43*- HO^TUS JAMAICENS19. ,,-a*^ 



TL'.b.icoous ; branclics angular ;Jc"aves ovato-cUiptic ; spikes aNillnrv nnd tcr- 

 i!)iiiaiiiig, bi-andicd ; (l^iyers aliomato ; . bracles linear ; anthers parillel. 



^ The root is six^rt, thick, anil i! i vide d ij;to llvcc or four lowrr reddish branche^!. Tiic 

 . ftem sq'.ia.e, .i;ieen, jointed. ..sieuder,; ri?uii<^ tlirce.or tour (cct, scarcely able to snp- 

 port Itself; it shoots into a great iinniber of opposite bfanchcs, rriowin^ gradually less 

 its they asc-end ; the leaves arc also opposite, two auhes long, and one broad near the 

 iootstulk, wauli is two jiojtjes long ; tiiey are rongh, and of a dirty green colour. The 

 flowers uro two-iipp-'d, lips uiu.ividei.1,. on axillary spikes, of a scarlet colour, three- 

 quarters of an inch long.*-- .The seeds arc round, flat, black, and have a defect in each. 

 'J'iiis beautiful plant is veryconimon about the Ferry, and flowers generally in July and 

 August. Sloane K Broxvjie. "" 



.-. 5. PECTOnALIS. PECTORAf.. 



. Foliis lanceolalis, fioribus spicatis, calicibus (hiplicati:, Bro^vne, p. 



118. 



Herbaceous, leaves lanceolate, petioled ; spikes p^nicled ; bractes minute, up- 

 per lip iniLiiviaed ;__ andiers biiiate. 

 This plant .seldom rises more than.ten ar twelve inches in height. Leaves'acuminate, 

 iwo inches long ; panicles teruiinating, dichotoinous, slender ; flowers numerous, red, 

 sessile ; bractes bristle-shaped ; the whole plant has dje smell of new hav, mist with a 

 reireshing aromatic scent ; it is made a syrup of, vyhich is thought of use in disorders 

 of the breast. The bruised leaves are also good in wounds and cuts, whence the Frenck 

 <;all it he) be a charpentiere. It is known bj the nanje of garden balsam. 



S. ARMAT4. ..ARMED, 



Shrubby; prickly; leaves oijlong, emarginatc, coriaceous, sliining. S:i>. 



4. ACICULARi.?. NEEDLE-SHAPED. 



Shrubby, diffused, spiny; spiaes bristle-shaped ; flowers peduiiicled, ayillarj, 

 solitary. Sxv. 



5. HUMIFUSA. MOIST. 



Stem herbaceous, decumbent ; leaves ovate at^d cordate; spikes umbcUed. 



6. NEMOROSA, WOODY. 



Stem herbaceous, four-cornered, somewhat upright ; leaves ovato-lanceolatej 

 spikes ovate. Sw. 

 This genus is nearly allied to dianthera fsee Balsam Herb, p. 40.) The following 

 exotic species have been miroAnceA -.Adhatoda, or Malabar nut ; picta, variegated 

 justicia ; 7titida, shining-leaved; A/art inicensis,, Marti n i co ; Cart/iagi'nieiisis, Cav- 

 thaoinian ; ana the spinosa, prickly. All the species arc propagated from seeds jwid 

 puttings. 



IVY. HEDERA. 



^L. 5, OR. 1. Pentandria monogynia^ Nat. Q^.Hederacea^ 



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