Hortus Jamaicensis, Or A Botanical Description,: (according to the Linnean System) and an Account of the Virtues, &c. of Its Indigenous Plants Hitherto Known, as Also of the Most Useful Exotics. Compiled from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged, in Two Volumes,Printed at the office of the St. Jago de la Vega gazette, 1814 |
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acuminate acute anthers awl-shaped axillary bark base berry bifid blunt bractes branches branchlets Browne calyx capsule CHAR.-Calyx colour compressed concave corolla culm decoction drupe English name entire erect feet high filaments filiform five five-cleft flat florets floribus flowers foliis footstalks four Fronds fructu fruit genus germ glume green grows hairy height herbaceous hermaphrodite hirsute inches long jointed juice lanceolate leaf leaflets Leaves opposite legume length linear Linneus Linneus's margin membranaceous middle monogynia Native of Jamaica nectary nerved oblong obtuse one-flowered one-leafed one-petaled ovate ovatis pale panicle pedicels peduncles perianth pericarp petals petioles pinnate pistil plant prickly pubescent purple racemes root round roundish seeds segments serrate sessile sheaths shining short shorter shrubby side simple slender Sloane smooth solitary species spikes spreading stalk stamens stem stigma striated style Swartz terminating thick tomentose tree tube two-valved umbel upper upright valves veined villose whitish yellow