wolf's- 1IOKTUS JAMAICEtfSIS S0 



ma: the pericarp a sub-globular berry, two-celled, small, within a very large in* 

 dated, cloned, five-cornered, coloured calyx; receptacle kidney-form, doubled; 

 seeds very many, kkhiey-form, compressed. One species is a native of Jamaica. 



ANGl'LATA. ANGUIAR. 



Solatium vesicarium erectum, solani vulgaris Joliis, Sloarie, v. T, p. 

 233. He9Me"ea major) foliis etfrucibus singularibus, ad divarica~ 

 tiones superiores. Browne, p. 176. 

 Very much branched, branches angular, smooth ; leaves ovate, toothed. 



Stem straight, the thickness of the little finger, three-cornered below, fonr-corncre 1 

 above, as are also the branches, which come out obliquely f/oin top to bottom in alter- 

 nate order, and are thicker at the base. Lower leaves wider aad rouiktea than those 

 about the middle of the stein ; and these larger than . those of the branches, deeply 

 toothed or jagged, like those of common goose foot, smooth. Flowers five-cornered,. 

 of an extremely pale yellow colour, witli spots of a darker yellow at die base ; stamens 

 short, purple, with oblong anthers of a dusky blue colour. Calyx -of the fruit swelling, 

 pendulous, oblong at first, but rounder afterwards, green, frequently streaked with dark 

 purple at the angles, which are so little apparent in this species that the bladder seems 

 to be rcm'ncrish. ""The fruit, when ripe, rills the bladder and bursts it; tfie stem and 

 leaves smell disagreeably when handled. Dillenius. The stem is hollow, rising three 

 feet hi.di ; the leaves have inch long footstalks ; peduncles half an inch long ; bladders 

 red. It grows by the Rio-Cobre, m wet place's about the town. The fruit is eaten, 

 and tastes like European. winter-cherries. Sloan e. This plant is common in most of 

 the low and moist lands "of Jam kica. It has a shady foliage, ana always bears a simple 

 leaf and (lower, or either of them, at each of the upper divisions of the plant. The 

 berries have been generally i i ' \l upon as diuretic ; and may be deservedly esteemed 

 so in over-heated or febrile habits,, for they have a gentle sub-acid taste, joined with a 

 light bitter, which render them very agreeable to the palate in most iurlainmatory cases. 

 The fumes of the plant while yet pretty succulent, burnt with wax, and received into 

 the mouth, has been observed to kill the worms in and abjut the teeth, and to ease tlie 

 tooth- ache. Browne. 



Winter's-Bark. See Cinnamon, Wild. 



WOLF'S-CLAW. LYCOPODIUM. 



Cl. 24, or. l. Cryptogamia miscellanea. Nat. or. Musci. 

 Gen. char. Fructifications in the axils of the scales, digested into oblong imbricate 

 spikes or of the leaves themselves, sessile. Capside kidney-shaped, two-valved, 

 elastic, many seeded. Veil none. Four species have been found in Jamaica. 



1. DICHOTOMUM. DICHOTOMOUS. 



Ramosum erection maximum, Joliis setaceis patentibus. Browne, p. 

 84. 



Leaves scattered, linear-acuminate, open, stem declined, assurgent, forked ; 

 branches spreading ; fructifications scattered. 



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