$26 HORTUS JAMATCT^KSIS. Jicr.ES 



Leaves ovate ; male llowcrs awnless, one r.t the end sessile, and awned. 



Culm IVuiii one to two feet in luight, fiiitbrn), joiiiti d, sub-divided, round, shea'tiicfl, 

 .smooth, tinyfd with browiiish-icd ; leaves pctiolcd, acute, luTved, ncitcd, very smooth, 

 hri^jhi green ; petioles hhform, troui the cloven tip of the siie^Uhs, which are lax, witli- 

 <k:i auv ligiile, striated, broader at the joints. Panicle difluseil, fow-iiovvered ; race- 

 mules capUlary, Sjireading; florets pedicrlled, small; common giutne ovate, retuse, 

 liaif-embracing a sessile female tloret, and male ones pedicelled; the female has ik) 

 calyx; glume of the corolla bivalve ; outer-valve keeled, acute; inner ovalc-laiicco- 

 late, awned ; awn terminating, capillary, only half toe length of the glume; stamens 

 noiie; germ oblong ; stvle simple, but bifid al)ove tlie glume; stigmas villose, long, 

 white; seed oblong : male liovvers two, snort, uaif the si^se of the other, -on a pedicel 

 the length of the female Horet, rising from the glumes of it ; no calyx ; glume of the 

 corolla bivalve ; valves equal, acuminate, awnless; fiia.Tieius three, tiie length of the 

 valves; no pistil. 6V. JBrowne says tluit he found tais curious little plant at Cold- 

 spring, ill the mountains in New Liguaiiea, growing in a rich shad}' soil. 



Moving Plant See French Honey-Suckle. 

 IVJCGWORT See Wild Wormwood. 



.JVIULBERRY ^ee FUbXIC. 



MULES FERN. 'HEMI0NITr5. 



Ci,. 2-1, OR. 2. Cryptogamia fUces. Nat. or. Filiccs. 



Gen. char. Capsule digested into lines, meeting toicetlier, either intersecting eacJi 

 other or branched. Four species are indigenous to Jamaica. 



1. LANCEOLATA. LaNCR-SHAPP D. 



Parasitica acaulis, foliis lon^is angustis utrinque productis. Browne, 

 p. 95. 

 Fronds lanceolate, quite entire. 



-The narrow leafed undivided hcmionitis is commonly found on the trunks of trees in 

 the cooler and more shady inland woods; the leaves are plain and simple, and seldom 

 exceed sixteen or eighteen inches in length, when most luxuriant; they grow in tufts 

 from a strong fibrous root. Browne. 



2. parasitica. parasitical. 

 Parasitica repens, foliis ovato-acumivalis. Browne, ,p. 95. 

 Fronds ovate-acuminate ; shoots chaffy, creeping. 

 The creeping hemionitis with pointed oval leaves is an uncommon plant, sometimes 

 found creeping on trees in the cooler shady uiland woods ; the leaves are ab lut two 

 . inches long, and one and a half over vvliere broadest. I observed this species-far back 

 in the mountains of St. Ann. Browne. 



3. palmata. palmated. 

 Ilenmnitisfolio hirsute ct magis dissecio sen ranunculi/olio, Sloane^ 



