j5J3Rfs- Tortus jamaicensisj. 455^- 



1. PANUULATA. IANICLED. 



6)'amen pa/iiceum mcjus, spicu ftmpluc /u-j>, grants petioUa inciihn- 

 ttbus, Sioaiie, v. 1, p. lu7, t. 64, i. 2. Antudinucca encut ii'~ 

 (livisa, Joliis brcvionbus laiiuscuUs, spica ruccmo^d tcrrainiUi.^ 

 Browne, p. 3:35. 



Panrcle terminauiig ; culm 1 ranchcJ, 



This rises to liie lieinht of four feet, and grows v.-ikl in the w-jo.ls; tlie culm is erect, 

 jointed, rouiui, branciied at botiom ; jaiius sinij^ie. Leaves slieaiiiiiig, as it were 

 rhortly petioied at the end of the ii!tath,)Broad lanceolate, acuminate, horizontal,- 

 Spreading, smootii, s.triated, inarlied witii hnes below; siicaths pubescent. Panicle 

 teniiinatitig, erect, tiiree jncties long, spreading, luany-tlowered. Branches angular, 

 rugged, flexuose; male s-pikelets numerous, pressed close to fhe brandies of the pa- 

 iiRle, alternate, pedicelled, three toiimioniy contiguous , pedictis llcxuDse, filiform, 

 liort ; female flowers solitary, terminating the male spikes^ and tiiree times the size 

 ol tiie males. This plant, wliich has all tne appearance of a reeJ, is ileemed excelUnt. 

 fodder for cattle. The seeds liave a iranspaieiit glassy ajipearunce, und are freij^ueotly - 

 strung for beads, 



2. PAUCIFLORA.-- TEW-FLOWEnED, '' 



Flowers axiflary. 



This is also a native of Jamaica, 6rst discovered and classed b\' Swartz. The fiowera-- 

 axe uxillarv, the leaves ovale, -- 



Ko English Name^ - IRESINE/ 



Cl. 22, OR. 5. Dioecia pentandria. Nat. or. lioloracete^ 

 CjEiib CHAR, Male calyx. a two-leaved perianth, very small, acute, glossy; corolla 

 five sessile, lanceolate-erect petals ; nectary of five sciiles, the stamens being in- 

 terposed ; the stamens fue upright filaments, witli roundish anther.s. Female-- 

 calyx and corolla as in tiie male ; pistil aJis an ovatt germ, no style, two roundish, 

 stigmas; the pericarj) an oblong-ovate Ci.psule; secas some, downy. Tiiere is. 

 ^aiy one species, a native of Jamaaa, 



CELOSFA. ' 

 Aniarantirs, panfcida-jlavtcantey gracih', holhericea. Sloane, v. !,..< 

 p. 142, t. .fcO, f. 2. JCre^la herbacca, caule-iiodoso, panicida longe ' 

 assurgctiti: Browne, p. ^358. 



Brimie says this plant is frequent about Kingston, rising to tiie height of to or 

 ftjree feet; the leaves of an ova! form and entire; lie describes ii with maie und female 

 flowers sepeiate. Swartz, on the contrary, never fcjund ii but uitli liermaphrodite 

 flowers, and thinks itneariy allied to, if not aspecies of,- cclusia - f si e L'ockscomb, /?. 

 205). He describes it thus : Hoot annual; stem upright, irom ;t foot to a fathom in 

 heignt, divided at top, round, striated, smooth, loose, jointed ;;t tlie insertion of the 

 iiranches; joiius swelling; brandies opposite, sj;rrathng a little. Leaven ojiposite, 

 jgctioled, itiaceolme, or ovate-iaa<;eoiatej iic-umiijute, bmoyth. - PauKics ternunatmg, 



lyanchcd j .- 



