I^BNiY HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. 43|8. 



Ceh. char. Calj'x has an involucre of a simple umbel, very small, many-toothctl ; 

 a small five-toothed perianth; corolla five-petaled, oblong ; stamens subulate fila- 

 meate, with anthers trifid at the base; the pistil iia^ a turbinate get ni, and simple 

 style aod stigma ; the pericarp is a globular five-seeued berry, surrounded bv the 

 calyx ; seeds large, gibbous on one side, angular on the other. Swartz discovered 

 ivvu species in Jamaica. 



l.PENDOLA. PEKDULOUS. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire; peduncles very long, pendulous. 



2. NUTANS. NODDING. 



Leaves elliptic, coriaceous j umbels nodding, hemispherical. 



Kelp See Sea-Weeds. 



ICIDNEY-BEANS. PHASEOLUS. 



Cl. 17, OR. 4. Diadelphia decandrla. NaT. or. Papilionace^e. 

 CeN. char. i'ee Black-Eyed Pea, p. 99. 



VULGARIS. COMMON. 



St*m twining ; flowers racemed, in pairs ; bractes smaller than the calyx ; le- 

 gumes pendulous. 

 This useful vegetable, of which there are numerous varieties, known by the name 

 of cocksiones, grows very plentifully in Jamaica. The stems are more or less twining, 

 but in the dwarf species, principally cultivated, scarce at all so. Leaves ternate, acu- 

 minate, rounded at the base, rough, on long petioles. Flowers axillary, on twin ra- 

 cemes, or else on twin petioles ; corolla white, yellow, purple, or red. There is a 

 *vhite nectariferous scale between the claw of the banner and the single stamen, bent 

 up.vards, and rowing to the filament ; besides this an obliquely bell-shaped, pellucid, 

 Striated, nectary surrounds the pedicel of the germ, within the connate filament. 

 Legume oblong, swelling a little at the seeds, when ripe one-celled. Seeds several, 

 ovate or oblong, kidney-shaped, smooth, and shining ; they vary exceedingly in shape 

 and size, but particularly in colour, being white, black, blue, red, and variously 

 tpotted. Of this numerous family of plants the following are those most generally 

 cultiv:jited in Jamaica : 



K k k Cockslones 



