22 HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. OMflS 



Sivisions ovate, equal, flat; stamens four subulate erect filaments, the two froijt 

 ones rather shorter, bent back to the upper lip ; anthers roundish, twin ; the pistil 

 has an ovate genu; a subulate erect style, the length of the stamens; stigma 

 bifid, acute, the lower division bent down ; pericarp a coriaceous capsule, rhom- 

 boidal, compressed, one-celled, two-valved : seed one, large, the. form of the 

 capsule, constructed of four fleshy folds, germinating. There is only one species, 

 a native of Jamaica. g 



TOMEJCTOSJ. HAIRY. 



Mangle laurocerasifoliis flore albo tstrapetalo. Sloane, v., 1, p. 06. 

 Fo! s Lntegris -oblojigis oppositis^ petiolis crassis brevissitttis sub 

 amplexaniibus, fioribus racemosis. Browne, p. 263. 



Leaves cordate-ovate, tomentose underneath. 



This tree agrees mostly with the mangrove, rising not above fifteen or sixteen feet 

 high ; i;s trunk is; not so large, having a smooth whitish green bark ; and from the steei 

 are twigs propagating the tree, like the mangrove. The branches at top. 'are jointed 

 towards the ends here and there, where the leaves come out opposite, eiiTery small 

 petioles, -two inches and a halflong,. one inch broad in the middle, smooth, soft, hav- 

 ing one large rib of a dark green colour; the flowers are many at the top of the 

 branches, white, and tetrapetalous. Sloane. It varies with acuminate leaves, more 

 or less hoary underneath. -Sio. This tree istfrequent near the sea, both in the north 

 and south-side of Jamaica; and remarkable on account of its cineritious colour, and 

 the narrow form of its leaves. It grows in a low moist ground, and rises commonly to 

 the height of til teen or eighteen feet Its capsules are compressed, and somewhat 

 roundish, but irregular and obliquely lengthened ; and contain each a compressed foli- 

 -aceous seed, that swells and germinates before it falls. Brvztme. 



Olive, Wild See Wild Olivb. 



ONION. ALLIUM. 



Cl. C, on. 1. Hexandria monogynia. Nat. or. Spathaccce. 

 Oen. chak. See Eschalot, p. 284. 



ceVa. 

 Scape swelling out below, and longer than the columnar leaves. 

 The common onion, as well as a larger variety, the Portugal or Madeira, thrive very 

 well in Jamaica, when raised from imported seeds; and have a much milder and sweeter 

 taste than those brought from Europe or America. The seeds should be sown in a dry 

 time, when the ground is not moist, but should lie well dug and levelled. 



Stallions, which are so generally cultivated in Jamaica, are a kind of onion, which 

 never form any bulbs at the roots, and are produced from decayed onions that begin to 

 sprout; but mo>t generally propagated by parting their own roots. The many domestic 

 purposes to which these useful vegetables are applied are too well known to require 

 notice here; their nature is to attenuate thick vis< id juices, consequently a plentiful 

 use of them m cold phlegmatic constitutions must prove beneficial. Many people shun 



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