416. HORTUS JAMAI.CENSIS. iv^tm 



INDIAN MALl-OW. URENA. 



Cl. 16, OR. b.- Monad^l])hia poJjjandria. NaT. ovi.. -Cchimnifera. 



Gen. CHAR. Calyx adouole perianth, outer five-ciclt, inner five-leuved ; coroHa 

 five-petaleei ; startiens numerous filaments, united at boUom, with roundish an- 

 thers ; th*" pistil has a roundish germ, a simple :>t}je, aiid headed stigma; the pe- 

 ricarp is a rbiindish capsule, ^ehinatc, five-cornered, five-celled, with the cells 

 closed, and one seed in each. .Tvvo species are natives of Jamaica. 



I. SIN LATA. CUT-LEAVED, 



Maha vel alcea friiticaa, ribesii foiiis, seminiiiis ^isperis. Sloane, 

 V. 1, p. 37. I'vliis jirojuiide quingnclobis ; lobis infernc angustiori- 

 bus, dtnticiilatis ; 'fionbus confer (is- ad alas. ^Browne, p. 281. 



Xeaves three-glanded underneath, sinuate-five-lobed ; lobes angular, tooth- 

 ietted, obtuse. 



Stem shrubby, from one to two feet high, branched, upright, pubescent; brancljes 

 if.rly simple, erecr, round, pubescent; leaves petioled, alternate; lower- roundisb, 

 ve-oruered, sub-serrate ; middle cordate, five-cornered, with the corners blunt, 

 ^rrate- toothed ; i.pper sinuate-five-lobed, tooth sinuate, ner-zed, hirsute, hoary un- 

 tierne;,th,- having r^ glandular pore in the middle nerve. Petioles longish, round, 

 erect, pubcscbnt. Flowers txillar), on very short peduncles, blood-red. Outer calyx 

 five-leaved, linear, erect, blunt; inner five-parted, with erect, lanceolate -segments, 

 the length of the outer ; petals five, contiguous at the base, oblong, obtuse, entire; 

 capsules five, close, connected, echinate ; seeds oblong, compressed,- even. Sw. 

 Sloane s?ys the seeds have many little prickles. Browne says it, grows commonly, in 

 the IcAver hills, and is n mavkahie for the lobed form of its -leaves, and the compressed 

 inake of its rugged capsules. 



2-. TYPHALEA. 

 Truticulosa, foliis serratis oblongis; Jlorihiis conglohatis.^ pedunculis 

 lorigisshnis iaminulihus incidcntibus. Browne, p. 281, 



Leaves oblong- lanceolate, serrate ;- heads of flowesi's peduncled, terminal ; outer 

 calyx I'.ve-cleft ; capsules with three awns. 



Browne calls this the shrubby erect vrcna, with bearded seeds, and says it is very 

 common in the woods, growing generally to the height of four or five feet, or more. 

 The leaves are pretty large ; and the seed vessels, which are composed each of five 

 cells, loosely connected together, carry three long bearded bristles, or setae, on the 

 top of each cell, whereby they adhere to every thing that touches \hQm.~--Broxi}ne. 



Sue Mallows and Marsh. Mallows. 



INDIAN MULBERRY. MORINDA. 



Cl. S, or. 1. Pentandriavionogynia. Nat. or. Aggregate. 

 r^Ms name is derivcdfrom morus and mdtis, the Latin words for the English narae. 



