l^^>IA^} SORT US JAMAICENSIS; HH 



placed without orJer, sessile, with a narrow beginning, augmenting- to a round end, 

 about uii inch iong, rough, hoary, of a whitish-green colour, very often having two or 

 thr ;e nocclies. Flovvers on tiie top of the stem, and from the axils, resembiiu'g lliose 

 of g.oundsel, cou] posed of many yellow flo.rets close set together, encircled by in3.ny 

 wliitisii, . iong, narrow semi-florets. He found it on the baiiiis of the Rio Cobre. 



2. RIVULARE. RIVER. 



Leaves wedge-shaped, acute, rough. with hairs, toothed on both sides ,at the' 

 tip, ciliate at tiie edge, those oi the stem sessile } stem almost simple, erect, 

 few-flowered. Su). 



INDFAN KALE. ARUM. 



Cl. 20, on. 9. (hjuandria polj/andria. Nat. o.".^ Piperititt 

 CiEN. CHAR.^ iSWt' Cocoes, p. 211. 



1. ESCULENTUM.' E.tTABl.F.. 



jii'um minus, vymphed! fcliis esculoitum. Sloane, v. 1, p. 167, t. 



i06, f. 1 Ac'aule mediuni, foliis cordiifo sa.:;iti(itis quaiiduquc auri' 

 tis, radice minovi carnosu. Browne, p. 332. 



Leaves peltate, ovate, quite entire, emarginate, onsemi-liilad, at the base. 

 Tills has a small tuberous root, bigger than a walnut, and several leaves, ri .iiig from 

 k<; same root, about a foot high from the ground ; the leaf resembling those of cocoes,. 

 but much smaller, and of a ))ale green colour. Sloane says tlie roots are eaten as po- 

 tatoes, but the chief use of this vegetable is. as a green, and- a delicate, wnolesomc, 

 agreeable, and opening, one it is, as any in the world. In soud it is excellent, for 

 .such 1j the tenderness of the leaves that they in a manner dissolve, and afford a rich, 

 tileasing, and mucilaginous, ingredient. It is very generally cultivated in Jamaica ; 

 and Bro.v.'e justly observes, that a small bed of it is suflicient to sujinly one or two 

 f.iinllies chroughi)nt the year, for it grows luxuriant and rjuicl<, alter being frequently 

 C'Kxt ; but, as in time the leaves diminish in size, it should be occasionally transplanted, 

 which is easily done by seperating the routs. 



2. SAOGITTIfOUUM. ARROW-LEAVED. - 



Aruin. minus fsadcnfinn, Sagittarius foliis viridi nigricantihits.^-' 

 Sloane, v. 1, p. 167, t. 106, f. 2. Jcauk, foliis triangularihiU 

 sagiltatis, angiilis divdricatis acutis. Browne, p. 332. 



Leaves sagittate, triangular, the angles divauicate-acute. 



Tiiis is a kind of Indian kale, ccpially good, antl in everv wa' imch resembling tlie 

 ormer; the '.Cdves are larger, uarrowor,- and not so ronn I, of i dark green colour, and 

 S'lmewhat cor'iii>;<te.! on tlie surface, with a welt round the edgi-;. Both species are 

 g;-;nerallv planted lor theuscf it the table, and in wholeso.nencss and deiicacv they arc 

 Far superior to spi:iage;4n these respects they may vie with a ly 'vjropcaa vegetable 

 **haiever. 



Sec Cocoes Dumb Cane Five Finger Wake Robixs. 



INDIAN. 



