i 5 63 MONGEClA. TETRAND. 1680— 1682. 



littoraliu Leaves oppofite, ovate-lanceolate, ferrate : flowers conglo- 

 merate, axillary, monoecious, mixed: ftem herbaceous^ 

 4-llded. 

 HifpanioU. Sivartz. prodr* 34. 



.nlindrica. Leaves oppofite, ovate, pointed; ferrate : racemes fpiked, 

 axillary, ere£r., fimple. 

 North America, Jamaica. Sloan. Jam. 1. /. %l.f. 2. 



ramiflora* Leaves alternatej broad-lanceolate, pointed, ferrate, wrin- 

 kled : flowers cHiilered, axillary and lateral, monoe- 

 cious, ciiflin£t ; ma'cs with 3 ftamina. 

 Weft Indies. Jacq. Amer. 246. tab. 1^7. 



birta. Leaves alternate, ovate, acute, ferrate, hairy i flowers mo- 



noecious, crowded, axillary, mixed. 

 Jamaica. Swartz. prodr. 34, 



1680. EMFLEURUM. Male. Calyx 4-cleft: corolo. 



Fem. Calyx 4-cleft, inferior • corol o : Jligmata cy- 

 lindrical, placed on the lateral toothlet of the 

 germ : capfule opening on the fide: feed i, coated. 



ftrrulatmm. Empleurum. 



The Ca pe . Dio/ma unicapfulars . Lir.u. fuppl. 155. 



Sbrub with wand -like branches : /eaves alternate, linear-lanceo. 

 ceolate, edged with pellucid dots : peduncles lateral, few- 

 flowered, 



1681. ARGYTHAMNIA. Male. Calyx 4-leaved: 

 petals 4. 



Fem, Calyx 5 -leaved; corolo: ftylts 3, forked ; 

 capfule 3 -celled : feeds folitary. 



tmndicant, Argythamnia. 



Jamaica, Sloan. Jam. I. I 33. tab. 86 f. 3, 

 Sbrub with a whitifli bark : haves oval, ferrate : flowers axil- 

 lary, on very ihort peduncle*. 



1682. TRICERA. Male. Calyx 4-leaved: corolo: 

 f laments ovate. 



Fern. Calyx 5 leaved : corol o : ftyles 3, conical : cap- 

 Jule 3 horned, 3- celled ; feeds in pairs. 

 lavigata, Tricera. 



Jamaica SwartK. prodr. 38. Flor. ind. occ. l.p, 333. 

 Shrub with fquare branches : leaves evatejanceolate, acure, 

 convex, entire : flowers in Ample axillary umbels. 



