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ALTHERIA I. Bolt is angujlis ovato-acuminatis rugojis fcrratis, Jloribus 



coniertis. ad alas. 



The fmall fhrubby Waltheria^ with rugged leaves. 



WALTHERIA 2. Fruticoja fubhirfuta, foliis oblongo-ovatis ferratis, jior 



bus capitatis, pedttficulis, communibus longiufculis, f 



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The fhrubby Waltheria^ with the leaves rifin 



~ the flowers. 





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W ALTHERIA 3. Foliis fubrotundis undulatis ferratis, Jloribus confer tis ala 



bus 

 Waltheria foliis ovatis ferratis unduh 



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The fmaller Walth 



with roundifli waved leav 



All thefe fpecies of the Waltheria are found in the lower hills of Jamaica, 

 d fekiom rife, any of them, above four or five feet in height. The fecond fpe- 

 :s is very fmgular; it shears its flowers in clofe compact heads, fuftained by long 



common foot- fb Iks, each furnimed with a Angle kaf towards the bottom. I found 



both this, and the nrft for 

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MELOCHIA 1. Trutefcens, foliis fab 



llofis t oblong 



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.faratis ; floribus racemofis y cortice fufc 



The larger fhrubby Mehchia. 



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every dry 

 feven feet, 





very comt 

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more. 



in mofr, parts of America, and grows generally i 

 1 flirub, arid rifes frequently to the height of fix < 

 The bark of the whole plant is of a darkifh brow 



the leaves whitifli, and the flowers of a light fiem 





MELOCHIA 2.. Eretla minor, foliis ovatis fer rati 's, petiolis genicuh 



The fmaller Meloch 



Broom-we 





his plant is found in many parts of Jamaica, and rifes commonly to the heig 



of two or three feet, throwing 



few flender flexile branches on all fides 



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of this plant fpread themfelves every day 



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the fun more freely j but as 

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to receive the heat of 



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grows cooler, they generally rife upright, and 

 branches. This mechanifm of the leaves is 



tly forwarded by the knee in the foot-ftalk of each 



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MELOCHIA 3. Herbacea tenuijjima ramvfa, foliis oblongo-ovatis, forum urn- 



bellulis later alibus foliis appr oxi m at i s , 



The {lender weakly Melochia, 



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I found this plant among the Vinguin bufhes, near Old-harbour ; where it com- 



monly fhoots to the height of three feet, or better : but the ftem is very flender 



and weakly, and gene*- 



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.ires fome fupport to hold it up. The flowers are 



difpofed 



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