454 H OUT US JAMAICENSl-S. mcuV- 



partod, bi fill, on one-fiowereii pedicels; flowers lon;^, scarlet, le'rgcr than those of 

 tlie first soil ; i;t!yx five-clei'i, uirli ianceolato segiiu'iits ; borvler of the corolla )i!aite(t', 

 sianiens loiitver than the corolla, anthers whitish ; germ superior, stigma marked with, 

 four lines; capsule four-ccllod, four-deeded; seeds solitar}', roundish-aiignlar, black. 

 S'w. This is also an annual plant, growing to the same height. Tiie corolla is not 

 so deep colonrcdas that of the quainoclit -, and there is a variety with orange-coloured 

 flowers. Browne obsefvesj that it is reiisarkable for the curved ot arched figure, of the 

 tube of the corolla. 



3. TUB EROS A. TUBEROUS. 



'GotKolvfilus major hepiaphyUos, flore sulphiirco, odorato, apeciosis' 

 si.iiio. Sloane, v. 1, p. 152, t. 96, f. 2. Heptadactyla major scan- 

 dai^', flore mrjori campanulatp, calice, mcniibranaceo, seminibus 

 .Vhy'orihusvillofis. Browne, p. 155. 



"Leaves palmate ; lobe.in sey^n's, lanceolate,, acut^, qqite eritire ;^peduncles 

 " three-flowered. 



This plant is chilled the seten-i^ear, m'Spunis/i arbour vine, and is thonght to have 

 been introduced from the continent. ' It is naturally a climber, and spreads to such an. 

 extent as to be carried over an arbour of three hundred feet in length from one root. 

 Tiie root is tuberous, < iai^ge as the human head, and sends forth a brown cornered 

 stem, which mounts the highest trees ; tiie branches are -numerous, as are the leaves, 

 which are as large as a hand, .smooth, and standing on long petioles ; they have seven 

 lobes, from whence it may probably have been called scvcn-curcd, instead of seven- 

 ycared, vine. The lobes at the base are shortest and narrowest, growing larger to the 

 iiist. Tlie pecUmcks are about three inches long, round, and green, many-flowered; 

 . the flowers are of a fine yellow ccloar,. and agieeable smell. Tiie capsule is about a.? 

 big as a Aval mil, aviembranaceoua,. shinmg-brown, with the capsular leaves sticking to 

 its base ;. it is two-celled, and iu each cell two black or dark brown seeds, one some- 

 times abortive ; tliey ^.re villose, triangular, with a roundish side. This plant is won- 

 derfully beautiful and fragrant when in flower, and very fit for arbours, as its thick 

 fuliage completely excludes tlie rays of the sun. Every part of it is purgative, ai^d 

 abounds with milk. . Biiiham supposes scammony might be njade from it. 



4. BONA KOX. . GOOD NIGHT. 



Corivolvulus viaximus, caule spimdis obtusis obsilo, flore albo, folio 

 hederaceo, aiiguioso._ Sbane, v. 1, p. 151, t. 96, f. 1. Siiiestris 

 foliis et Jloribus amplissimis, tubis jHoruni subteretibus. Bro\\ne, 

 p. 155. 



Leave.^ cordate, acute, quite entire ; stem prickly ; flowers in threes ; corollas 

 undivided. 



This is an annual plant, growing to a very great length, covering sometimes many 

 .trees, or the banks of rivers for many paces, having a round and reddish stalk, armed 

 vviih bbuit, herbaceous, short, variously shaped, prickles, winding: itself about any 

 thing it comes near, or creeping along tlie surface of the ground. At unequal distances 

 x;omo out, on petioles six inches long, smooth petioled leaves, four inches long, and 

 .as broad from ear to ear at the base, there being a sinus or hollow from the ears to the 

 point. Th^ Ljw^'fs are axillary, many, on peckiDcles an inch long j the tube of the 

 ., " coiolfa 



