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enantium 



Monophyllum, c amp anul atum , profundi: quinquedentat 



Corolla Leguminoji 



Hum cordat 



e/t 



oblong 



longitu 



am 



dine fere vexilli, ungutbus tenuibus parieti calici adnata 

 rina oblonga ; petalis % ad apicem & bafim, fejunbli 

 Filamenta novem vel decern, diadelpl 



ca 



Pifhllum. Germen oblongum, comprejjt 



gularia 

 ad alterum maroinem reBum. ad 



alterum, in dim lobos profunde 

 ft a mini bus longior; ftigma acutu 

 Pericarpium. Siliqua latiujcula compreffa bivahis 



ftylus fubulat 



in 



I 



lobos 



mono 



Jpermes Jubrotundos ad alterum marginem profunde ere 



nata. 



This fhrubby tree is common in all the lower hills and Savannas of Jamaica; 

 and grows generally to the height of fourteen or fifteen feet: but the (talk feldom 

 exceeds three or four inches in diameter. It is a fine timber- wood, has a fmooth 

 even grain, and takes a fine polifh; but the fmall dimensions of its trunk render it 



fit only for few purpofes. The (lender branches of this mrub, 



are 



very tough 



and flexile: they are, for this reafon, frequently ufed for riding- fwitches; and gene 

 rally kept at all the wharfs about Kingflon, to fcourge the refractory flaves. 



LOTUS? i. Eretlus; foliis lanceolatis, pinnato-ternatis, ad apices denticula 



tis j foribus denfe fpicatis, terminalibus. 



urinam 



Grafs. 



This plant was lately introduced to Jamaica, from fome of the Dutch iettle- 

 ments, and cultivated in the mountains back of Bull-bay, where it thrives well. I 

 have not feen it in feed ; but the characters of the flower agree very well with 

 thofe of the Lotus, as they are laid down by Linneus. 





HEDYSARUM I. Triphyllum minus, tenae & ramofum ; foliis ovatis glabris, 



quandoque maculatis'-, filiquis compreffis, varie con- 

 tortis. 



The flender reclining French Honey-fuckle. 



HEDYSARUM 2. .Triphyllum minus, foliolis obtujis, Jiliquis reBis fubcom- 



prefjis articulatis. 



The fmalleft herbaceous French Honey-fuckle, with ftraight pods. 



Both thefe fp 



are very fmall, and frequent among the grafs, in all the 



u 



about King/Ion and Spanijh Towp: the latter feldom rifes above eight 



ches; but the other grows fometimes to the height of two feet, or better: and is 



generally found ftretching among the lower g 

 bouring plant or fhrub. 



unlefs fupported by fome neigh 



HEDYSARUM 



3 



Gracillimum repens, caule hirto trigono, foliis pinnato- 

 ternatis fetuld terminatis. 



The 



v 



r eakly French Honey-fuckle, with a triangular ftem. 



I found this little plant in one of the Pinguin fences, near Old- harbour-, whe 



lly moots to the height of th 



feet 



better 



It 



weakly pla 



and 





equires a fupport. Its rough and flender ftem diftinguifhes it very fufficiently from 



11 the other fpecies. 



HEDYSARUM 4. Minimum triphyllum, foliolis linearibus. 



The fmalleft French Honey-fuckle, with very narrow leaves. 



I found 









