At H-ORTUS JAMAICENSrS. passio^ 



psle underneath, and stand on short footstalks. Peduncles very slender, an inch ar.d- 

 a half long, purplish; flowers, when expanded, not more than an inch and a half in 

 diaiptter, of a soft red colour, with little scent ; fruit small, oval, when ripe purple. 



The folio-sing have (hree-lobed leaves. . 



8. ROTUNDIFOLIA. ROUND-LEAFED, 



Leaves roundish, threelobed only at top, dotted underneath ; nectary simple.- 



Stem suffrutescent at bottom, sub-divided, angu-lur, - grooved ; leaves semi-ovate, 

 three-nerved, veined, smooth on both sides, marked behind longitudinally with pel- 

 lucid dots ; lobes terminated by very small bristles,, the middle one a iittle larger than 

 the- others; pet4otes short, without glands. Tendrils filiform, very long. Stipules 

 two, opposite, awl-shaped, Peduncles axillary, filiform, an inch long ; flowers nod- 

 ding, pale-green, rather large. Galycine segments ovate, acute, erect, concave, 

 forming a goblet at the base ; petals semi-lanceolate, acute, erect, pale green ; crown 

 simple ; the segments awl-shaped', erect; converging, having tawny glands at the tip ; 

 column longer than the corolla, round ; filaments awl-shaped, dilated; germ roundish. 

 Berry egg-shaped. It is distinguished from tlie other species by its rounded leaves, 

 slightly tnree-lobed at top only. It grew in coppices in the southern parts of Jamaica,, 

 flowering at the beginning ol the year. Szi\ Jacquin observes that the glandular dots 

 On tiie lower side of the leaf are six or seven in a longitudinal row along the inner side- 

 of the two lateral nerves ; that the stipules are acuminate, shining, embracing, and 

 resembling buii's horns ; that the peduncles are the same length with the leaves ; that 

 the flowers are middle-sized and void of scent ; that there is a three-leaved involucre ; 

 the leaflets ovate, concave, small, firm, shining, smooth, yellowish, with a tinge of 

 green ; that the petals are wiiite, and twice as long as the calyx ; the nectary muitifid . 

 and yellow; that the berry is roundish, small, and juiceless ; and that in most of the 

 leaves the middle lobe is scarcely to be observed. lie says it is very common in t!d 

 vsoods about Carthagena, in New Spain. 



9. OBLONGATA. OBLONG. 



Leaves elliptic, sab-trilobate in front, dotted underneath ; lobes sharpish, trie 

 middle one shorter. Sw . 



10. LUTEA. YELLOW. 



Flos passicnis minor, folio in tres lacinias von serratas prcfuv.dius di- 

 xiso, fore lutco. Sloane, v I, p. 230. Foliis trincixiis nitidis, ad.' 

 apices latioribus, subttilobis i lobis aquclibiis. Browne, p. 32< 

 f. 7. 

 Leaves cordate, smooth ; lobes ovate ; petioles without glands. 



Root creeping, stems many, round, green, and tough, growing three or four feet. 

 "" .eaves alternate, on short petioles, divided deeply into three sections, of a smooth 

 lark-green shining colour. Peduncles from the axils of the leaves, slender, an inch. 

 *eng ; flowers dirty yellow. It grows on rocky banks and sides of hill*, 



11; FARVIFLORA. SMALL-FLOWERED. 



Leaves smooth ; lobes ovate, entire, the middle one more prodacod \ petiole* 

 biglanduldx ; svem hcrtaceout^-nSV. . 



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