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IRON 



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Herbaceus minor foliis oblong 



levijft 



Periantium 



foribus fingularibus ad alas. Tab. 12. f . 3 



The (lender reclining Iron. 



Pentaphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis ereflo-patentibus, 



Jlipulis cilia- 



Corolla Pentapetala % petalis oblongis fimbriatis. 

 Stamina. Filamenta quinque brevijjima, antherae oblonga jilamentis duplo 



longiores. 



Piftill. Germen oblongo-ovatum, ftylus longitudine for is, ftigma Jimplex, 

 Pericarpium. Capfula ova to- acuminata uniloculars, 

 Semina Plurimafubrotunda parva* 



This beautiful little plant rifes, generally, in an oblique direction, and feldom 

 moots above ten or twelve inches from the root; the ftalk is delicate, fmooth and 

 round -, and cafts a few flender branches on every fide, without any certain order : 

 the leaves are fmall, oblong, fmooth on the upper fide, very lightly crenated, and 

 difpofed in an alternate but irregular order j they are fixed by fhort foot-ftalks, and 

 adorned with remarkably ciliated ears, or Jlipulcs, on each fide, at their infertions. 

 The plant is very rare. I have found the fpecimens, from which thefe characters 

 are taken, in the paftures between Mount Diable and St, Amis, 





SARCOMPHALUS 1. Foliis ovatis glabris alternis ad apicem leniter emar- 



ginatis, cor t ice interiori ferugineo. 



An, Boffia, L. Sp. PI ? 



Baftard Lignutn-V it <z Timber- woo 



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Periantium Monophyllum ultra medietatem quinquepartitum, laciniis Ian 



ceolatis patentibus. 



Corolla Nulla. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque brevia umbilico jloris adnata, & incifuris cali- 



cis oppofta, anthcrxfubrotunda. 



Piftillum. Germen ovatum umbilico carnofo circumducJum, flilus brevis 



bifidus, ftigmata Jimplici a. 

 Pericarpium. Bacca Drupa-ve, fubrotunda bilocularis. 

 Semina Bina femi-fpbarica folitaria. 



This tree grows in many parts of the ifland, and rifes, generally, to a very 

 coniiderable height: the trunk is often above two feet and a half in diameter, and 



covered with a thick fcaly bark. The wood is hard, of a dark colour, and clofe 

 grain ; and is looked upon as one of the beft timber-woods in the ifland. 



CELOSIA 1. Foliis oblongis, foribus racemofe fpicatis, fere feffili bus. 



An, Celofia foliis oblongo-ovatis, pedunculis tcretibus fubftriatis, Sec, L. 



Sp. PI ? 

 Amaranthus frutefcens ereclus, fpica viridi laxa & ftrigtfa, Sio. Cat. & 



H. t. 9r. 



The fhrubby Celofia. m 



CELOSIA 2. Major far mentofa affurgens, foliis majoribus 



Baftard Hoop- wit he. 





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