HOTITUS JAMAICENS'IS Z19 



- ^pressed, notched, obtuse, unarmed ; in the females three-sided, oblong., notched, 

 obtuse, unarmed ; receptacle Rattish chaffy ; chaffs very narrow. 



SESSII.IS. SESSILE-LEAVED. 



Stem erect, leaves slightly embracing, ovate, toothed; flowers axillary, sessile, 

 discoid. 

 This is an annual plant, discovered in Jamaica bv Swariz. This genus is distinct 

 from vobesinam having' (bur-cleft corollcts, and unarmed seeds; and from cotulain 

 having a chaffy receptacle. 



Page 317. Line six, after Hughes, p. 42, insert, " A dose of salts is previously re- 

 commended to be repeated in four days. The Gurnet worm will then generally appear 

 at tne extremities, shewing its head at first like a pimple, Which; Us H skoats forth should 

 be wound round a quill or som'-ihing of the same size, and gently drawn, until pam is 

 felt, taking great care not to break it ; which is to he occasionally repeated until the 

 whole is extracted. The body of this animal is generally about the size of an oznabnrgh 

 thread. A length of six err eight niches has been obtained sometimes at one winding : 

 A negro who had one break out near the ancle, had also a wie higher up on his leg, 

 and it was curious to observe, while the worm was drawing, ho,v its body passed alo.ig 

 the bottom of the sore." 



The quantity of black-pepper is deemed rather small, double the quantity is better. 

 A table-spoonful of the mixture has been given morning and evening with great suc- 

 cess,, which increases the appetite, ancTifrip roves flie appearance of the patient very 

 much. 



Page 318. After line eighteen, insert, c{ On examining the flower of the Crateva 

 gynaiulra, the lacuna of the perianth were lanceolate, and at the base pi each was placed 

 a large nectareous gland, in length the breadth of the lacinia ; in the inter-spaces are 

 placed the petals, of a laneeolated form also, and bending till on one side ; the sta- 

 mens were all united at the base, forming a short tube encircdng the germ, in number 

 twelve to fourteen, all inclined on one side contrary to the petals. The base oi the cup 

 with the glands formed adeep hollow nectaritun ; the peduncles were slender, erect', an 

 inch and a half long, having each a large gland and an acuminated small stipule at us 

 base." 



Pige 3S8. At the end of the page, insert, " The Jaack Tree when at full growth has 

 ; the inner wood of a beautiful yellow colour, a few chips of it put in a bason of water 

 gave it a fine yellow tinge, in which a piece of shirting, dipped all night, became of an 

 orange colour ; and perhaps the tree might make n valuable dyewood." 



Page469. After the article hibiscus elatus, insert, 'Thevariety with red flower, is 

 called the Blue Mahoe, it is an excellent limber-tree, 'equal to the best hard tinders, 

 for boards or scantling, which last longer than those of cedar, and they ffo not corrode 

 the nails which fasten them, though cedar always does. The oilier kind with veliokv 

 flowers isnot so good a timber wood, nor by any means so duraole. Itisdifficutt to 

 distinguish the different woods, when newly cut; but it. has been observed, .that the 

 wood of the blue kind, which is the best, appears purplish when cut with iron, vtincii 

 the other does not." 



Page. 556. After the article Musk- Wood, insert, "The following new species of 

 Trichilia is noticetl in A. Robinson's manuscript ; which he calls Bead Built : 



Scandens t 



