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ONAGRARIiE. X. Jussi^a.' 



as may be seen from the short description of Forslcael, and is of Brazil, in the province of Cisplatine, in the mud cast out by 

 admitted by Delile, in his fl. segyp. ill. p. 14. without any de- the river Uruguay, in that part of the province called Salto- 

 scription 



Diffuse 3 wssisasi. PI. diffuse. 



10 J. peploIdes (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 97.) 

 plant shrubby, creeping, glabrous ; leaves oblong-spatulate, ob- 

 tuse, thickish ; flowers on short pedicels, bractless ; tube of calyx 

 slender, somewhat pentagonal ; calycine lobes 5, lanceolate. 

 T2 . B. S. Native of New Granada, near Ibague, in humid 

 valleys. Petals not known. 



PepluS'Uke Jussiaea. PL creeping. 



11 J. Patibtlce'nsis (H. B, et Kunth, 1. c.) herbaceous, 

 creeping, glabrous ; leaves oblong, or obovate-oblong, acutish, 



Petals yellow, obovate, emarginate. 



PL U foot. 



grande 



Uruguay Jussisea. 



17 J. RAMutosA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 54.) plant herbaceous, 

 creeping ; stem puberulous, much branched ; branches pubes- 

 cent, leafy ; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers on 

 short pedicels, somewhat bicallous at the base ; tube of calyx 

 cylindrical, glabrous ; calycine lobes 5, lanceolate, acute, about 



in length to the petals, l!/ . B. S. Native of Cuba. 

 Flowers of a shining yellow. Capsules twice the length of the 

 leaves, terete, tapering to the base. 



Branched Jussiaea. PL cr. 



equal 



cuneated at the base; flowers pedicellate, bibracteoTate ; tube 18 J. flu^tans; leaves roundish-spatulate ; peduncles axil- 



of calyx slender and angular ; calycine lobes 5, lanceolate, acu- 



minated ; petals roundish-ovate, twice the length of the calycine W. S. 



Native on the shores of the Pacific, near yellow. 



lary, very long, solitary, 1-flowered; flowers decandrous? 1/ . 

 ^^^ " ^^ ■' "* Maranham. floating in rivulets. Flowers 



Capsule linear. 



lobes. 1/ . B. S. 



Patibilca. Flowers yellow. 



Patihilca Jussiaea. PL creeping. 



12 J. poLYGONOiDEs (H. B. ct Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 97.) herbaceous, creeping, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, cuneately narrowed at the base; flowers pedicellate, tube 

 of calyx slender, furnished with 2 bracteoles in the middle ; ca- 

 lycine lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute. %> W. H. Native of 

 New Granada, in marshes and bogs ; and of Mexico, near Ha- 

 cienda la Laguna, in running waters* 

 side linear. 



Flowers yellow. Cap- 



Floattng Jussiaea. PL fl. 



* * Flowers with a i-cleft (f. 98. a.) calyx, 4 petals (f. 98. rf.), 

 and 8 stamens. 



19 J. inclina'ta (Lin. fil. suppL p. 577.) erect, glabrous, 

 rooting at the base ; leaves petiolate, obovate, obtuse ; peduncles 

 1-flowered, a little longer than the petioles ; calycine lobes ovate, 

 smaller than the petals. ©. B. S. Native of Surinam, in 

 marshes. J. erecta, Lin. amoen. 8. p. 256. but not of his spec. 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 330. Petals yellow. Perhaps only an octan- 

 drous variety of J. repens or J. Swartziana. 



Inclinate-stemmed Jussiaea. PL 1 ft. 



Polygonum-UIce Jussisea. PL creeping. 



13 J. fluvia'tilis (Blume, bijdr. p. 1132.) stems herbaceous, 



terete, glabrous, floating ; leaves obovate-oblong, rounded, some- 20 J. na'tans (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 1. p. 16. t. 3. /3.) 



times retuse ;- pedicels bibracteolate ; calycine lobes lanceolate, herbaceous, glabrous, floating, supported in the water by a blad- 



acuminated, pubescent ; tube of calyx and capsule cylindrical, dor and large white spongy roots, which issue from the ramlfica- 



If . W. S. Native of Java, in mountain rivulets. Allied to /. tions ; leaves petiolate, nearly orbicular, quite entire or toothed; 



PI. floating. 



flowers pedunculate ; lobes of calyx 4-5 acute, shorter than the 



petals, which are ovate. 11. W. S. Native of New Granada, 



H. B. et 



near Mompox, in pools near the river Magdalena. 



Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 99. Flowers white, yellow at the 



repens » 



River Jussisea. 



14 J. re'pens (Lin. mant. p. 381.) plant herbaceous, creep- 

 ing, glabrous ; leaves oblong-obovate, retuse, petiolate ; flow 



on longish pedicels, somewhat bicallous at the base ; calyx vil- base, octandrous, and decandrous. Capsule cuneated. 

 lous, with a short terete tube, which is attenuated at the base, 

 and 5 lanceolate acute lobes ; petals obovate, twice the length of 

 the calycine segments. 1/ . W. S. Native of the East Indies, 

 floating in water; in Java, Malabar, Timor, &c. Lin. fl, zeyl. 

 169. Willd, spec. 2. p. 574. exclusive of Swartz's and Browne's 

 synonymes. — Rheed. mal 2. t. 51. Cubospermum palustre. Lour, 

 coch. p. 275. J. adscendens, Lin. mant. 69. does not differ from 



Nalant Jussiiea. PL fl. 



21 J. sKDoiDEs (Humb. et Bonpl. pL equin. 1. p. 13. t- 3.) 

 herbaceous, floating, rooting ; leaves on long petioles, disposed 

 in stellate tufts, ovate-rhomboid, obtuse, dentately crenated, 

 clothed with adpressed down beneath ; flowers pedicellate, almost 

 bractless; lobes of calyx ovate-oblong, acute ; petals roundish- 

 obovate, longer than the lobes of the calyx, i;. W. S. Native 

 this unless in the pedicels being a little shorter, as will be seen of New Granada, in stagnant water between Guadua and Ibague. 

 by comparing the descriptions in Rees' cycL by Smith. Cap- H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 98. Flowers yellow. 



sule terete, an inch long. Flowers white, yellow at the base. 



Creeping Jussiaea. FL Aug. Sep. Clt. 1817. PL fl. and cr. 



15 J. Swartzia'na (D.C. prod. 3. p. 54.) plant herbaceous, 

 creeping, smooth in every part ; leaves oblong, obtuse, petio- 

 late ; flowers pedicellate, furnished with 2 little scales at the 

 base ; tube of calyx terete, attenuated at the base ; calycine 

 lobes 5, lanceolate, acute, about equal in length to the petals, 

 which are ovate, l^. B. S. Native of the West Indies and 

 Brazil, in marshes, bogs, and water. J. repens, Swartz, obs. p. 

 172. Oldenlandia, P. Browne, jam. 208. no. 3, Petals yellow. 



Capsule linear-clavate. 



Stonecrop-like Jussisea. PL floating. 



22 J. subacau'lis (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 304.) herba- 

 ceous, creeping, glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, repandly 

 toothed ; flowers pedicellate ; petals obovate ; alternate filaments 

 very short. If. B.F. Native of North America, on the banks 

 of the Missouri. Flowers small, yellow, octandrous, solitary m 

 the axils of the leaves. 



Stemless Jussiaea. PL creeping. 



23 J. AcuMiNA^TA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 745.) plants herba- 



tals being smaller. 



iSnar/z'^ Jussiaea. PL fl. and cr. 



on short pedicels, bractless ; lobes of calyx ovate-lanceolate ; 

 petals acute, spreading. ©. B. H. Native of the south of Ja- 



.16 J. Uruguaye'nsis (St. HiL fl. bras. 2. p. 264.) suffruti- maica, in low places, and in the island of Arowabisch, ex Meyer, 



cose, hairy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, mucronulate, quite 



entire, hairy ; the mucrone glandular at the apex ; calyx hairy ; 

 tube of calyx linear; calycine lobes 5, lanceolate, acute ; capsule 

 cylindrical, 5-ribbed ; seeds subtriangular. 7/ • B. S. Native 



prim, esseq. 173. Flowers small, yellow, octandrous, solitary 

 in the axils of the leaves. Capsule elongated, tetragonal. 



^cuminfitfec^-leaved Jussiaea. *; PL ascending. 



24 J. MNiFOLiA (Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 32.) herbaceous, erect, 



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Very like /. repens, but differs in the leaves being oblong, not ceous, ascending, erectish, nearly simple, glabrous ; leaves on 

 obovate, in the calyx being glabrous, not villous, and in the pe- short petioles, broad-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends; flowers ^ 



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