4^ SOItTUS JAMAICENSISi uwnCC^ 



i^\h\ a tcijrcup foUpf this decoction be given every three hours, it selclom fails to cure 

 conujwu iliyrrhtta. 



The grywtl; otthis tree is.so quick, that it will rise, ia proper soils, to the height of 

 tfii feet II) tjiree years. It' an advaiuage is iiroposed to be made by the wood, the see(fe. 

 aught to, be sown in swampy lands, sr.dj as those about Black Uiver, and all the 

 bjauches permitted to remain, which v/iii be of great use, in augmenting the bulii.cjf 

 Sbeir siepis, Zo;i^ p. .7.54. 



Love Apples See Tomatoes.- 



LOVE IN A MIST. PASSIFLORA. 



Cl. 20, on. 4. Gynayidria pentandrk. Nat. or. Cucurbitace^. 

 Gen. cma. 5'ee Bull-IIfiof, p. I23. 



ITT-TinA. STrSKIXG. 



Flo!s passiimisjolio hederacco aiiguloso, fa-tido. Sloane, v. 1, p. 22^. 

 Fcsicaria ; Janim invalucris triphjjllis, muUifido-capillaribiis^^ 

 Browne, p. 327. 

 Leaves cordate-hairy ; involucres capillaiy-multifid-. 

 The stalks are reund, woolly, and rise five or six feet high, when supported, send^ 

 tng forth pretty strong clavicles. The leaf is tluee-lobed,- like ivy leaves, downy an4- 

 soft, the middle lobe three iiiches long, and one and a half broad, the two side-lobes 

 short, but broad. The flowers are on strong hairy peduncles, two iiK;he3 long; calys 

 composed of slender hairy filaments, wrought like a net, {rcseml)ling those of nigdla 

 damasccna}- longer than the peta-ls, and turning up round them ; they are white, and 

 of short auration. The fruit is 3ellow, inclosed in the netted calyx, and has a pleasjirvt 

 smell, though all the other parts of the plant has a disagreeable one when touched. 

 The fruit IS about the size of a golden pippin, oblong-sj)heroidal, pe iicelleJ, marked 

 with three lines of a deeper colour, longitiKlmally ; within it is silky white, membra- 

 naceous, containing numerous seeds, involved in an -agreeable sweet-acid pulp. f^. 

 flowers in the spriug. 



Se< BtJt.L-HooF- Gjianadilla Passion Flowers ^WATEE-LtMON. 



Ko English Name. LUDWIGIA. 



Gli 4, OR. 1. Tetrandvia momgynia. Nat. or. Calycanthevta. 

 So named in honour of C. G. Ludvtrig, professor of medicine at Leipsic. 

 Gen. chae- Calyx a one-leafed, four-parted, perianth, superior, with spreading 

 segments ;. corolla four-pctaled, petals ob-cordate, spreading ; stamens four awl- 

 shaped filaments, widi simple anthers ; the pistil has a four-cornered germ, a. 

 cylindric style, and an obsoletely four-cornered, capitate, stigma; the pericarp 

 -'^ 8. four-cornered capsule^ inferior, four-celled, fuur-vaUxd j,.seeds numerous^ 



