BOTANY. 247 



ST. JAGO. 



Bromelia ananas, Hab. in America. 



Aloe vulgaris, Hab. in India. 



Zea mays, Hab. in America. 



Datura Metel, Hab. in Asia, Africa, et in insulis Canariis. 



Nicotiana pusilla, an indig. ? 



Solanum furiosum. 



Heliotropium incanum. 



Ocymum integerrimuni, Hab. in Ind. Or. 



Ipomaea leucantha, Hab. in Amer. torrida. 



„ dissecta, Hab. in Guinea. 

 Convolvulus batatas, Hab. in Ind. utraque. 



Mammea '. 



Citrus aurantium, Hab. in India. 



„ medica, Hab. in Oriente, et in Eur. meridion. 

 Gossypium Indicum, Hab. in India. 

 Hibiscus sabdarifFa, Hab. in India. 

 Malva tomeutosa, Hab. in India. 



,, spicata, Hab. in Jamaica, Brasilia. 

 Tamarix Africana. 



Cassia occidentalis, Hab. in America. 

 Cucurbita citrullus, Hab. in Eur. Afr. et Ind. 

 „ potiro. 



' Two species have been described by Persoon, ilie m. Ameiicana having four, and the 

 m. humilis having three seeds. After examining several fruits of the species at St. Jago, I 

 more frequently found three, but others had only one seed. The fruit is much esteemed, but 

 not plentiful. The length of time before the true produces fruit, is almost enough to deprive 

 any one of a wish to plant it. Twenty years are generally calculated on by the natives of the 

 leeward coast of Africa, before it becomes serviceable. 



