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Pancratium ftpathd multiftord, foliis lanceolatis. L. H. C. 6c Sp. PI. 

 Lilio-narciiTus maximus Zeylonicus, &c. The. Zey. p. 142. 



The White Lilly. 



This plant grows wild in moft parts of Jamaica, as well as in the other fug 



colonies, and feldom rifes above fixteen 



pretty large in thofe 



ghteen inch 



and the flowers numerous and wh 



height j th 



which 



ders it 



greeable flowering-plant in a garden : the root is pretty acrid, and has 



been fometimes ufed in poultices by antiquated and pale-faced lad 

 bloom in their fading cheeks. 



raile a forced 



AMARYLLIS 



1. 



Flore croceo nut ant i, /capo nudo uniftoro. 



Amaryllis /path a multiftora, corollis aqualibus campanulatis, genitalibus decii- 



natis. L. H. C. & Sp. PI. 

 Lilio-narcifliis Indicusfeu narcijfus lilifiorus, &c. Pk. 246. f. 2. 



This plant, like the foregoing, grows wild in many parts of the ifland, and is 

 now cultivated in moft gardens for the fake of its flowers : it thrives bed in a rich 

 foil and fhady place. 



PONTEDERIA 1: Aquatica c a ulefc ens , foliis majoribus orbicularis nitidis^ 



fioribus jpicatis ad alas. 

 An y Pontederia foliis cordatis fioribus Jpicatis. L. Sp. PI. 6c H. C. 



Michelia. Houftoni. 



The round-leafed Water-Plantain 



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Pontederia, 



Periantium JE fnu petioli fupremi fturgit fpica ftmplex, fioribus plurinn 



geminatis refer ta, £? prima atate fpatba univalvi obducJa 



aliud nullum, 

 Corolla, Monopetala tubulata infundibulif 



Tubus angufius ft 



quaft canaliculatus. Limbus in fex partes divifus, quarum 

 tret, quaft exterior es, oblonga et erecJajunt : tres ver§ interiores 

 incequales -, later ales exterioribus ftmiles et alternatce t pauloque 





minor es ft 

 maculata* 



fuperior eft et major , ereclaque t et in ft 



Stamina. Filamenta fex t quorum tria fuperior a longiora funt £? inaqualia 



ad baftm tubo adnata ; tria vero inferior a breviora £f inaqua 



lia 

 long 



fundoque ftoris ftta. Anthera? omnibus erecla ob 



Piftillum. Germen oblongum ; ftylus ftmplex longitudine ferefl^ 



crafjiufculum. 

 Pericarpium. Capfula oblonga trilocularis. 



ftigma 



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Plurima p 





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I obferved this plant in moft of the Lagoons and rivers about the Ferry : 



> roundifh thick, and fmooth ; the flowers moderately large j and the ftalk abo 



ch in diamete 



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very luxuriantly, and throws up its flower-fpike a 

 good way beyond the furface of the water. 



ORNITHOGALUM ? 1. Herbaceum, foliis gramineis, fioribus geminatis 



pedunculis longijjimis alaribus ineidenttbus. 



Ornithogalum, Virginianum luteum, &c. Pet. Gaz. t. I. 



Ornithogalum, &c\ Pk. t. 350 



f.8. 



The grafly- leafed Ornithogalutn 



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Periantium 





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