swallow HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. 2i<7 



Gex. CHAR. Calyx a five-leaved perianth, leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, perma- 

 nent : corolla five petaled, petals obovate, length of the calvx, spreading-; sta- 

 mens ten filaments, filiform, shorter than tie corolla, with simple anthers: the 

 pistil has five roundish germs; styles solitary, filiform, erect, length of the sta- 

 mens, inserted into' the middle and innerside of the germ ; stigmas obtuse; no 

 pericarp; seeds five, roundish. There is only one species, a native of Jamaica. 



maritima. maritime 



Stem shrubby, a fathom high, unarmed; branches erect, subdivided, round, rugged, 

 cicatrised with the fallen leaves, glaucous, pubescent; leaves Clustered in bundles to- 

 wards the ends of the branchless; erect, wedged, biunush, short, nerveless, veinless, 

 (hiekish, viltose-pubescent, pale green, on very short petioles. Peduncles terminat- 

 ing and axillary, shorter than the leaves from three to live flowered; flowers small, 

 yellow; number of stamens always five. Specimens from New Caledonia had ten 

 stamens. This is also made teornefsrtia suffruticosa. Sec Basketwithe, vol. 1, p. 55, 



SURINAM POISON. GALEGA. 



Cl. 17, or. 4. Dtadelphia Iccandria. Nat. or. Papihonaccx, 

 Gen. char.. See Goat Rue, v. 1, p. 326. 



TOXICARIA. INTOXICATING. 



Cytisus 2. Fructicosus erectus et villt'sus ; foliis plurimis pinnittis i 

 spicis fiorum tevmindlibus. Browne, p. 296. 



Spikes terminating, peduncled, legumes cylindric, pcdicelled, spreading, 

 stem and leaflets hoary, tomentose. 



This is a spreading shrubby plant, and rises generally to the height of five or six 

 feet. It was introduced from the South American continent, and is cultivated here for 

 the sake of its qualities The leaves and branches, being pounded and thrown into a 

 pond, or into a river (where the current is very gentle) are stirred about, and take al- 

 most immediate effect All the fish are presently intoxicated, and rise to the surface, 

 where thev float with their bellv upwards, as if they were dead, and are easily taken. 

 The larger ones soon recover from their trance ; but great part of the smaller fry pe- 

 rish on these occasions. It seems therefore to be a very pernicious mode of fishing ; 

 and, indeed, is not much practised, except in the holes of the mountain rivers, which 

 abound with excellent mullets, but are so deep, that the fish cannot well be caught by 

 any other means. Browne and Long. 



See Goat Rue and Red Bean Tree. 



SWALLOW WORT. ASCLEPIAS. 



Cl. .5, or. 2. Pentandria digynia. Nat. OR. Contort*. 



Gen. char. See Bastard Ipecacuanha, vol. 1. p. 65. The following species are als 

 natives of Jamaica. 



VL. II. Ee 1. eitJANTEA. 



