senna IIORTUS JAMAICENSIS. K^ 



three series of umbels, each growing gradually smaller as ihey rise towards the summit, 

 where ever, little radius ends in a few leaves. Browne. 



8. COMPRESSUS. COMPRESS! 0. 



Cypems rotundus gramineus fere inodorous, panicula sparsa comprcs- 

 savtridi. Sloane, v. 1, p. 117, t. 7G, f. l. 



Culm nake 1, universal umbel three-leaved, glumes inucronate, with t!ie sides 

 membranaceous. 



Culm in a tuft, half a foot high or less, three-sided, naked; leaves from the base of 

 the culm, linear, straight, stiff, even; involucre terminating, thn lea' d; leaflets 

 spreading, linear, keeled. Umbel decojmpound ; spikel . . , pale green, pe- 

 duncles very short, three or four, three-sided, sheathed at the base. Spikes iuibri- 

 : jn two rows ; glumes compressed, keeled, membranaceous at the edge, ovate, a- 

 cute, but not nmcronate; bristles two, whitish, between the sc; . anthers bilk!, 

 style trifid, stigmas reflex ; see.! roundish, three-cornered, ferruginous, and shining. 

 Swjrtz. Sloane says it grew in sandy places about the streets of Spanish-Town, and 

 the Savanna. 



STRIGOSUS. RIGID. 



Cy perus rotundas-, panicula sparsa, spicis strigosus ferrugineis, 

 'isloane, v. 1. p. LI 6, t. 74, f. 2, 3. 



Culm naked, umbel simple, spikelets linear, very. much. Growded, horizontal. 



Root round, tuberous, as big as a hazel nut, fibrous, within odoriferous and aroma- 

 tic to smell and taste, co> branes. Leaves soft, triangular, 

 grassy, aljout eighteen inches long; culm the same height, solid, triangular, Laving 

 at top three or tour leaves, and above several long ferruginous spikes, standing sparse 

 on every hand, each being long, round, slender, containing many long, whitish, cor- 

 ner;'. I, seeds, making in all a very elegant head. It grew in marshes by the Rio- Co-- 

 bVe, above the Ferry, towards the fresh water lagoon, plentifully. The powder of it, 

 to the weight ot a crown, taken in white wine, occasions speedy delivery. Sloane. 



, 10. TENUIS. SLENDER. 



Culm naked, umbel simple ; spikelets subulate, crowded, horizontal-reflect-, 

 ed; leaves of the involucre linear setaceous. Szo. 



See Adrue. 



Self-hfal. See Christmas-pride. 



Sempervive. See Aloe. 



Senna, Bastard. See Barbadoes-prhje and Bastard Senna. 



SENNA TREES. CASSIA. 



Cl. 10, or. 1. Decandriamonegynia. Nat. or. Lomentacce. 



Gen. char: See Cane-piece Sensitive, p. 151. Besides the species referred to 

 under their common names, the following are indigenous to Jamaica : 



X 2 1. VIMINEA. 



