27 HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. WEST* 



1. GLABRA. SMOOTH. 



Leaves pinnate, leaflets ob-ovate, crenate, even. 



This is a small tree with opposite branches, the last of which are stib-pubrscnt. 

 Leaves opposite, equally pinnhate ; the conmnn petiole winged with sub-ovate j \i;s '; 

 leaflets eleven or thirteen, small, nak 'I, blunt, opposite, sessile, narrower on the inner 

 side towards the base, having three or four serratures on each si le. Stipules ovate, the 

 size of the leaves, deciduous, solitary uetween. the pairs of the petioles. Ricenes ter- 

 minating, solitary, pedun'cled, longer than the leaves, erect, simple; flowers numerous, 

 white; pedicels one-flowered, several from each point ot t ie pediKm le ; cal\x i- aves ob- 

 long, white; petals lanceolate, three times as Ion.: as the calyx ; germ ovate, two- 

 grooved ; styles white, fiiifor n ; stigmas headed. Linneus. S v irtz found it in Jamai- 

 ca, and remarks that it varies from the stature of a shrub to tliat of a tree lorry feet iu 

 height. 



2. Tlir.TA. HAIRY. 



Fmticosa fol'is subrotundis serratis, per peungs cordiitc-alafa.<: disposi- 

 tis ; pacejnis teimitialibus ; pennis et ramos oppositis. Jbrowut, p. 

 212. 



Leaves pinnate, leaflets ovate, serrate-crenate, beneath and on the raccmos hir- 

 sute. 



This differs from the preceding; in the pubescence of most of the parts ; in having 

 the joints of ths common petioles suh-rordate, nut ob-ovaie ; the capsules oblong and 

 short, not roundish, and longer beaked. Swart z. I met with this elegant little shruh 

 on the top of the Blue Mountains near Coldspring, but in no other part of the island. 

 It rises bv a weakh slender stem, and shoots frequently to the height of six or seven feet. 

 The branches are lew. slender, and opposite, .as well as the ribs, which have always been 

 found beautifully alated or winged between the leaves, but the flowers rfese m loose 

 bundles at the extremities of Hie branches. liroit'iie. 



WFST-INDTVN LAUREL. PRUNUS. 



Cl 12, O't. 1. Icotandria mnnogynia. Nat. OR. Pomacea. 



Gfn. char. Cah x a one-leafed bell shaped perianth, five-cleft, deciduous; seg- 

 ments blunt, concave ; corolla five-petals, ronn lish, concave, large, spreading, in- 

 serted i to the calyx bv their claws; stamens twenty to thirty filaments, awl-shaped, 

 almost the leni'ih of the corolla, inserted into the calyx ; anthers twin, short ; the 

 pistil has a superior roundish I'prm, a filiform style the length of the stamens, and 

 a i orbicular stigma ; the pericarp a roun lish drupe ; seed a roundish compressed 

 nut, with sutures a little prominent. Two species are natives of Jamaica. 



1. SPHEROSC\IPA. GLOBE-FRUITED. 



Alyrti folio arbor, foliis latis subrotundis fiore albo racemose Sloane, 

 v. 2, p. 79, t. 193, f. 1. 



Flowers in axillary racemes, lci*\cs ever green without glands, entire, shining, 

 drupes roiuiuisiu 



Wood 



