OFJAMAICA . _ The fhady Irliola with fucculent Leaves. The larger

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Corolla. Tetrapetala, pet alts oblongis cochkatis pat en ti bus.
Stamina. Filamenta quatuor erecla Corolla duplo longiora ; anthers globofce
majores.
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Piftillum. Germen ovatum; ftilus eredtusJImplex longitudine Corolla; fligma
obtufiufculum bilobum.
Pericarpium. Capfula fpherica unilocularis bivahis, ab apice ad bajem dehifcens, & femen unicum rotundum atro-nitens ample&ens.
I R S I O L A
I . Triphylla, fcandens & claviculata, foliis
Sicyos. Foliis ternatis incifis. L . Sp. PI.
Bryonia. Alba, &c. Slo.Cat. 106. & H . t. 1 4 2 . f. 1.
Bryonoides. P k . 1 5 2 , f. 2. & H . M . P . 7 ? t. 4 5 .
craffisferratis.
The fhady Irliola with fucculent Leaves.
T h i s plant is very common in the low lands o f Jamaica •> it is always found
climbing on the neighbouring bufhes, and is generally divided into a great many
very fhady branches : the leaves are thick and juicy, and the berries round,
fmooth, and fucculent - its flowers are fmall, and difpofed in the form of an u m ­
brella. Thefe are the characters o f the genus.
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Periantium. Fix notabile quadridenticulatum.
Corolla- Fetrapetata decidua, petalis rigidis cochkatis.
Stamina. Filamenta quatuor brevijjtma ; anthera? fubrotundce verfatilis.
Piftillum. Germefijubrotundum,
flilus brevis,
Mgmzjimplex.
Pericarpium. Bacca fpherica fucculent a femine unico nauco proprip tenui tetJo
rejerta
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IRSIOLA
Scandens, foliis oblongo-ovatis ad margines denticulis fe~
taceis refertis.
T a b . 4, f. & 1. 2.
An, W a t t o w - V a l l i . H . M . P . 7. t. 32.
Bryonia.
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Albageniculata,
&c.
Slo. Cat. 106, & ' H . t. 144. 1.
The larger Irfiola, or Baftard Bryony with fimple Leaves.
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T h i s plant is common about the town o f King/Ion, and generally found climbing
upon all the pinquin-fences, and other low bufhes: Its leaves are pretty large and fimple,
and the ftalk flender and flexile. T h e flower-bunches are very fpreading and even in
all the fpecies.
IRSIOLA
3. Tnphylla fcandens, foliis ovatis fubdentatis, petiolo communi marginato, caliculis majoribus.
Bryonia. Alba triphylla maxima.
S l o . C a t . 106, & H . tab. 1 4 4 .
The larger triphyllous
Irliola.
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1. Foliis minoribus ovatis crenatis, floribus fmgularibus.
Corchorus. Capfulis linearibus compreffis bivahibus.
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Corchoro. Affinis, &c. Slo. H . tab. 94, f. i . & C a t . 50.
Corchoroides. L . H . C .
Broom-weed.
Periantium.
Nullum.
Corolla. Titrapetala, petalis anguftisprimo ereSlis, etate patent ibus
Stamina. Filamenta quatuor ereSia longitudine for is, anthers fmplices:
(a) M r . Ehret, who has .differed the fpecimen reprefented here, has drawn it with four feeds, but I
could never obferve more than one in any of the berries.
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