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MELASTOMA? 9. Minima fcandens, farmento tenui, foliis quiuquenerviis 



coat is ciliatis oppoftis. 



The fmall climbing Melafloma. 









All thefe fpecies of the Melafloma are frequent in Jamaica, and found fome in 

 one part, fome in another part or the ifland. The ei hth fpecies is a native of the 



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coldetf mountains of Liguanea-, the others grow chiefly in the hills and lower 



mountains : they are all of the uVubby kind, and fekiom exceed rive or {\x feet in 



we mull, however, except the two firfl fpecies, which are fometimes 



height ; 



obferved to rife by moderate trunks, and to put on the appearance of lmaller trees. 

 The leaves, in all the fpecies, are furnimed with three or five veins, that run in an 

 arched form horn the footffalk to the top; and the lpaces between thefe are beauti- 

 fully nerved or areolated, and of a very Angular firucture. ft * 







TRIBULUS r. Foliis fex jugatis fubaqualibus, flore amplo odorato. 

 Tri bu lus Join's fex jugatis fubaqualibus. I > S p. PI. 



Tiibuius foliolis Jex parium pinnatis. L. H. C. 



The Turkey Bloffbm. 



This plant, whether a native, or originally introduced to Jamaica^ is now 



rows very luxuriantly both in the eaftern and 

 It is planted in many of the gardens for the fake of 



It is a fpreading creeper, and 

 runs frequently the length of three or four feet from the main root, throwing out 



The fowls are obferved to feed much on 



very common about Kingjlon, and 



weftern limits of that town. 



its fiowers, which yield a pleafant agreeable fmell. 



many lateral branches on all fides. 



the 



blofToms of this plant where it grows wild, and is thought to heighten the flavour, 



as well as to contribute to the fattening of them. 





TRIBULUS? 2. Foliis fenis pinnatis, extimis major ibus, for ibus Jingularib 



Tab. 21. f. 3. 

 Tribulus foliolis trium parium pinnatis ; L. H C. & quadrijugis Sp. PI. 



Tribulus tereftris majo 



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Slo. Cat. 90. & H. t. 13 



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Tribulus 



Tedunculo 



Oblongo, excavato obverfe conico, ad apicem applanato incidit 

 periantium pent aphy Hum, foliolis anguftis a cutis hirjutis, & 

 remotis ; primo cetate ereSiis, maturitate refexis. 

 Corolla Monopefala decidua, in quinque lacinias orbtculatas, caltce bre- 



viores ad bafim fedia* 



Stamina. Filament a decern brevia : antherae fubrotunda-, dlterna tantillo 



Piftillum. 



minor es. 



Germen fubrotundum mucronatum ; ftylus vix alius, 



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com cum, decern flriis notatum. 



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Receptaculum Columnare capitatum ereclum, in centro frutfifcationis lo- 



catum. 



Nullut. 



Pericarpium 



Semina 'Decern angulata fubrugofa & fubcompreffa, ad bafim columncs in or- 



bem pofita, tandem decidua. 



This creeping plant is fomething like the foregoing, both, in fize and difpofition : 

 it grows in all the paftures, is frequently gathered with the other fodder- plants, and 

 fed upon indifcrimbately by all forts of cattle. 





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