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Corolla. 

 Stamina. Filam 



Tetrapetala, fetalis oblongis cocbleatis pcitentib 



quatuor 



Piltillum 



maj ores 



erecla Corolla duplo hngiora 3 anthera globcf 



Germen ovatum : ftilus ercttusfmplcx longitudine Corolla; dig 



obtufufculum bilobum 



Pericarpium. Capfula Jph 



locula 



bivah 



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b 



ad baft 



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IRSIOLA 



Sicy 



hifcens, & femen unicum rotundum atro-nitens ampkftens 

 Triphylla, fcandens & claviculata, foliis crajjis fa-rat 



Foliis ternatis inci/is. L. Sp. PI 



Bryonia. Alba, &c. Slo.Cat. 106. 6c H 

 Bryonoides. Pk. 152, f. 2. & H. M. P. 7 



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The fhady Irfiola with fucculent Leaves. 







This plant is very common in the low lands of "Jamaica ; it is always found 



great 



many 



climbing on the neighbouring bullies, and is generally divided into a 

 very fhady branches : the leaves are thick and juicy, and the berries round, 

 fmooth, and fucculent ; its flowers are fmall, and difpofed in the form of an um- 

 brella. Thefe are the characters of the genus. 



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Periantium. Fix notabile quadridenticulatum. 



Corolla. 



T'etrapetala decidua, pet alls rigidis cochhatis. 



Stamina. Filament a quatuor brevifjima ; antherae fubrotunda ver/dtilis. 

 Piftillum. Germen Jubrotundum, ftilus brevis, fiigma /implex. 



Pericarpium. Bacca fpherica fucculent a femine unico nauco proprio tenui tecJo 



refer ta (a). 



IRSIOLA 2. Scandens, foliis cblongo-ovatis ad margines denticulis fe- 



taceis refertis. ' Tab. 4, f . & 1. 2.^ 



An, Wattow-Valli. H.M. P. 7. t. 32. 



Bryonia. Alba geniculata, &c. Slo. Cat. 106, & H. t. 144. 1. 



The larger Irfiola, or Baftard Bryony with fimple Leaves. 



This plant is common about the town of King/ion, and generally found climbing 

 upon all the pinquin- fences, ai"jd other low bufhes: Its leaves are pretty large and iimple, 

 and the ftalk ilender and flexile. The flower-bunches are very ipreading and even in 



all the fpecies. 



IRSIOLA 



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Triphylla fcandens, foliis ovatis fubdentatis, petiolo com- 

 muni marginato, caliculis maj or i bus. 



Bryonia. Alba triphy Ha maxima. Slo.Cat. 106, 6c H. tab. 144 



The larger triphyllous Irfiola. 



Foliis mi nor i bus ovatis crenatis, fori bus J Ingular 7 bus. 



CORETA 



Corchorus. Capfulis Unearibus comprefjis bivahibus. L. H. Upf. 6c Sp. PI. 

 Corchoro. AJjims, &c. Slo. H. tab. 94, f. 1. 6c Cat. 50. 

 Corchoroides. L. H. C. 



Broom-weed. 



Periantium. Au 



T. 



Hum. 



Corolla. T'itrapetala, pet alls angufis primo erectis, etate patent ibus. 

 Stamina. Filament a quatuor erefta longitudine for is, znthcrxfmplices. 





(a) Mr. Ebret^who has differed the fpecimen reprefented here, has drawn it with four feeds, but I 



could never oblerve more than one in any of the berries. 



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