mm^ HORTUS ja:>iaicenjis, 7i> 



ordinalc ramosum, foliis umpaorihus trupczwidihus cum anmiinc; 

 caiilc, raviis et pcIloIs atmnitentihus. Erowiii-, p. 88. Atl. 8. 



Leaflets alternate; pinnas rhombecl, gashed, fruit-bearing o'n each side. 

 This plant resembles the following f/enerumj in botii form anil appearance, but 

 throws to a more considerable size, and is often observed to be half an inch or more 

 round the stalk, vvliich is black, shinniy, and rises four or five feet iiigh, rliaking a 

 beautifnl appearance. Sloaiie i( Browne. The syrup of this plant is like the syrnp of 

 maiden-hair in liurope, Dancer^ s Med. ^Is. 



13. TENEUUM. TE.VDEK. 



Ercxlum inordinate ramo.'iiiiii, caiile icrcti, rarduUs ct pctiolis, atro- 

 niieiiiibus. Browne, p. SS. Ati. 7. 



The samller-branched maiden-hair rises by a shining, black, branched, footstalk, 

 to u.e height of fourteen or eighteen inches. It grows in shady places, and is plenti- 

 fully supplied with leaves, which fall off with great ease when the plant is dried. - 

 .Browne. 



14. FUAGiLK. BUITT;'.E. 



Frond snper-decompound, hi-pinnate at top ; pinnas ob-ovate, wedge-shapedj- 

 entire; fructifications hiterrupted. Sxu. Pr. 13 j. 



Browne saj's all the species oi adianlum are hght sub-astringent vulneraries, and 

 niay be administered with great propriety in all relaxations and weaknesses of the 

 fi:.:es ; m ni'i-nl'^nt constin)[)t;ons, and in the ulceratetl or relaxed state of the glandj, 

 espcciallj -those of the breast, as '.veil as in most cutaneous diseases. 



MAIDEN-PLUM TREE. COMOCLADIA. 



Ci . 3, OR. I. Triandria )7ionogj/m'a, Nat. or. TerebiniacciS. 



<G"EN. CHAR. Calyx a one-leafed perianth, three-parted, spreading, coloured, di- 

 visions rounlish ; the corolla has three petals, ovate, acute, flat, verv spreading; 

 the stamens three filaments, suljulate, shorter than the corolla, with roundish in- 

 cuiubeiit anthers ; the pistil has an ovate genu, no style, stigma obtuse, simple; 

 the ])ericarp an oblong drupe, crooked, marked above with three dots ; the seed 

 a membranaceous nut, the figure of the drupe. Two species are natives of 

 Jamaica. 



1. INTEGRIFOLIA. ENTIRE-LEAVED. 



Pru7ius racemosa, caudice nnn ramoso, alatcfraxini folio non crena'o- 

 fruclu rubro suhdulci. Sloane, v. 2, p. I^l, t. 222, f. I. Caudicj 

 simplici qiiiindogue brachialo, frondc comosa pinnata ; Jioribus con-, 

 fertis sessitibus, raccmis alaribus. Browne, p. I2t. 



Leaflets entire. 

 This is sometimes called burnwood or papaxi)-u'cod, and grows very commonK' in 

 Jamaica, rising to the height of from twelve ) axteen feet, but never to any consi- 

 slai'able thickness. About the top it is furnished with many oval pinnated leaves, like 



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