wiDO. )ftTUS JAMAIC ENS-IS. 285 



Ilirta as . foliis angulato- cor (talis, oblufe lobatis, afque 



ms coiu ': : . capituhsJoliolatiSf pedunculis valtdii 

 ribus. Brown, p. 2lrf. Sidy 10. 



Heads pedti'acled, three-leaved, seven-flowere 1. 

 Stem thick, round, erect, from two tj four feet rfigh, rough with prickly hair, a* is 

 the whole plant ; I i h irt-shaped, or angular, hairing two or three 



point-!, a')>). u ,'our inches Long and three an I t lull' broad, in lente I or si mate I about 

 the edges, hairj . icral peduncles two together, axillary ; fl > rs aggregate, pedun- 

 dled. rhe. co uuon calya - triangular, auricujated, leaflets, wnich. are stiff 



and sharp ; pr oper calyx single, one- leafed, hall* five cleft, with, the divisions lanced, 

 bristly at tip with white bristles -, corolla yellow, sprea ling, petals rounding. It grows 

 commonly in Jamaicain ditches ana marshy places. The tender buds and leaves 

 of this plant are very mucilggini us. 



WILD-OLIVE of BARBADOES. BONTIA. 



Cl. 14, oh. 2. Didynamia angiospermia. Nat. or. Pcrsonata* 

 This was so named from Jacobus Bontius, a physician at Baeavia 

 Gen. char. Calyx one-leafed, five parted, upright, permanent; corolla one- 

 petaled, ringent, tube lornr cvlindrie ; bor I ; ; upper li ) uprig t, erh irgi- 



.iate ; lower Vevolute, semitrjii !, the size of the upp r ; tamens four subulate fila- 

 ments, bending to, the upper lip, the length of trie corolla, tvyo shorter ; anthers 

 simple; the pistil has an ovate germ, a simple style trie length of the stamens,; 

 stigma bifid blunt ; seed an oval nut, one-ceded, germina ing. There is only one 

 species, a native of Barbadoes, which thrives well in Jamaica. 



DAPHNOIDES. 



Leaves alternate, peduncles one- {lowered. 

 This has a woody brittle stem and brant lies, rising to the height often feet, and full 

 of narrow, lanceolate, thick, smooth leaves, from among which grow the peduncles 

 from the sides of the tivi^s and branches. Calyx leaflets triangular with a sharp point; 

 corolla dusky yellow, with a line of dusky purple hairs covering the in ideof the 

 middle divisions of the lower lip ; and t.vo fainter lines of purple hairs <>u the inside of 

 the upper lip ; the lower lip is the smallest and has three triangular recurved points, 

 two ovate, one inner. Bir .Is are said to fatten on the fruit, and it gives their flesh a 

 bitter flavour. In B .irbadoes it is firmed into beautiful hedges, for which it is well 

 adapted by its dense branches and foliage, as well as from its rapid growth ; for when 

 planted from slips in the rainy season, they will grow from four to five feet high in, 

 aighteen months. 



Wild- Parsley. See Heart-Peas. 



WILD 



