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28. MIGRANTHA. 



Leaves three-nerved, tooth-lotted, oblong, acute, smooth ; raremes axillarj'. 



reclining ; flowers acuminate Ak', 



29. VIRCATA. TWUiCV. 



ieaves tri pie- n erved, . entire, ovate-lanceolate, at'uminate, very smooth; 

 branches flower-bearing ; racemes decussate-.i, diffused, scattered. -S'a\ 



30. TETRAXDRA. - TOUR-STAMENED. 



'Leaves three-nerved, entire, ohlong, acunnnate, emarginate at tiie bas^, i 

 smooth, somewhat convex ;. raceme erect, terminating; tiowers four-sta- 

 ir.ened. Szp. 



The Jolloxolng are eight stamcned, with five-nerved lea-jct: 



31. DISCOLOR. TWO-CO U. D. 



:Grossularia- fructu non sjn?iosa, rnalai)a/hn Joli.s subtus niveisfrue^t 

 .raceiiioso m innhcUa, moduui disposHo. Slo^me, v'. 2, p. 86, ,t. 

 198, f 1. 



This rises ten or fifteen feet high, having asii-coioure 1 bnmches ; leaves- peti(>Ied, 

 cpjiosite, six inches long, and one and a half broad, gret'n aiiovt", white below, aiVd 

 very pretty. Racemes br^ncbed, tcnnentose, tern. mating in pairs; tiower:> small, void 

 ot-cent, yellow. Tlie fruit stands in an umbel at top, flat,_aud somewhat like eld,er 



,J*erries. ' , '' "' , 



32. riLOSA. HAIRY. 



** Leaves flve-nervecJ, tooth-letted, oblong, acute, hirsuteunderneath \ racemes 

 lateral, hirsute. 



'This large genus of planfs has not yet undergone, sufHcient examination ; there are 

 -(Sixiy-seven species known, hich perhaps further discoveries may distinguish into 

 seperate genera; it is disting-uishe! from rhc.ria principally !)y the fruit, wbich. ui the 

 fonrer, is a. berry, in the liiit r a cajisuie- -J/a//y. Tiii^ above enumerated species 

 g^re )'.)und scattered in different places over thu uiiole of Jamaica. Bnyvvn^^ ob-crves, 

 that i :.e leaves of all the species he knew were furnished ivith from tiiree v> five veins, 

 that run in an arclied form from tiie footstalk to the top ; and the spaces between these 

 ,^re beautifully neirved or areolated. 



INDIAN FIG, OR PRICKLY PEAR. . ACTUS. 



Cl. 12, OR. 1. Icosandrianionogynia. ^at. on.-r-.VucculentiV. 



jGen. char. Calyx a one-leafed perianth, imbricate, hollow-tnbniur, with- sa^ 



leaflets scattered over it, superior, deciduous; the ror:)lla iias Juiivierous petals, 



rather obtuse, broad, the outer ones shorier,^ the iiiin r longer, converging: the 



st^initns are numerous subulate filanifrit^, r.tserted i no the < ai) .\,^ mth -j; long' 



,.i^fict anthers ; the pistil has an inferior germ, a cyiindric style, tlie length oi the 



.statiieo^ 



