V 



490 HORTtJS ^AMAICENSrlS.^' -.^^rm 



biarirhed ; Ininclics clifTuscd, alternate, spreading ; flowers in a sort of spike, on short 

 peduncles, sirall, cjvate, wLitioh; at the base of the flowers are extremely minute, 

 bhii'.inj;, yt!iov\it.h, imbricate, scaielcts.. Calyx or corolla .five cleft, with acute np- 

 ritiit bt; inents ; filaments shorter than the <oroI.la ; .srerm roundish, st^le very short, 

 trifiJ, iti J, mas reflex ; the calyx inst ad of a capsule incloses a bla<ik shining seed. A 

 white wool bursts out i'rom among the scales after the flowering is past. 6'a-. Accord- 

 ing to Sioaiie the stems are cornered, yellowish-green, hollow, smooth, needing sup- 

 port, hut not tuining, as big as a goose ciuiil, having a few joints, and at them opjio- 

 6tteica\e<, an inch and a half long, and half as broad near Uie round base, ending iu 

 S-poiiU, and of a yeliou'ish-green-colour. 



^. Jrqn-Gr.vss See Button-Weeb, 



IRON-SHRUB. '-SAUVAGESIA, 



Cl. 5, OR. 1. Perttandria vio7wgynia. NaT. OR. Gruinales. 



Gen. char. Calyx a flive-p^rted perianth, leaflets lanceolate, acute, coacarCs, 

 spreading, permanent ; the corolla has five petals, blunt, equal, rhomb-ovate, 

 length of tiie c;.iyx ; nectary five smaller leaflets, alternate with the petals, oblong, 

 .erect, sunounJed by niany shorter hairs ; stamens live awl-.shaped very short fila- 

 ments, with ob Long, acute, short, anthers; the pistil fias an ovate germ, a sim- 

 ple st^ ie, tlie length of the stamens, and a simple blunt stigma ; the pericarp is a 

 capsule, ovate, acuuiinate, one-celh?u, three- valved at the top ; seeds numerous, 

 ver\- small, fastened to the sutures in a longitudinal row. There is only on|; 

 species, a native ol Jauiuica. 



ERECTA. -ERECT. 



Ilerhaccus mh.or foliis oblongis levissime crenatis, stipulis tiliatis, 

 jioriUus singulat ibim ad ulas. Browne, p. 179, t. 12, f. 3. 



' This beautiful little plant rises generally in an oblique direction, and seldom shoots 

 above ten or tvehe inches trom the root; the stalk is delicate, smooth, and round, 

 easting a few.slender branches on tvery-srde, without any certain order. Leaves small, 

 oblong, smooth on llie upper side, very lightly crenated, and disposed in an alternate 

 but irregular order ; til- y are on short tooisialks, and adorned with remarkably ciliated 

 cars or siipuies on each side, at their insertions. The, plant is rare : I found it between 

 Mount Diablo and St Ann's. Btouiie. The peduncles are one-flowered; flow^ 

 ivhite, without scent. It is easily distinguished by its ciliate stipules. 



InoN-WooD See SAViN-TREE-a(/ Redwood. 

 Ikon- Wort See Wild-Hops, 



No English Name. ITEA. 



Cl. 5, OR. 1. Pentandria vwnogTjJiia^ "^hj.^OKyrJiododcnirat 



