J22 HORTUS J AM AI C E N SI S. tehnstkoemia 



cealed at the base by the calyx between the,lower part of the wings, bipartite, co- 

 vering the stamens : stamens ten filaments, five very small and barren, alternate 

 will) the others, which a*e fertile, longer, and united at the base ; anthers round- 

 ish : the pistil has an elongated germ, pubescent ; no style; stigma round headed : 

 the pericarp a linear, compressed, margined, legume ; seeds man} 1 , roundish, 

 compressed, retuse at the end. There are two species, both natives of Jamaica. 



1. YOLIB1L1S. TWINING. 



Thascolus sylvestris minor, /lore minima, sitiqids longis, teret'bus, 

 alba lanugine hirsutis. Sloane, v. l, p. 182. TripAyllus subhir- 

 sutus, folds oblongo ovatis, siliquis gracilibus compressis, spicis lax- 

 iorihus aiaribus, Browne, p. 230. , 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate pubescent. 



This has several hairy small stems, by which it twines round everything it fcemes 

 near, running six or seven feet. The leaves are about a:i inch and a half distanr, al- 

 ways three together, oblong, and moderately covered with down, the middle one the 

 largest. The flowers are small and disposed in slender spikes at the axils of the leaves, 

 they are of a greenish colour and so small as to be scarce discernible. The seed vessels 

 are long, slender, woolly, and compressed, containing yellowish seeds, with a white 

 eye. This plant is frequent in the lower hills of Jamaica; and was removed from the 

 genus dolichos, because it wanted the calusses at the Lase of the standard, and differs 

 in other respects. 



2. URCINATUS. CKJOICLD. 



Li r.ves -oblong, obtuse, silky beneath. Sw. 



No English Name. TERNSTROEMTA. 



Cl. 13, OR. 1. l\'lijiindriamonogynia. Nat. or. Columnifcreei 



This was so named in memory of Ternstroem, known by his travels into China. 



Gen Cihr. Calyx a one-leaved five-parted perianth, upon which two smaller 

 scales are incumbent ; all the segments are orbicular, concave, and permanent : 

 corolla onc-petaled, bell-shaped J no t die ; border five-parted; segments orbi- 

 bular, concave, emargjnate, longer than the calvx : stamens numerous filiform 

 filaments, inserYeVl in a ffoiible rowing) the base of the corolla, and shorter than 

 it; anthers linear, erect, length of the filaments ; the pistir has *a superior round- 

 ish germ ; a cylindric style the length of the stamens, and a capitate stigma : the 

 pericarp a juiceless ovate berrv, even, iWo'-celled : seeds about eight, convex on 

 one side, flat on the other. One species I* a native of Jamaica. 



MF.R1DIONAUS MERLOIAK. 



Leaves ob- ovate, emarginate, quite entire, peduncles axillary. 

 This is a tree with determinate branches, and more simple suflish hranchlets, with an 

 ash-coloured bark ; leaves alternate, sub-petioled, coriaceous, perennial, oval, obtuse, 



subemarginate, somewhat recurved at the edge, quite entire, veinless : no stipules. 



Pedunckis 



