HO R T U S J A M A I C E N S r a Sbnm* 



1. VJMINEA. TWIGGY. 



Somz-rspuria tetrapkylla, siliqkia lata compressn. Sloane, v. 2, p. 49, 

 t. 130, f. 6, 7. Viminea toliis ovato-acwmnatis, h-ijugatis ; mt- 

 mis.laxis alarum's, suiquii brevioribus. compress:;. Browne, p. 223. 

 LCafleti-two pairs, ovate-oblong* acuminate, an oblong gland between the Jow- 

 ;.st ; spines sub-petiole;!, obsolete, three- toothed. 



Stem shrubby climbing to -the height of 0.1*3 or fifty fee^p striated, sti.T; branches 

 divaricate, iooe, stifflsh, round, striated, Smooth. Leaves b"ij ugous, leaflets pejtioled^., 

 the lower pair spreading, bent down, the end one bent_down perpendicularly, and ap 

 proximating, ail entire, nerved, veined, very smsath. General, petioles thickened ai 

 the base, round, usually directed One way. Between the petioles of the-lower pair u 

 a linear, oblong, erect, browsa, gland. On the adultand old branches there are spines* > 

 Racemes axillary,' siil}', spreading, many- flowered, striated; Sowers large, ci>- pedun- 

 cles longer than them. Leaflets of the calya ovate, reflex, spreading, small, pale 

 green. . Petals unequal) the four upper ones smaller, ovate, with ciaus, the tilth low- 

 er, largish, concave; the three bSftder filaments barren, six smaller shorter,, fertile ; 

 the tenth larger, and bent down below the pistil ; anthers oblong, beaked ; germ pe- 

 dicelled, linear,, longer than the corolla, bent dawn, aud curved back ; style subuiate; . 

 legume short compressed. Native of Jamaica, in the wood* or the higher mountains, 

 hi" the interior cfethe islands S':rartz. .In plants sixteenfeet high, Sfoane says the stera. - 

 of the pla;,twas as thick as one's arm, with a bxQWfl, shining, smooth, bark; he fouttd 

 iuui the red- hills, ciithe read to Guanaboa. . 



2. EMARGINATA. ema-roixate. . 



Cassia minor fruticosa hexaphyUa ienajoliis. uloanc-, v. 2, p 44, t, - 

 lSj f ), 2, i, -J., Arboixucns d'Jfusa, siliquif longh covipressir. 

 Browne, p. 222. 

 Leaflets three cr lour pairt, ovate, almost. en-are, dower:.:.* t-ccme;', hrfgu!ar t 

 stem arboreous. 

 This lsa.::mn!l tree, with a trunk ten or lwelp& fee> high* and subdivided, round, 

 ash-coloured, pubescent, hranchej ; leaves pinnate, scattered, spreading.; coimniv 

 petioles round, . twoJncbes. long, pubescent ; leaflets petiotedyjblunt^ nerved, thiekisfa, 

 tomentose, hoary beneath Rffeemes axillary, solitary, patulous, shorter than the leaves, . 

 many- flowered; fleers terminating, peduncled, yellow; peduncles or.e-ilowered short* 

 Three leaflets of the calyx larger, ovate-oblong, patulous, concave-arched, pubescent 

 on the outside ; petals unequal, four with claws oblong, aluie.t of a sisej but the lower 

 cues ciiiKAvhat smaller; the -upper, petal with -8? claw, larger, irregular, m form of the 

 letter S plated obliqneb-, concave, waved on the edge. Filaments very short, equal, 

 subulate, anthers-the length of the filaments, thick, curved in, fertile; germ pedi- 

 ceiled, subulate, declined ; style rising, sdgnia blunt ; legume flat, broad. It flowers 

 in, spring and the seed rip ns in August. Native of Jamaica hi. dry coppices in tne 

 southern part.-*- S&prJz,, This is known by the name of .senna tree, and is common i# 

 th lowlands ; the. leaves are. cf a p jrgative nature, and sometimes used im>te^d of those 

 i the real senna. 



3. OaTUMFGtlA. t)3Tl'SE-LEAVF.T>. 



Setma minor herbacca p'truwj , liexaphylUi Jolitf ebtusa. -JSloanc, ic, . 

 2, p. 17, t. ISO, f. A .. 



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