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Planta Afjurgens verbafci facie, foliis majoribus ovatis oppofuis. 



The long-fpik'd Budleia. 



This plant is very common in the cooler hills of Liguanee ; it rifes generally to 

 the height of four feet or better, and terminates in long flender flower- fpikes : it is 

 ufed in emollient baths and fomentations, and thought to have all the pro- 

 perties of the true Mullen. 



AMMANNIA I . Hirta> foliis parvis orbicularis > floribus fingularibus 



ad alas . 





The fmaller Ammannia with round leav r es. 



Periantium. Pedunculo tenui incidit Periantium monophyllum campanulatum oc- 



todentatum. 



Corolla. Monopetala quadripartita parva t laciniis acuminatis oblongis. 

 Stamina. Filamenta quatuor brevia ; antherae ovata. 



Piftillum. Germen deprejfum in jundo calicis fitum; flylus brevis bifdus; flig- 



mata erefia obhnga. 



Pericarpiurm Capfula bilocularis calice fere tecJa, binis placentidis referta. 



Semina. Pauca placentulis adnata. 



This little plant is very rare in Jamaica ; it grows chiefly in the mountains be- 

 tween St. Thomas's in the Vale and St. Mary's, and feldom rifes above four or five 

 inches from the ground : it anfwers the characters of the clafs very perfectly. 



CROSSOPETALUM i. Fruticulofum tenue, foliis ovatis tenuijfime denti- 



culatis oppofitis, racemis alaribus, T. i6.f.r. 



The fmall fhruby Croflbpetalum. 



Periantium. Color atum monophyllum patens in quatuor vel quinque partes feclum. 



Corolla. 'Tetrapetala vel monopetala ad bafem fec7a> petalis obovatis fimbriatis 



patentibus. 



Stamina. Filamenta quatuor brevia ereSlo-patentia, ad interjlicias petalorum po- 



fita ; antheras fubrotundce. 

 Piflillum. Germen fubrotundum, flylus brevis fimplex, fligma Jimplex. 

 Pericarpium. Capfula fubrotundo-ovata uniloculars monofpermis. 



I found this little fhrub in the woods below Marta-Bree river in St. James's-, it 

 grows among the rocks, and feldom rifes above three or four feet : the flowers rife in 

 fmall loofe bunches from the upper alae of the leaves, 



SCOPARIA i. Erefta ramofa, foliis linearibus denticulatis verticillato- 



tematis. 



Scoparia L. Sp. PI. 



Veronica Dulcis t &c. Pk. t. 3 1 1. f. 4. Sc 215. f. 1. 



Veronica Fruticofa erecta dulcis, &c. Slo. Cat. 81. & H. t. I08. 



The Liquorish-weed, or fweet Broom-weed. 



This plant is very common in mofl of the fugar -colonies ; it grows by a very 

 branched flalk, and rifes generally to the height of eighteen or twenty inches. The 

 whole plant, efpecially the tender moots at the top are frequently ufed in diluting 

 and pectoral infufions, and may defervedly be confidered as an excellent vulnerary. 



PLANTAGO 1. Foliis latioribus fubrotundis quinque-nerviis ud marginem 



appendi culatis. 



Plantago. Scapo fpicato, joliis ovatis L. flo. Lap. 62, & Sp. PI. 



This plant, whether introduced here originally, or a native, is very common in 

 mofl: parts of the Ifland, efpecially in the cooler mountains ; it is indeed found in 



Qq many 



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