2IS HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. suriana. 



Gen. char. Calyx a five-leaved perianth ; leaflets ovate, concave, spreading, per- 

 manent; the two outer opposite, one of the inner larger : corolla four- petal edj 

 petals ovate, oblong, twice as large as the calyx, clawed ; two more distant : nec- 

 taries two; one fntr-petaled, inserted into the claws. or" the corolla; the other 

 four glands at the base of the petals : stamens eight simple filaments, short, united 

 at the base, with small anthers : the pistil has a turbinate germ, three-sided, 

 blunt ; styles three filiform, short, stigmas simple spreading : the pericarp a lartje 

 three-side I capsule, three-celled, three valved ; seeds solitary obovate. Foul' 

 species of this genus are natives of Jamaica. 



1. CURRaSSAVICA. CURACOA. 



Sarmenlosa, foliis ternato-lcrnafis, ad apices crenatts ; infimis mi- 

 noribus, quctndoqiie tantum auritis. Browne, p. 21-2. 

 Leaves biternate, all the petiolets margined, branches unarmed. 



This. plant is very Common in the woods. It has a slender, ligneous, flexile, stalk, 

 and generally rises to a considerable height, with the helpof the neighbouring bushes. 

 For its-toughness and flexibility it is usually cut into junks, barked, and used for rid- 

 ing switches, and the larger pieces for walking sticks ; and many are annually remitted 

 to Great-Britain. After being kept some lime they become very brittle, and apt to 

 split, unless rubbed row and then with oil. The juice of the leaves is a great vulner- 

 ary ; and the fruit, or pea, intoxicates fish. Browne and Long. 



1. P1NNATA. PINNATED. 



Pisum tordaCum non veslcarium. Sloai:e, v. I, , p. 239. 



Leaves pinnate, petioles margined, leaves shining; stem round, smooth, brown, 

 rising, by the help of neighbouring trees, twenty le< t ; leafl :ts nine, place. I by threes 

 onthesatne common footstalk, the centre leaf of each three the largest; they are 

 smooth, of a y*llowish green colour. On the tops' of the branches come out the 

 flowers, on branched twigs, having small clavicles; the capsule is triangular, mem- 

 branaceous- at the edges ; haying three large, black, shining, almost round seeds, with 

 awhitehilus. ft grows between Passage-Fort and Spanish -Town, and on the red 

 hills, very plentifully. The fruit bruised and put into water intoxicates fish. The 

 green K ives bruised, or their juice, is good for wounds, being vulnerary and cleansing 

 i hem. i'loane. 



3. DIVARICATE. DIVARICATE. 



Leaves biternate, leaflets ovate acute, mostly entire, petioles naked, panicles 

 divaricating, wings of the capsules ovate. 



4. MEXICANA. MEXICAN. 



Leaves biternate^ all the petioles margined, stem prickly. i 



This species was observed in several parts of Clarendon, ly Mr. A. Robinson. 



No English Name. SVRI \\".\. 



Cl. 10, or. 4, Decandria pevtagynia, Nat. ok. Succulent*. 

 So named hi honour of Joseph Dom.i Suriau. 



Gen. 



