o 65 KORTUS JAMAICENSIS. wailfnia 



the stem. Browne calls it the climbing \ynke-robiti with oblong leaves and edged 

 footstaiks, only to be met with in the most lonely inland woods ; it climbs with great 

 case, and grows more succulent and luxuriant towards the top. 



4. FUNtCULACFUM. CORDFD. 



Arvm maximum altissims scandens arbore.i, fch'is tnjmpheee, lacini- 

 atis. Sloane, v. \ p. 169. Scandens, foliis majoribus eremto-lace- 

 ris, petio/is simplicibus Browne, p. 331, A, 3. 

 Climbing, leaves cordate sagittate, sinuate ; petioles long, round ; stem jointed. 



This plant climbs to the top of high trees and sends forth long cords or filaments 

 which hang down to the earth. Browne calls it the large climbing wake-robin with 

 torn leaves. 



See Cocoes Dumb-Cake Five-Finger Indian-Kale 



No English Name. WALLENIA. 



Cl. 4, or. 1. Tetrandrla monogynia. Nat. or. 

 This was so named by Swartz, in honour of Mathew W;dlen, Esq. of Jamaica, who 

 vvas a great lover of botany, and cultivated at his garden in Liguanea mountains, manv 

 exotic and indigenous plants. He assisted both dr. Browne and professor Swartz in 

 their several works. 



Gen. char. Calyx a one leafed four-cleft pericarp, permanent; segments erect, 

 obtuse ; corolla one-petaleu, tubular; tube cylindrical, erect, longer than the ca- 

 lyx ; border four-cleft, segments ovate, obtuse, erect, converging, small : stamens 

 four filaments, from the bottom of the corolla, wider at the base, erect, longer by 

 half than the corolla, (above the border) diverging ; anthers ovate, erect : the pis- 

 til has an oblong superior germ ; an awl-shaped stylo, shorter than the stamens 

 and corolla, permanent ; stigma simple, obtuse ; the pericarp a roundish one-celled 

 berry : seed one, roundish, covered with a brittle crust. 



laurifolia. laurel-leaved. 



Bryonia nigra fruticosa, foliis laurinis, jloribus, racemosis, speci- 

 osis. Sloane, v. 1, p. 234, t. 145, f. 2. 



This is a tree with a trunk from ten to twenty feet high, covered with an even un- 

 armed bark ; branches long ; branchlets round, waited by the fallen leaves. Leaves pe- 

 taled, oblong, acuminate, with ablaut point, entiie, slightly nerved, somewhat striated, 

 smooth, and shining ; paler underneath, membranaceous, and thickish ; petioles short, 

 round, smooth ; no stipules. Panicle terminating, spreading ; branches alternate, sub- 

 fastigiate, sub-divided ; branchlets alternate, sub-terminating; flowers pedicelled, yel- 

 low, inodorous ; calyx embracing the corolla, permanent, pale-coloured ; berry rcarlet. 

 The calyx, corolla, genitals, and fruit, have dots or glandular orange-coloured atom* 

 scattered over them. The fruit, when ripe, is sub-acid and aromatic, like the other 

 parts of the fructification ; the seed has the flavour of piperit.e. It flowers in spring and 

 autumn. There are sometimes male flowers, which are barren, having no pistil. 

 Swartz. The Euphorbia pumicca is generally known in Jamaica by the name Walle- 

 nia. See Spurges. 



Wall-Flower See Bastard-Mustard. 



WALNUT, 



