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HERN I ARIA i. Hirfuta repens ad nodos alternos fori da, foliis ova t is, 



petiolis marginatis f e mi- ample xanti bus , floribus confertis 

 fefjilibus. 



An y Herniaria hirfuta. L. Sp. PI. 



Amaranthoides humik Curaffavicum, &c. SIo. H. t. 86. & Petiv. PI, Amer. 



t. 3. f. 22. 



The hairy Rupture- worth. 



This little plant is found creeping in all the low lands, and dry Savannas about 

 Kingjlon ; it grows generally in tufts, and fpreads about fix or eight inches from 



the root. . 



CHENOPODIUM 



1. Humile multifiorum, foliis maculatis ovatis, floribus 



racemofis alar i bus. 



The fmaller Goofe-foot^ with {potted leaves. 



This plant is frequent in all the gardens about Kingjlon ; it generally rifes from three 

 four inches to feven or eisht, or more ; ar 



d great quantity of 



i and is remarkable for its fpotted 

 It is fometimes gathered and ufed as a green. 



BETA 1. Lat if olia alba vel rubra. C. B. 



Beta. 



L. H. C. & Sp. PL 





Beet. 



This plant has been introduced to, and is now cultivated in many parts of Jamaica : 

 it thrives pretty well in the cooler mountains; but as the ground is generally more 

 ftiff, and the exhalations by the leaves more abundant in thofe parts, thefe fiefliy 



feldom grow fo 

 fometimes ufed in J, 



fhoot fo direct 

 but not much efteemed 



the ground. The 



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GOMPHRENA 1. ErecJa hirfuta, foliis obkngo-ovatis, petiolis brevibus 



amplexantibus, capitulis folitariis. 



Gomphrena Caule erefto, foliis lanceolatis ovatis, pedunculis diphyllis. L H 



C. & Sp. PI. 

 Gomphrena &c. The. Zey. pag. i$. p. 6 ? 



Batchelors-Button. 



Whether this has been originally introduced to that ifland, or a native, I am not able 

 to determine ; it does however now grow wild about the town Savannas, and may be 

 obferved every where among the bufties, when the flowering feafon comes on : it 



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generally to the height of 



fifteen inches 



plant in a garden 



nd is a pretty flowering 



GOMPHRENA 2. 





Repens rufefcens, foliis linearibus crafjiuf cutis, capi- 

 tulis alaribus. 



Gomphrena, foliis lanceolato-fubulatis, caule dichotomo, capitulis a xi liar I 



bus pedunculatis. L, Sp. PI. 



The Creeping 



vrena. 



This creeping plant is very common about Rock-river, and fpreads a great way 

 among the grafs ; the ftem is pretty (lender, and throws out a few fibrous roots at 

 every joint : the whole plant has a reddiQVbrown caft in its colour, and fomething of 

 the appearance of Purflane, 



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