at other times creeping- nn I'odis and the ground. Tlie (lowers are jirodiiced in abund* 

 ance, and are of a nore brilliant red than any of its kind. It is eai^ily iiiupagaicd from 

 cuttings, and is well worthy of cultivation for oituiuictit, as it is a mosijjeautifu! pljint. 



S. PF.RR!-KIA. 



Xjrossiilart.'P'fruclnfiKiJorc arbor spitiosa, friictu foUoso e viridi albi~ 

 cante. Sloane, v. "2, -p. i5(i. ^iurvitittoyus folutiis et spiiiosuSf 

 spims geminatis rccvriis, J'otiis mclUhns ova/ is. Browne, p. 237. 



Stem ailoreous, round; prickles double-recurved ; leaves Janceolate-ovatc.' 

 This is called, 6on)e times Barbadocs gooseberry. The stem hath many prickles in 

 tnfts, sorriC longer, s(;nie shorter; it grows about fifteen feet liigli, with well-spread 

 branches, having- prickle*; in the same manner. The leaves are roundish, very thick, 

 av-jd sn.ccclent : the fruit about the sie pf^a wa.lnut, having tufts of small leaves on it, 

 a^d wiihin a whitish mucilaginous pulp, containing small seeds like gooseberries. 

 'Mor.n. The fruit of niost of the above species is shaped like pears or fit^s, from which 

 '.M - uinstance the names are derived. They are ail succulent plants, antl grow ii* must 

 j.iirls of Jamaica. 



Sec Melon and Torch Thistles. 



INDIAN GEOUNDSEL. EEIGERON. 



Cl. 19, on. 2. Syngenesia polygaviia stiperjlna. Nat. or. Composite. 



This generic nanr is derived from two Greek words signifying spring and an oJ3 

 juan, beci'Aise the European species are hoary in the spring. 



Gen. char* Calyx common, oblong, cylindric, .imbricate; corolla compouncj, 

 ra3'ed ; s'-am. ns in tjie hfirn'.aphro(!ites,.-five, short, .v.ith cylijidric anthers ; pisyi 

 in same has a .small germ, crowued.ivkh a down longer than its corcUet, style fiti-. 

 form, stigmas two, slender; no .pericarp, ^ the <;alvx converging ;, seeds small, 

 oblong; down long, hairy; the seeds of the females similar ; receptacle naked, 

 ..flat. . Two. species.arejiatives of Jamaica. 



1. JAMAICENSE. JAMAICA. 



Senecio wmor, belUdis majoris folio. Sloane, r. i, p. 2f^0j t. 1.53, 

 f. 3. Tomentosiis, (oliis oblongo ovatisy Icvissiine dcnticulatis ; pC' 

 ^ tiolis brcvibus. jBro ne, p. 320. 



Stem ftjw-fi9:ered, sub-vil'ose ; leaves wedge-form, lanceolate, yvitla twQsef- 

 raiurcs on each side. 



l^oot alm.ost single, but sometimes sub-divided, descending; root-leaves lanceolate, 

 wedge-form, sub-sessile, rounded at the end, with two, seldom three, distant serra- 

 tHi'es at top on each side ; stems erect, or ascending, often a span high, filiform, pu- 

 bescent, almost single I stem- leaves alternate, distant, lanceolate, acute, small, nearly 

 entire. Flowers sub-^;olitary, terminating, peduncled, whitish; common calvx single, 

 .scarcely iu,bric;ite; scales membranaceous about the cilge; domi appearing serrate 

 when magnifioci, of a brown colour ; receptacle was'teJ ; calvx spreading. Sw. 



'Sloane observes that the roots are smooth, white, no bigger than threads, and an 

 iricli and a half loiig ; stem toiuidj hoary, five or six iiiche? higli, having, few leaves, 



placed 



