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OMPHALANDRIA 2. Foliis obovatis glabris, ad bafim biglandulis ; fortius 



triand, 



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f. 4 





The larger Omphalandria^ with three Aniherce 



Thefe plants are chiefly found about Port Antonio, and Man^eneel 



Tl 



are no 



filaments in the flowers of either of them ; but the anthera 



ged in fo many 



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of 



difpofed longitudinally and at equal diftances from each other, in the tide 



1 fituated in the center of the cup. The fir ft fort is a weakly 



round ifti 



fpreading fhrub; the oth 



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ZEA 1. Seminibus fubcomprefts obovatis, 



Zea 



L. Gen. Sp. PI. & H. C 



Maizium. Mart. 6. & frumentum Indicum map diclum 



Slo. Cat. 26 



Great Corn 



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Maize 



d thrives very 



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d grows to per 



This plant is much cultivated in all parts of Jamaica, ar 

 ly every where. It is generally planted among the young < 



fection before thefe (hoot to any considerable height. The grain is reckoned a 

 w-holefome hearty food, and much ufed among the negroes, who make it into va- 



meffes, according to their fancy. It is given to hories, in thole parts, as we do 



oats, be 



peafe, in Eur op 



d 



fmall flock, of which the people of that ifland raiie 



principal iupport of their poultry 



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COIX 1. Arundinacea erecla indivifa> foliis brevioribus latiufculis, fp 



ofa terminali 

 Gramen paniceum majus y /pica fimplici I. 

 Lachryma Jobi H. E. Thez. Zey. p 



&c 



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Coix feminibus 



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37 



8 



Slo. Cat. 30. &H. t.6 





L. Sp. PI. 6c H. C 





with fimple flender-fhanks 



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der for all forts of 



ild every where in the woods, and is excellent fod 



the height of four feet 



It has all the appearance of a reed; and riles commonly 



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CAREX 1. Tenuior, altijfime fcandens. 



An y Carex, fpicufis oblongisfefflibus remotis androgynis t capfulis ovatis acutis 



L. Sp. PI. 



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The climbin 



Care 



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This plant is frequent in St. Elizabeth's, and grtfws very luxuriantly in all parts 

 of the parifh. The ftalk is very (lender, and rifes to a coniiderable height, when 

 fupported by neighbouring buflus- 



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CAREX 





2. Foliorum vaginis marginatis £? ab altera latere appendiculatis-, 



fpicis qnandoque mixtis t quandoque majculmis-, caule trian- 

 gularis 



The common Carex, 



This plant is extremely like the common European fort: it grows very plentifully 





in all the lagoons about the Ferry. 







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CAREX 3. Palujlris major } caule arundinaceo. 



The upright Carex> with a fmooth hollow ftalk. 



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