238 HOItTUS JAMAICENSIS. tmoptehw. 



Root long, deep; stems manv, round, hairy, from seven to twelve inches long, 

 creeping, branched ; leaflets small, smooth, shining, ciliate, having many beautiful 

 white nerves on the under surface. The flowers come out towards the top, of an orange 

 colour, with a little purple in the middle; legume small, rough, seldom exceeding 

 two inches in length, never containing above one seed, which is reddish. 



2. VISCOSA. CLAMMY. 



Loto penfaphyllo siliqvosa villoso similis, ononis von spinosa, foliis 

 cisti instar-glutinosis et odoratis. Sioane, v. I, p. 186, t. 119, f. i. 

 Suberectum et subkirsutum ; siliculis minoribus, singidaribus. 

 Browne, p.- 299. 



Leaves ternate, ovate, cdiate, hirsute ; spikes four-flowered, stem erect. 



Slems from one to two feet in length, shrubby, grey, branched into many twigs, 

 which are green and hoary, ^^aflets purple on tne edge, having purple spots on the 

 backs, and a down of the snme colour ; petioies halt an inch long. Flowers on the tops 

 of the twigs, yellow, several opening successively Legume very short, thin, shaped 

 like a scymitar, having several 4ines or nerves on it, containing trie seed, which is 

 shining, brown, with a point on one side and defect on the other. The.whole plant is 

 clammy, and grows in gravelly parts of town savannas Sioane, 



See French Honeysuckle. 



Trembling Grass See Meadow Grass. 



No English Name. TRTOPTER'S. 



Cl. 10, or. 3. flecandria trieynia. Nat. or. Trikilaf/e, 

 This is derived from the Greek v\or.ls for three-winged, the fruit having three mem- 

 branes. 



Gfn. CKAIt. Calyx a five-parted perianth, very small, permanent, with two honey 

 pores at the base on the outside ; corolla, six petals, roundish, clawed: filaments 

 ten, cohering at the base, with simple anthers : the pistil has a trifid germ, three 

 erect styles, and obtuse stigmas : pericarp three erect capsules, one-seeded, three 

 or lour winged : seeds solitary, roundish. Two species are natives of Jamaica. 



3 JAMAICBNSIS. JAMAICA. 



Seminibm tnalatis, f His pvato acuminalis, raeemis terminal ibus. 

 .Browne, p. 231. Banisteria 3. 



Leaves oblong, acuminate, veined, shining; racemes compound, terminating, 

 loose, fruits three- winged. 



This is a climbing shrub with a twining stem, and spreading, diverging, loose, 

 rou id, smooth, branches. Leaves opposite, lanceolate -ovate, or ovate with a long 

 point, quite entire, beautifully veined, dark green, on shortish petioles. Racemes 

 terminating, seldom axillary, spreading like pannicles : branches opposite, subdi- 

 vided, loose; flowers on short peduncles, scattered, pale blue, small. Swar/z. It 

 grows in the gravelly hills about Kingston, rising bj a slender stem seven to fourteen 

 feet among bushes. Browne. 



2 ciTRirom., 



