Ht HORTUS JAMAICENSIS, i-itY 



on sliovlith petioks. Flowers nxillavv, cvfiwdtd; peiluncles nxillaiy, longer than tlie 

 petioles, scaly, inany-tlowertci ; corollas s^mall, jirci'iiisli-whiic; calyx llirce-leaveil, 

 leatlets ovate, green, permanent, one huperior; sumdarcl of two lower, reflex, wliit- 

 ish petals; uings large, ovate, on the outside of tin; standard and keel, simdrtr to the 

 Gaiyx kaves, piTaianeiit ; keel larger than the standard, concave, green. Filaments 

 open in IVar.t, free ac the top, veiy unnute; anihers minute; perm roundish, com- 

 pressed; style the ieni^th of the staiiiens; siignia obtuse; seed vessel a silicle, pedi- 

 celled, fouadish, eominessed, emari^inaie; seeds reiufonn, oblong. S^ri). Browne 

 calls itiis plant the ba^urJ i^^iiiuni vit<e of the Red Hills, where this shrub grows very 

 plentifully, rising generally to iheiieight of seven or eight fe>^t, or better. It receives 

 its name because it tastes not unlike gum guaiacuni, and is sometimes used for the same 

 purposes. Swariz does not see why Lmneus named it dvvcrsifolia, all the leaves being 

 alike. Sioane says the wood is wliite, hard,, and solid; the hark smooth and grey. 

 Long says that the seeds are impregnated with a finely aromatic oil. 



2. PANICULAT.^. PANICLE. 



Herhacea, minor, erecta ; foliis linearibus ; sp.ka midtiplki, termi- 

 nali, folioso. Browne, p. 287. 



This is called panidcd viiilrxort. The root is annual ; stem from half a foot to a foot 

 in height, round, smooth, divided above the middle; branches filiform, erect, leafy, 

 smooth. Leaves sub-sessile, alternate, acute, entire, dotted, smooth. Peduncles or 

 racemes terminating, filiform, erect, many-flowered. Flowers n^nute, purplish, nod- 

 ding, on very short pedicels ; calyx thi:ee-lea,ved, coloured, hinder leaflet larger, ovate, 

 the two anterior oblong, acuminate; the standard two oblong, obtuse, erect, petals, 

 covering the keel and wings, and converging in front at top; wi^gs less than the 

 standard, pale, lanceolate, converginji- above the keel, which is also less than the 

 standard, covered, gibbous at the base, four-cleft at the tip, deciduous. Filaments 

 shorter than the corolla, distinct in front, all united below, white, and pellucid; an- 

 thers oblong, yellow ; germ ovate, compressed a little, convex, twin ; style thick, 

 curved, like a cornucopia; stigma l\innel-form, oblique, bearded at , the interior tip, 

 pellucid. Seea vessel a siliclcj oDlong, emargiaate at the tip and base., compressed, 

 convex, two-celled, opening at the sides, two-seeded; seeds oblong, convex, brown, 

 hairy, appearing echinated in a magnifier. ^w. This beautiful little plant is pretty 

 frequent in the drier hills of St. Catherine's. It has a great deal of the smell and taste 

 of the seneka, or snake-root, but is not so strong or disagreeable. It is a mild attenu- 

 ant and sudorific, and niay be administered in infusions and decoctions, with great 

 propriety, where such medicines are requisite. It grows generally to the height of six 

 or seven inches, and is seldom branched below the middle. Browne. Barham says it 

 is called the blue Chili milkwort, and that a cold infusion all night in water, drank isi 

 iUe morning, proves a strong diuretic, and eases pleuritic pains. 



Lignum ViTiE Timberwood j'fc Buckthorn. 



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LILY. PANCRATIUM. 



Ct. , OR. 3. Hexandria vionogynia. N.\T. oa. Spathc^cea, 



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