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VARRONIA (a) i . Fruticofa foliis rugofis ovatis fubhirfutis fe 



capitulis fubrotundis. Tab. 13. f. 2. 

 Lantana Foliis alternis fioribus corimbofis. L. Sp. PI 



alternis. 



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Periclimenum Reclum, &c. foliis alternatum fitis. Slo. Cat. 164. &H, 



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The round fpiked Varronia 



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Rece ptaculum . Commune Jimplex in caput ftinBum colligit fioresfepiles. 

 Periantium. Monopbyllum c ampanulatum perfifiens ; limbus in quinque lacinia 



tenuijfimas, longas refiexas vel intortas divifus. 

 Corolla. Monopetala tubulatb-campanulata, limbus quinquecrenatus fimbriates. 

 Stamina. Filamenta quinque inferne tubo corollce ad medietatem adnata Corolh 





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anthera? fagittatce 



Piftillum. Germen cvatum liberum in fundo calicis fit urn, /til us fimplex longi- 



tudine fere Jlam ; ftigmata quatuor oblonga ere3o-patentia ab 



apice ftili ajfurgentia. 

 Pericarpium. Bacca ovata fucculenta bilocularis calicefuffulta. 

 Semina. Nucleoli fubrotwidi folitarii bilocu lares, bijbermes. 



VARRONIA 



AJfurgensfarmentofa, foliis £f capitulis oblong. 





An, Lantana Foliis alternis fpicis oblongis. L. Sp. PL Sed nonfalvia bar 



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badienfibus, &c. Pk. t. 221. f. 3 





The Varronia with oblong Spikes. 







Both thefe plants are common in the lower and woody lands of Jamaica ; they 

 are both ftiruby, but the former feldom rifes above three or four feet in height, and 

 is furniflied with a number of (lender, crooked, and intermixed branches : the 

 other is much of the fame make towards the top, but is generally found climbing or 

 leaning on the neighbouring (hrubs, by whofe help it rifes frequently to the height 



of many feet above the root. The flowers and texture of the leaves are very like in 



both. 





RHAMNUS. 1. Arbor efcens minor foliis ovatis venqfis, pedunculis umbel- 



lulatis, alar i bus frucJibus fphericis. Tab. 29. f. 2. 



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The fhruby Rhamnus with bilocular Berries. 





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RHAMNUS 



Arbor eus foliis ovatis venqfis, capfulis fphericis inferne ad 



medietatem caliptratis, pedunculis umbellulatis atari* 

 bus, cortice glabro. 





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The larger Rhamnus with a fmooth Bark 



RHAMNUS 3. Foh 









is ovatis glabris fruclibus bilocular i bus fubcaliptratis 

 Tab. 12. f. 1. 



RHAMNUS 4. Barmentofus foliis ovatis venqfis, capfulis trigonis racemofn 



t Radix fruticofa lutea, &c. Slo. Cat. 2 14, & H. 1 i; 1 8 c 



The Chaw-ftick. 



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