404 IIORTUS JAMAICENSl^ Jr^B*SM 



posite, siib-divule.l, w'nh a r.essileflower in the foilsings,_the last pedicels three- flovv- 

 ertd. Corollas iaa.r large; c;'.l>x oblong, five-clctc ; segments lanceolate-ai-nie ; 

 pi tals five, oh-ovate, roiimliih, blunt, spri-ading, longer thnn the seume.iUs of the 

 calyx, violet purple ; filaments ten, the length of the corolla, filiform, purple; authors 

 very long, sickle-shaped; germ oblong ; stvleloug, curved; stigma tbickish ; fruit a 

 a berrv. Su;. 



2. , SCANDENS. . CLlMBIXn. 



Minima scandevs, santieiJo tauii, foliis guinquenerviis ovatis ciliatis- 

 oppositis. Browne, p. 2'_'0. 



I eaves three-nerved, toothletted, ovate, acute, smooth; raceme terminating; 

 spikes mostly pointing one way ; stem flinil)ing._ is'. 

 3. AClNODFXDllOX. 



FoL'is ampi'ssimi.s suh/us ferrui^ineis, racein>s terminatricibus.^ 

 Browne, p. 219.. 

 Leaves tooihlt tied, Vvith three nenes or tliereaboutSj ovate-acute. 

 Browne calls this the large leafed foxy mclastoma^. 



4. SESSILIFOLIA. LEAVES SESSILE* . 



' J^oliis amplicrihus, per petivlum rtcurn niitnis ct contractis ; /ascicidts 

 J/oiuin spursii. Browne, . p. 2 1 9, t. i;4, f. 1, 2, 

 Leaves quite entire, triple-nerved, spatulate, ses.->ue, tomentose underneath, 



Browne cans this tiie large leaf id jnelastoi/ia, uiiji the flowers disposeU in scattered, 

 tufts. 



5. QUASItANGULARl-. FOUR-A>-GLED. 



Leaves thrr e-nervecl,. entire, ovate-lanceolate, smooth ; nerves coloured j 

 branches quadrangular ;. raceme straight, terminating. Sit). 



6. ORNATA. ADORNED. 



Leaves three-nerved, entire, rigid, hispid above with close pairs, hoary white 

 below ; umbel four-parted, terminated by small flowers ; cajisule liispid^ 



1. TRINERVIA.. THREE-NERVED. 



Leaves three-nerved, v^ithout any marginal nerve, oblong, atteniiated at the 

 base and tip, entire, smooth on both sides, thinner; racemes almost termin-> 

 aiing ; flowers sessile. Sxv.. 



8. RAMIFLORA.. FLOWEU-BRANCHED. 

 Leaves three-nerved, entire, ovate-lanceolate, somewhat mgged ; branches 

 flowcr-uearing; flov\ers jjeduncled, somewhat clustered. i>-u). 



9. PRASIiNA. GREEN. 



Leaves triple- nerve -1, quite entire, bruad-lanceolate, smooth ; panicle termin- 

 ating, sprtai.ling very uuch. Sw- 

 Trunk four inches in thanitter, a. id five or six feet high, with a whitish, soHd, com- 

 pact, wti;t.i LiuiicLta foud iwj^s froBm tiie top, long, foiu'-coruered; leares pale 



green^ 



