SSSs HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. sea-sid's 



Gen. CHAR. Calvx a one-leafed four-cleft perianth, acuminate, very small, per- 

 manent ; corolla four oblong petals, hairy within, below erected into a tube, a- 

 bove rolled back ; the stamens are eight filaments, erect, short ; anthers linear,^ 

 erect, obtuse, length of the corolla ; the pi&til has an oblong germ, a filiform 

 style the length of the stamens, and an ok use stigma ; the pericarp a sub-ovate 

 drupe ; seed a roundish nut. This genus, of which there are. two species natives- 

 of. Jamaica, is nearly allied to the nuliccccus or genip.. 



1. AMERICANA. AMERICAN. 



I.ycium buvi foils rotund lore integro, flore purpurea fefrapetalo, spl- 

 nis va/ldlsslmls ct longls armatum. Sloane, v. 2, p. 103, t. 210, 

 f. 1. Fruticpsa et spinosa, Joins ovutls nitidis conjcrtis,Jlorlbus so- 

 Utariis, Browne, p. 370. 



Leaves oblong, peduncles many-flowered. 



This shrub has a smooth trunk and branches, the b'rahchlets spiny,- round, striated ; 

 leaves in alternate clusters, two or three together, ovate, seldom emarginate, entire, 

 nerved, smooth on both sides; petioles roundish, flat above, smooth; spines lateral, 

 erect, at the base of the petioles, longer than them, thickish, awl-shaped. Peduncles. 

 axillary, or from the tubercle of the petioles, shorter than them, bentdovyn, round, 

 from three" to five flowered ; pedicels one-flowered; calyx four-cornered, four-tooth- 

 ed, very small, spreading; petals four, lanceolate, converging at the base, reflexed, 

 hairy within, pale, smooth on the outside ; filaments eight, shorter than the petals ; 

 drupe the size of a small' apple, roundish, yellow when ripe, containing a spherical 

 nut with a white kernel in it. i>:v. This is thought to be Browne's brablhi, which he 

 found near the beech at Port- Antonio, growing to the height of eight or nine feet. 

 He only saw the fruit, which had all the flavour and appearance of the European plum ; 

 die shell was smooth, and the pulp and skin of a pale red colour.; the leaves and foot- 

 stalks of a pale green. 



2. INF.RMIS. UNARMED. 



Amvri.s 3. drbore&cens Jolils ova t Is glabrls, vetustioribas conJertis t . 

 petlolis submarginatis, fiorlbus solitarils. Browne, p. 2oy. 



Leaves ovate, peduncles one-flowered. 

 This is a shrubby bushy tree, and divided very much towards the top, though not a- 

 bove eight or nine feet in height; the trunk about fourand a half inches diameter, very 

 simple towards the root; the leaves not above an inch in length, of an oval form, and 

 dispersed very thick upon the smaller branches. Tne perianth is five-cleft ; segments 

 of the corolla erecto- patent. It grew nea'r the Rio-Grande, in St. George's Browne. 

 A. Robinson says he found this tree in blossom in February, at Manchioneal-Bav, in 

 the morass ; observing the germ oblong and tetragonal, he cut it transversely and foun 1 

 four cells. The lower part of the germ punctured. The style quadragonal and the 

 stigma quadrate, flat, and not broader than the apex of the style ; the stamens were 

 eight filaments, of a moderate length, not short, but appeared so by their repand and 

 crooked form. In the spring this tree casts its leaves, and the blossoms and new lea\e-' 

 appear together ; they grow in simple umbels from the bosoms of the leaves, several 

 impels together, each of which is sustained by a short peduncle. The fresh flowers 

 bave a delicate smell like Jasmine. SA*- 



