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This plant is very common in the woods, .and rifes by its flender and branched 

 ftalks frequently to the height of fix or feven feet, but is generally fupported by the 

 neighbouring bufhes. It is a hearty and agreeable fodder for all manner of cattle. 



^ARUNDO 5. tfenuifjima altiffime fcandens, folits minimis rividis acuminatis. 

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An, Arundo Volujbilis Indica qua Pana?nbu-valli. H. M. P. 7. f, 00. 



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The flender climbing Reed. 



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This plant grows only in the moil cool 



and lofty parts of the Ifland, and is 



commonly found in the Blue- mountains, and thofe of New Liguanee : it rifes gene- 



rally to the top of the higheft trees in the neighbourhood, and frequently demits a 

 few of its more flender branches again to the ground 5 thefe are very tough and flexile 

 and feldom exceed the thicknefs of a fmall pack-thread, but all the joints are full 

 and pithy: it is commonly found in large tufts ; I could never fee any of its 

 flowers. 





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ri OLOSTEUM 1 . Foli is orbicularis oppofitis, racemis laxis tcrminalibus 





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Holofteum Foliis fubcordatis. L. Sp. PI. 



Alcine Americana Numelarice folio, &c, t Slo. Cat. 87. 







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The larger Amerlmn ChickweecL 





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This plant is common, and thrives very luxuriantly in many parts of Ja 

 maica. It grows in tufts and feldom rifes above ten or twelve inches from the 

 ground : the fmaller birds feed much upon the feeds, but it is feldom put to any 

 other ufe there. Large wads of this plant taken frefh and heated over an eafy fire, 

 make very fuccefsful applications in hard and painful fwellings , for they generally 

 relax the parts, (J and diipofe'th6 obftrucltions to a refolution. 



HOLOSTEUM 2, Diandrum petalis infegris, foliis minoribus ob- 



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ovaris y petiolis & caulibus marginaris. 





The fmaller Chickweed with two Filaments. 



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This plant is not common in Jamaica: the flowers have but two filaments each, 

 and thefe are placed in the fame line with the petals or leaves of the flower, which 

 are five in number as well as the divifions of the cup. The plant is very fmall and 

 •feldom rifes above fix or feven inches from the ground. 



MOLLUGO i . Minima repens, foliis line ari bus verticillatis, fori bus qui- 



nariis pedunculatis confertis. 

 An, Molugo. Foliis verricillaris cuneiformibus, caule fubdivijb decumbent i , 



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The fmall creeping Molugo. 



This plant is pretty common in the dry Savannas of Liguanee ; its leaves and 

 branches are very fmall, and the flalk feldom runs above fix or eight inches from 



the ro 

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The flowers arc generally four or five together, and grow in fingle tufts 





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