ffi HORTU-S JAMAIC'ENSr* wj;t>r^ 



POl ON BERRIES or BASTARD JASMINE. OESTRUM. 



Cl. 5, or. 1. Pentandrid manngynia. Nat. .OR.^-rl.urida. 



Gen./CKar. Calyx a one-leaTe'd perhmtb, tub'ular, columnar, obtuse, very short; 

 mouth five-cleft, erect, obscure; corolla motiopetalous, funnel-form; tube cy- 

 liudric, fen long, nder; throat 'roundish'; border 'flat, plaited, five-cleft; cli- 

 xis in ovate, equal'; the. stamens ftve filaments, filiform, attached longitudinally 

 to the tube, emitting a toathlet inwards at the middle; anthers roundish, quadwrn- 

 ilar, within the throat; thes-pi^til has a eyii'ndric, ovate, germ, the length pf the 

 calyx; style filiform, length. of the stamens; stigmas thickish, obtuse, scarcely 

 omarginate; the pericarp .an ovate berry' , unilocular, ohlopg ; seeds very many, 

 j iii lish. y Two species,are natives of Jamaica. 



" 1. VESPERT1TU.M. EVENrVtt. 



Jasyninumlmrinisfoliis,jlorepaUi(lelutep,j[ruktu'ci ej . 



jujfiiio, venenata. Sloane, v. 2, p. 96, t. 204, f. 2. Ffutuosiim, 

 Juliis bbloyigo-ovutis, Jloribus fascictdatis -pedimcubiti* Bi ivibus. 

 Browne, p. 173. 

 , Filaments toothless ; tube filiform,; peduncles- -t. 



. This has an ash-coloured bark, and rises seven or eight feet hfgh ; branches alter- 

 nate, leafy, mariy-flowered, Leaves alternate) on short footstalks, spreading, elliptic, 

 oblong, a little pointed, entire, veined, of a dark green colour, paler underneath, 

 shining. Peduncles axillary, on the upper part of -the branches, in a sort of corymb, 

 erect, shorter than the footstalks, many-flowered, flowers pale yellow ; berry blackish 

 blue or deep purple, about the size or an English currant, containing in a blue pulp, 

 j> great; many flat seeds of the sanrfe dolour. .This plant is very common in all the low- 

 lands qf Jamaica ; the flowers emit a disagreeable odour, and the berries are reckoned 

 very poisonous ; nightingales, are said to feed upon them. 



2. HIRTUM. HAtRY. 



Flowers sub-spiked, axillary ; leaves sub-cordate, ovate-acute, underneath^ 

 with the branchlets rough with hairs. i'-j.\ 



Poison Hogmeat See Pelican Flower. 



POKEWEED or MOUNTAIN CALALUE. PHYTOLACCA. 



Cl. 10, or. 5. Deamdria decagynia. Nat. or. Miscellanea. 

 This generic name is derived -frorn a Greek word signifying a plant, and lacea, a-sort 

 .of dye. 



Gen. CHAK.- There is no calyx unless the corolla may be called so ; corolla five 



roundish petals, concave, spreading, bent in at top, permanent; stamens eight, 



ten, or twenty, filaments, awl-shaped, the length of the corolla ; anthers roundish, 



lateral; the pistil has an orbiculate germ, depressed, divided externally by swell - 



I togs, 



