12i IIORTUS JAMAICENSIS. ronfelltu. 



Xiate; membranaceous, broad at the base, with a longer and somevrnat <~ !ly point-, 

 iirsute, shrivelling, Peduncles opposite,, solitary, in '.lie axili of the 

 leaves, shorter than the leaves, compressed, hirsute, at tip three- part, fraw- 



cred; pedicel? forming an umbellet, with four small linear acute leafl I of ^ 



an involucre, at the base ; segments of the calyx linear, hirsute, perm i L 



larger than the others dusky yellow, pubescent on the outside ; tube eh : , I n- 



ing towards the border, which has five roundish convex segments ;.api -.re ero ed 

 with a ring ; : . filaments as in tbyrsoidai.; style bifid at the top; capsule rou: !ssh, 

 crowned with the segments of the calyx, two-celled, two-valvi-.l ; valves bipartite, 

 partition contrary ; seeds very many, but two -ripening in each cell ; these are angul v. . 

 Convex.; the res v are small, Bat, and membranaceous. Native of Jau aica, on rocks 

 near streams, flowering in April. It is distinguished by its shagglness, the size of this 

 flowers, and the intlorescence.-r-6';c. 



S. 1NCANA. ItOARY. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, underneath hoary-rugged ; peduncles axillary, simple^ 

 three-flowered. 



Shrub from two to three feet in. height, upright, branched, rugged; branches round, 

 rigid, rugged ; leaves mostly terminating, on round tomentose-hoary petioles, oppo- 

 site, entire, m -ved, netted veined, smooth, somewhat shining, underneath hirsute, . 

 rugged, rigid, somewhat leatherj ; stipule's within the base of the petioles, very shuit, 

 truncate, whitish ciliate at the edge. Flowers snb-umbelled, on very short pedicels, 

 with a two- leaved involucret; leaflets ovate-acute, concave, pubeseent-hoaiy. Calyx 

 five-parted; segments ovate, acute, thick, rigid, silky-hoary withiri aud without; five 

 other little, segments at the base of the germ, and two ovate-acute leaflets at the base of 

 the calyx.; corolla biggish ; tube the lei igth of the calyx and hoary ; border five-parted ; ; 

 segments ovate 5 , convex, rigid, juoary; aperture margiued ; filaments from the middle 

 of the tube; anthers below the. border; germ oblong, tunicate at the top, hirsute; 

 style bifid at the top ; stigma, thi< ker. Capsule Bbjorrg; clothed and crowned with the 

 calyx,, two-celled, truncate at the top, perforated in the centre, Uvo-valved, with the 

 valves bi-partilc ; partition contrary ; seeds very many, small, oblong, membranaceous, 

 two only ripening. This species is very distinct in its habit, flowers, and hoariness. 

 Native of Jamaica in rocky calcareous mountains, but rare. $iv. 



Sh HIRSBTA. HIRSUTE. . 



Leaves oblong -acute, hirsute; peduncles axillary, trichotomous, loose; flowers. . 

 hirsute. 



This shrub is a fathom high, branched and even ; branches sub-divided, round-flatted, 

 loosish, rugged; twigs hirsute. Leaves on short hirsute, rufescent petioles, decus- . 

 sated, in the middle .widish, .acme, entire, nerved and veined, pale underneath ; sti- 

 pules opposite, wide, ovate-lanceolate, long, hirsute; peduncles opposite, solitary, 

 nearly the length of the leaves, filiform, three-parted at top, trifid, hirsute, flowers 

 jsedicelled, vcllowi>h, hirsute on the outside ; leaflets minute, opposite, linear, acute, 

 hirsute, at the sub-divisions of the peduncles. Calyx five-cleft, segments lanceolate, 

 acute, upright, hirsute: corolla salver-shaped ; tube the length of the calycine seg- 

 ments, round, narrower towards the border, hirsute on the outside ; border five-cleft, 

 spreading; segments oblong, blunt, short, incumbent; aperture contracted, scarcely 

 margined; filaments inserted into the middle of the tube ^ anthers oblong, within the 



lube ; 



