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Pericarpiuni* Poft delapfum ft&mimim corolla connivet capfulamrfue involvit 



fubrotundam obtufe trigonam trilocultfrem ; & abit in baccam 



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fucculentam obverfe-ovatam y & oblique peduncidatam. 

 Vnum vel alteram in fmguldloculamento capfuia obvoluta. 



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COMMELINA 2. Procumbensfotiis lanceolato-ovatis, foribuspaucioribus, 



pefalis duobus majoribus . 



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Commelina Plum. Gen. t. -28. 



Commelina CorolHs inequalibus i folii* ovato-lanceolatis acutis y caule pro 



cumbenti glabro. L. Sp. PL 



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Veatla-Caitu H. M. P. 7. t. 58. £? Ephemerum bengalenfe . Pk. t. if}y 





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The broad-leaPd Commelina. 



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This plant is very common in the middle lands ; it grows in beds, and creeps gene- 

 rally along the ground, throwing out a great number of leaves and fmall branches 



towards the top. It is accounted an excellent food for moll forts of cattle, efpecially 

 thofe that give milk. 



COMMELINA 3. Ereflajimpkx angujli folia, floribusjingularibus. 



An, Commelina Pefalis tribus majoribus equalibus. L. H. C. 

 Ephemerum Phalangoides tnader a/pat ens minimum, &c. Pk. t. 27. £ 4. 







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This plant feldom rifes above the height of nineteen or twenty inches : It is pret- 

 ty common in the mountains of Weftmorland, but I have not feen it any other part 

 of iht Ifland. 



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SCIRPUS 1. Minimus nudus, capituh ftriclo cvato, radice Jibrofd, 



Scirpus Culmo tereti nudo fetiformi ', fpica fubglobofn. L. Sp. PI. 

 Et Scirpus Culmo tereti nudo fetiformi ', fpica ovata bivahi ejufdem. 

 Juncelli Omnium minimi, &e. Pk. t. 40. f. 7. 



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The fmall Wire-rufh. 



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Minimus nudus, capitulo (IriSio terminali, radice fqud- 





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Juncus Parvus paluflris, &c. Pk. t. 40. f. 6. 



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The larger Wire-ru/h, 



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Both thefe little plants are very 



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the fwamps of Jamaica, efpecially 



thofe near King/ion ; the former grows "Commonly to the height of three or four 



inches, but the latter is more luxuriant, and rifes generally to fix or eight. 



SCIRPUS 3. Culmo rotundo nudo j fpica flritta obhnga terminali. 



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Scirpu s 



Culmo tereti nudo, fpica fubovata & fubglobofa. L. Sp. P. 





The aphyllous round- (hanked Scirpus 



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Culmo triquetro nudo, fpica Jlritfa obhnga, terminally 



The aphyllous Scirpus with a triangular Stalk, 



Both thefe plants are frequent in all the mallow {landing waters of the Ifland, 

 efpecially thofe to the eaft and weft of King/ion : the ftalks of both are almoft hol- 

 low, and partitioned by frequent tranfverfe Septa. The Botanic characters of them 



are more or Jefs particular, and generally appear in this manner, viz, 



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