4^<> 'iiotlTUS JAMAICENSSS. ^ -ifcOsto^tY 



14, mahgikellus. maw/inf-D, 

 *-f oliaceous, mcitibiiiiiaceons-pellurici ; lol;C's midulntc-pIaltcJ ; sliicl Js marginal, 

 minute- leniigiiious, wbite-margincd. 



J.T, VESICULOSUS. Tif..VDl)F.RV. 



, Folinccous, mcmliraniiccoiis-pcllncid ; lol;cs un<!u!utc-l)lackle''y ; Lladdcrs tur 

 binate, open bciovv, shiold-forui at top ; sliiclds convex., iieddisli. 



J$. DISSECTl'S. DISSF-CTED. 



FoJiaceous, depressed ; lobes laciniated, obtuse, saiooth luid white on both 

 sides, j)eitatc, cor.cjivc, scattered. 



-17. TOMENTOSUS, DOWNY. 



Foliaccous, doj^ressed, Dieuibraiiaceous, roundish, bind, smooth, lobes below 

 hairy- tonieniotie. 



IS. AGGREGATUS. AGGRKGATE. 



Shrnbby, linmcby, iuipeiforate at the axils; brandies erect; tubercles clus* 

 tered, tcniiinal, grained. 



19. MELANOCARPrS. nLACK. 



Shrubby, branches solid, whitish; branchlets leafy, compressed; tubercle? 

 globose, depressed, somewhat tomentose. 



20. RAMULOSOS. BRANCIIV. 



Shrubbj-, branches eolid. covered; leaflets thread-like; tubercles globose, 

 solid, terminal. 



Alany of the species of :tbis genus are useful in d3-eing', and, it is supposed, that 

 proper trials would discover many ccconomical uses in them. Barham says, " Liver- 

 worts are so called from their great virtue in curing diseases of the liver, and conse- 

 f^uently are good in the jaundice. They gently purge choler ; bruised, and boiled in 

 beer, and drank plentifully of, they help in a gonorrhoea and female weakness ; out- 

 wardlv applieti, arc said to cure malignant scabs, tetters, and ring-worms; uad lo 

 , <:leause and heal old ulcers." Barham, p. 90. 



See ^ftlossES and Sea- Weeds. 



LOBLOLLY-WOOD. CUPANL\. 



Cl. S, or. 1. Octandria monogynia. Nat. or. Trihilata: 

 This was so named from Francisco Cupani, of Sicily, a Fr;inciscan, and author of 

 come botanical works. 



Gen. cuar. Civlyx a five-leaved inferior perianth ; corolla five-petalcd, cowled at 

 the top ; stamens eight fdaments, with oblong anthers ; the pistil has an ovate 

 germ, a short style, trifid at the tip, and bluntstigma ; the pericarp is a coriace- 

 ous capsule, three-lobed, three-celled, three-valved ; the seed solitary, roundish, 

 with a bell-shaped, crenate, arilj embracing the seed like the calyx. One species 

 is a native of Jamaica. 



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