^arel'OirieE- HORTUS JA MAIC EN ST S. 4^,$ 



Ge^. cjiar. Calyx a oise- leafed, rompivssed, for.r-tootlifcl, penaTiffi, i)i-viiiveij 

 \vh<?n mature ; valves membranaceous, acuminite, keeled, iipright, jiormanent; 

 corolla one-petaled, unequal, borJer four-cleft, divisions rounded, the inferior 

 and gupeiior one lavt^er, the superior erect; the stamens four filaments, shorter: 

 than the corolla, two of them longer than the others; anthers simple; the pistil 

 ^las an ovate, compressed, flat, germ, a filiform style, and oblique stigma ; no 

 peri'^arp, the valves of the calyx cov^^r the seeds, which are solitary, oblong. OhC 

 species is a native of Jamaica. 



CYMOSA. CVMED. 



SpirciP ronsii'ner spinosa, folio subrotuiido acimiinafo infe-^ro, p:rh'gii 

 adore, fniclu parvo oblongo, camdato, coronate. Sloane, v. 2., 

 p. 30, t 174, f. 3, 4. 

 Rowers C3'med ; leaves ovate, almost entire. 



This shrub has often several stems Irom the- same root, each no bic^ger than a goose- 

 quill, round, woody, brownish-black, from three to six feet in height, sleiuL-r, ai^d 

 requiring support : the twites are many, opposite, liaving sharp prickles, one-third of 

 an inch iong, and opposite leaves, half an inch in diameter, a little pointed at the ends, 

 iiimost round, yellowish-green, smooth, something like those of mimmularia, and 

 very strong scented, like pulcs^iinn ; petioles an ciL',hth of an inch in leiiiitii. The 

 fltnvers come out at the top, are small, many together, of the colour and soniewii t re- 

 sembling tliose of spiidir thccphrasti, though not so close set. nor so hand>ome. 

 Seeds small, oblong, channelled, brown. It grew in the savannas about St. Jago.de la 

 \&ga. i>loane. 



HQUOTIICE-WEFD or SWEET BROOM WEEI>. SCOPARIA. 



Cl 4, OR. 1. Tet rand nil inovogyma. N^T. oR. Personatte. 



This is derived from scopa, a besom, for wiiich use the plant is adapted. 



G-EN. CHAR. Calyx a one-leafed, four-parted perianth, concave; segments slender, 

 rugged; corolla one-petaled, wheel-shaped, spreading^ concave, four- parte! ; 

 segments tongue-shaped, obtuse, equal; tiiroat bearded ; stamens four filaments, 

 equal, awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla, with simple anthers ; tlie pistil has a. 

 conical germ, an awl- shaped style, the length of the corolla, permanent, and aa 

 acute stigma ; the pericarp is an oblong con'cal capsule, acuminate, one-celled,, 

 two-valved ; seeds very many, oblong. One species is a native of Jamaica, 



DULCIS. SWEET. 



Veronimfrut'icosa erectaduhis, hexavgulari eaule, flore dilute cxruleo. 

 Sloane, v. 1, p. 195, t. 108, f. 2. Krecta ramoio, foliis linear ibus 

 dcnticulatis verticillato-ternutis. Drowne, p. 145. 



ILeaves in threes ; flowers ped uncled. 



Tlie root is annual; the stalks woody and hcxangular, rising two feet high, and 

 Sending out many branches, which have three leaves placed round at each joint, sessile, 

 ^.e uppermost the largest, being three-c|uartcrs of ao inch long, and half an inc'm 



