23 HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. tickseedeb 



THYME. THYMUS. 



Cl. 14, or. 1. Didj/namia symnospeymia Nat. or Verticillata. 

 This name is derived from a Greek word signifying courage, strength, being sup- 

 posed to revive the spirits. 



Gfw char, Calvx a one-leafed perianth, tubular, half five-cleft into two lips,. 

 , permanent, having the throat closed with villose hairs ; upper lip wi ler, three- 

 toothed, lower lip two-bristled : corolla one-petaled. ringent; stamens curved in, 

 anthers small ; (he pistil has a four-parted erm, a filiform style, and a bifid acute 

 stigma : no pericarp : calvx narrowed at the neck, cherishing the seeds in its bo- 

 som ; seeds four, small, roundish. 



]. VULGARIS. COMMON. 



Flowers wheel spiked, stems erect, leaves ovate, rolled back. 



This well known and crseful plant is a native of Europe, but thrives very well in Ja- 

 maica, and is cultivated in every garden. It has an agreeable aromatic smell, and a 

 warm pungent taste ; its qualities are said to be emmenagogue, diuretic, tonic, and 

 stomachic. It yields a species of camphor in distiliatiorLwilh .water. Its culinary uses 

 are many. 



2. BROWN F.I. BROWNE'S. 



]\Iinivnts herbaceous, foliis orbiculatis crenatis, floribus singalariltis 

 ail alas. Browne, p. 259. 



Leaves orbicular crcnate, flowers peduncled axillary. This little herbaceous plant is 

 a native of Jamaica, and grows wild in many parts of the island. I met with it in plenty 

 at the Decoy, in St Man 's The flowers are solitary, acute, on a very short peduncle : 

 upper lip of the corolla slightly bifid, erect; middle segment of the lower larger, 

 cordate. Broxcne. 



TICKSEEDED SUN-FLOWER. COREOPSIS. 



Cl. 19, or. 3.St/ngenesia polygamiafrustranea. Nat. or Composite. 



This generic name is derived from two Greek words for tick-like, on account of the , 

 appearance of the seeds. 



Gin. char. Calyx erect, composed of many leaves, surrounded at the base with 



spreading rays : corolla compound raved ; there is no pericarp, the calyx scare* - 



, altered: down two- horned : receptacle ch are natives of Jamaiea. 



1. AI.BA. WHITE. 



Scandens ; foliis scrratis, tcrnato-pinnatis, rcceptaculo nudo. Browne, 

 C. 3, p.'321. 



Browne calls this the climbing coreopsis, a native of the lulls. The florets of the 

 margin art all neuter, and rise immediately from the bottom of the inwai.i scales : the 

 seeds are bidented. 



2. RESTAKS. 



