie corolla, with roundish anthers; tjje pistil has a ronnlisii 

 germ, -a fililuvm. style, the length of the corolla, stigma headed, globose; the 

 pericarp a roundish capsule, three-celled, containing sub-ovate seeds. This geiuiS' 

 is nearly ;ill'.oJ to comoivulus, but dilTers from it in the lengthened tube of th* 

 torotiarand the heeided stigma. Eight species grow in Jamaica, as follow : 



1. GUAMOCLir. 



Foliis capiUaceis pinnatis, floribus ruheliis solitariis. Browne, p. ISSs? 

 Leaves pinnatifi J, linear; flowers sub^solitary. 



This is an annual plant, rising* vi-ith two oblong,' pretty broad, forked, two-nerved,' 

 seed-leaves, which remain a considerable time before they fall off; stems slender,' 

 twining and rising by support sevenos'oight feet,- sending out several side-branches,: 

 which twine about each other and the principal stem, or any neighbouring body. Th6 

 leaves are composed of several pairs of very fine narrow lobes, not thicker than seuing' 

 thread, having a fine mid-nb, tlie lowest lobe generally double, or having a leafv spur 

 rjnnexed to it ; the lobes are about an inch long, of a deep green, either opposite of 

 alternate. The flowe-s come out singly (sometimes doubly) from the side of the stalks, 

 on slender peduncles, about an inch long; the tube of ths corolla is about the same 

 length, narrow at bottom, bat graduailywidening towards the top, where it spreads 

 open flat, with five angles ; it is of a most beautiful scarlet colour, and makes a fine 

 appearance. It is known by the name of Ba)i>adoes sweet-wiUiam. Browne calls it 

 tlie American jessamine, which is cultivated in mosfgard ns of Jamaica on account of 

 its beautiful flowers, and delicate, thick, minutely-dissected, foliage. It is also called 

 Indian pink, m- red bell-fiowercf America^ The root is said to be a strong pufge, in 

 (Jscoctjjn. This is a variety with beautiful white flowers. 



2.<:occiNEa. ^ SOaHLET. " 



Foliis cordatis pvoductioribus, tubo floris arvimfo, limbo crenato-^ 

 Browne, p. 155. 



Leaves cordate-acnminate, angular at the base ; peduncles many-flowered. 

 Slem herbaceous, twining, quadrangular, smooth, flexuoso ; leaves petioled, pen^- 

 i^^ular, smootli on both sides. - Peduncles verj' long, ajilkiry, upright, round, two. - 



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