.4QQ HORTUS JAMAICENSIg. .VsTnii* 



Jerussatcti, yellowish -green above, slighUy dpwny andt^iwjiy untlerneath, sis or swon 

 ; inches long, and three wide. 



16. ALBICANS. WHITE. 



Leaves five-ncived, entire, ovate, acute, smooth above, toms, ntose, nhnish, 

 ferruginous underneath; racemes terminating, erect; tiovjers clu^tcrtd, 

 .isessile. Sw. 



17. ARGENTEA. GOLDEN. 



Grossulari^e friictu arhor maxima non .tpinosa, inalahatjirifelio 'raxi- 

 :fno nwfloio, ort ruccnwao ulbo. Sloane, v.?, p- ''+, t. IfS, t 1. 



Xeaves five-nerved, somewhat tooth-ietted, ovate, smpotli, lomentose ;.nd 

 wiiite unuerntath ; panic les toniiinaiing, spreading. 



This has a trunk as tiiick as the titiinan thign, with a russet-coloured, aliDpst smooth 



^ark, very stn.ignt, an^i twenty feet higli. Branches ana twigs opposite, scjnare; 



ileaves sessue, a toot and a nail' long, and hah as broad in tiie middle, ver^ greeji 



above, ivnite tjencath, and Biuooin, haying five large ribs. The fiowers are in spikes, 



jand white. Sloane. 



as. HIRTA. ROUGH-HAIRED. 



.-Grossulari^c J ructu 7ion spinosa, ir.aiabathri foliis longa et rujfa lanu- 

 ginc hirsutis, Jriicfu majore ccetulco. Mo.me, v. 2, p. >-, t. 197, 

 i, 2. Uirsuta foliis cordatis rettculalis scabris, Jioribus laxe race- 

 mosis ad alas. Browne, p. 219. 



Leaves tooth-letted, five-nerved, ovate-lanceolate; stem hispid. 



i"Stem shrubby, a fathom in Jieight, covered with russet-coloured long hair;' branches 

 ^ferruginous, hispid. Leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, tooth-letted, 

 .wrinkled, soft, vety iiairy ; petioles longish, rouiu!, hirsute tiowers axillary and 

 termiiiiiting, largish; peduncles very short, aggregate, (three or four) idrsute ;, caly'x 

 five cleft, hirsute, with biooJ-red hairs; segments ovate, augmenteii l^ehindwith 

 linear, acute, erect, hirsute, segments; petals five, ovate, white ; filaments ten, in- 

 serted into the calyx within, short; auihers oblong, bifid; germ ovate; style tlrlck, 

 .round; stigma blunt, concave ; berry clothed antt crowned by the calyx', hirsute, 

 Jjlue, five-celled, almost as big as a natmeg. Sw. Piso says that tl:e powder of the 

 Staves is goodfor nlcers,- and that soap is extracted from the beiTies. 



^ 19. ELATA. , lUGII. 



JLeaves five-nerved, serrate, tooth-letted, oblong, coriaceous, ferruginous ta- 

 mentose underneath ; panicles terminating, spreading ; dowers sessile. Su:, 



2,0 FRAGILIS. FH.iGILE. 



Leaves serrate, five-nerved, netted; i-acemes with sessile flowers, all directed 

 one way. 



This is a stiffish shrub ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-, five-nerved, even, serrate, 

 filiate, netted, very brittle ; raceme terminating, brachiace ; racemeiets trifid, flori- 

 4"er* 'US from the base ; dowers directed one way, upright; anthers in the iiottom ol the 

 ^mOiiK us, ten ; iruiis larger, globular, like peas, smootii, with an excavated umbi- 

 Jijcus ; siiialle:- with the umbilicus closed by live scales* 



