4Q- IIO-RTUS JAMAICENSIS; tit* 



; nc! then bcatinp- tliom to a paste with oil, in whicli form tliey arc said to be excellent. 

 against imins. Tile bulbs in (iecociioii are a diuretic drink for liorses. 



l\vr, csoiic species of this genus are cultivated iii East's GarUeu ; tlie CaroUnigiXjiun^. 

 OV. Caioiina;^and theliUoraief^ or tali pancratium. 



LILY. AMARYLLIS. 



Ci,. 6, OR. 1. -ITexandria monogyyna. Nat. or. Spafhaccp, 



GF-^t. CHAR. Calyx an oblong spathe, obtuse, compresse.l, emarfjinate, g.aping 06- 

 the flat side, nud withering-; corolla six lanceolate petals ; lu rtary six very short 

 scales, without the base of. the fdaoients ;. stamcns.six awl-shapel filaments, with, 

 oblong, incuailjcnt, rising anthers; the pistil has a lounJish germ, furrowed, in- 

 ferior; style filiform, almost of the length and in the situation of the stamens; 

 stigma trifid-, slender; tb.e pericarp a sub-ovate, three-celled, three-valved, cap- 

 sule; seeds several. One species is indigenous, the following ; besides which a 

 cuajhetcf exotic speciesx)f this lii-gW}' crnamental genus liave been introduced. 



ELLADONN.\. 



^; ^ ' Lilio-narcissiis .polyaiilhos, fiore inc<irnato, /undo ex litteo albe'scenfe., 



Sloane, V. ], p. 244. I lore crocco nutanfi ; saipo nudo iinifloro^ 

 Browne, p. 195.- 



Corollas somew}iat erect, six~petaled; petals flat; scape coiapressed ; leave* 

 sharply channelled, bluntly keeled, very smooth. 

 The root of this is bulbous, coated, and about the size of a large onion, with many 

 white fibres at bottom ; the leaves are a foot long, and an inch and a half broad, juicy, 

 tjf a fresh green colour, blunt, round or obtuse at their ends, ciiannelled inwards to- 

 wards the stem. The |>eduncle rises front among the leaves ; it is about eighteeninchfis 

 liigh, hollow, from which proceed several fioAers, grv>wing out of a membranaceous 

 sheath or follicle, bent back, or hanging down by two-inch long pedicels. The flowera 

 are of a yellowish-red colour within, and of a carnation or}>ale red outside. It grow*, 

 wild in many parts of Jamaica, and thrives best in a rich and shady place. ^ 



LILY THORN. CATESBEA. 



Cl. 4, OR. 1. 1 etramlria monogynia. Nat. or. Luridce. 



SoTiatned in honour of ]Vlai;k Ciitesby, author of a Natural History of Carolina. 



Gen. CHAR. Calyx a four-toothed, superior perianth, very small, acute, pernw* 

 nent; corolla monopetalous,. funnel-form ; tube extremely long, straight, gra-. 

 dual.y widenmg upwards; border semi-quadrifid, broad, erect, flat ; stamens fouc 

 filaments, growing within the neck of the tube; anthers oblong, .erect, almosfc 

 longer than the corolla ; the ])isiil has a roundish inferior germ, a filiform .st3-le,- 

 the length of the corolla, and a simple stigma; tlie pericarp is an oval bi'iry, 

 Cfowned, unilocular luilocular)j seeds many, angulate. One species isanativo 

 of JjiinaiGa. 



