ONAGRARI^. X. Jussi^a. 



693 



glabrous ; branches spreading, compressed, angular ; leaves 

 almost sessile, linear-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends ; flowers 



almost sessile ; lobes of calyx lanceolate, attenuated. 

 Native of South America. Flowers 



O.B. S. 



ovate-oblong, length of the calyx. 



yellow. Specimens ga- 

 thered about Demerara, in marshes, agree with the description of 

 Vahl, except in the leaves being more lanceolate, in the capsule 

 being 8-10 lines long, not an inch, and in the petals being ob- 



The specimens we have col- 

 lected ourselves in Trinidad, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and about 

 tl^e Havannah, as also in Brazil, agree perfectly with the plant 

 described by Vahl. 



Fax-leaved Jussiaea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 ft. 



25 J. ere'cta (Lin. spec. 556, exclusive of syn, of Rumph. 

 and fl. zeyl.) herbaceous, erect, glabrous, branched ; stems nearly 

 terete ; branches rather angular ; leaves on short petioles, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated at both ends ; flowers sessile, bractless ; 

 lobes of calyx acuminated, about equal in length to the petals, 

 which are obovate ; capsule cylindrically tetragonal, constricted 

 under the limb of the calyx. ^ . B. S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, and all the West India islands, common. Gaertn. fruct. 

 159. t. 31. Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 8. exclusive of the synonyme 

 of Rheede. Perhaps two plants are confused under the name 

 of J.erecta. Perhaps J, ramosa of Jacq. in Rchb. hort. hot. 1. 

 t.75. is distinct from this. 



Var, a, Sebana (D. C. prod. 3. p. 55.) leaves broad-lanceo- 

 late, much longer than the capsules. — Native about Demerara. — 

 Seb. thes. 1. t. 26.f. 3. 



Var, /3, Plumeriana (D. C. 1. c.) leaves narrow-lanceolate, 



branous, glabrous; flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate; lobes 

 of calyx acute, longer than the petals. ©. B. S. Native of 

 Guinea, in the Island of St. Thomas, in bogs and by the sides of 

 rivers. Petals small, yellow. Sepals 4 or 5. 

 Hyssop-leaved }{x^%\st^, PI. 1 ft. 



31 J. TETRAGONA (Sj)reng. syst. 2. p. 231.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, simple, tetragonal ; leaves alternate, almost sessile, linear- 

 lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous ; stigma quadrifid ; capsule 

 subcylindrical. 0. W. S. Native of China and Cochin-china, 

 in water. Epilobium tetragonum, Lour. coch. p. 225. exclusive 

 of the synonymcs. The seeds being naked, and the flowers 

 yellow, indicate that it is not a species of Ep'dbbinviy and the 

 stigma being qnadrifid indicates its being a species of CEno- 

 tliera according to Jussicu. 



Teiragonal-^iQVc\mc(}i Jussisea. 



32 J. ALA^TA : 



PI. 2 feet. 



PI. 1 ft. 



twice the length of the capsules, 

 sessiliflora "' 



stem erect, branched, quadrangular ; angles 



wnnged ; leaves lanceolate ; flowers pedicellate ; lobes of calyx 



4. 0. B. S. Native of Maranham, in boggy places. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Winged-^\.^mQX\Qi[ Jussiaea. 



SS J. ANGUSTiFoLiA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 331. ill. t. 280. f. 3.) 

 herbaceous, erect, glabrous ; leaves nearly sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late, tapering to both ends ; flowers on very short pedicels ; 

 lobes of calyx acuminated ; tube cylindrical and elongated. ©. 

 B. S. Native of Java and the Moluccas. — Rumph. amb. (5. t. 

 21. f. 1, Petals yellow, obovate, hardly longer than the calyx. 

 There is a species which we have gathered in bogs in Maran- 

 ham, and in the province of Bahia, which agrees in almost every 



Native of the West Indies. J. particular with this plant, unless that the leaves are more linear, 



Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. is probably refer- 



nble to this plant. J. Onagra, Mill. diet. no. 4. J. erecta, 



Swartz, obs. 173. Lam. ill. t. 280. f. 2.— Plum. ed. Burm. t. 

 175. f. 2. 



Erect Jussi^a. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1739. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



26 



J. Blumea^na (D. C. prod, 3. p. 55,') stem suffruticose, beneath 



erect, striated, puberulous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, rather pu- 

 berulous ; flowers almost sessile ; calycine lobes oblong-lanceo- 

 late, ciliated ; capsule cuneate-oblong, pubeiulous, about equal 

 >n length to the leaves. ^ . B. S. Native of Java. J. angus- 

 tiiolia, Blum, bijdr. p. 1132. but not of Lam. Flowers yellow, 

 oaid to be nearly allied to /. erecta. There is also a variety of 

 this plant with narrow leaves, which are crowded at the tops of 

 Ae branches. 



-B/wjne*5 Jussisea. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



J. ALTi'ssiMA (Perr. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 55.) her- 



stem angular under the 



and the flowers perfectly sessile. 

 Narrow-leaved i\\%s\£Q<i. PI. 1 ft. 



34 J. sALiciFOLiA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 99. 

 t. 530.) herbaceous, erect, glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, 

 linear, elongated, acuminated, glabrous, puberulous on the nerve 



flowers on short pedicels ; lobes of calyx ovate; tube 



B. S. Native of- 



elongated, cylindrical, rather angular. %. 



New Spain, about Guadua. Flowers yellow, octandrous, and 



decandrous. 



lift. 



WllloTv 'leaved Jussiaea. PI. 



35 J. frute'scens (Jacq. fil. sem. hort. vind. 1821.) erect, 

 glabrous, suffrutescent at the base; branches and nerves of 

 leaves clothed with adpressed pubescence ; leaves almost sessile, 

 lanceolate-linear, glandularly subcrenated ; flowers on short pe- 



Z7 



baceous, erect, glabrous, branched; 

 tranches ; leaves sessile, linear-lancec 



'iOWPra nlrmr^of n^^finClr^ TtHAn4-1>^r>ri . ly-^Vvir 



dicels ; 



tube cylindrical, 



known. At the 



lobes of calyx ovate, acute, pubescent on the outside ; 



B. S. Native country un- 



8 -fur rowed. ^ 



base of the leaves there are sessile glands in 



lanceolate, tapering to both ends ; place of stipulas. Flowers yellow. 



ShrubbT/'Jussisca. Fl. April. Aug. Clt. 1824.^ Sh. 1^ ft. 



36 J. LONGiFOLiA (D. C. rapp. pi. rar. 1822. in mem. soc. 



gen. 2, p. 2. p. 141. pi. rar. hort. gen, 1. p. 12. t. 4.) sufl^ruti- 



cose, twiggy, glabrous ; stems 3-4-angled ; leaves nearly sessile, 



hnear-lanceolate, very long and acute, smoothish, furnished with 



flowers sessile, oc- small glands at the margins beneath ; flowers solitary, pcdicel- 



cap7uir 4 -anii^^^^ Q. B. F- ' Native of Eastern late, bibracteate at the base ; calyx smoothish, with acute lobes, 



° * and a triangular tube ; petals obovate, exceeding the lobes of the 



calyx; capsule clavate, 4-ribbed ; seeds 1 -celled. ^ . B. S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Janeiro, on the banks of 

 the river Parahyba; and in the province of St. Paul near Fauxina, 



ers almost sessile, bractless ; lobes of calyx acuminated, 3- 

 5,^rved, exceeding the petals. ^ . B. S. Native of Senegal. 

 Capsule tetragonal, 7-9 lines long. 



Tallest Jussisea. PL 3 to 4 feet. 



28 J. TENuiF6LiA(Nutt. in Sillim. journ. amer. 1822. p. 294.) 

 J^^aves sessile, linear, glabrous, remote, few • <^r.^^r<z qpssHp. nn. 



PI. 1 ft. 



^ndrous ; 

 Florida. 



Fine-leaved Jussiaea. 



29 J. LiNEA^Ris (Willd. spec. 2. p. 575.) stem erect, branched, 

 snioothish ; leaves linear, sessile, and are, as well as the branch- 

 '^«-s, rather hispid ; flowers sessile ; lobes of calyx linear, acut- 

 ^h ; tube cylindrical, slender and elongated. 0. B. S. Native 

 ^* Guinea. Flowers small. Stem hard, woody, slender. Hairs 

 ^n leaves short, scattered. Capsule puberulous when examined 

 ^^der a lens, 8-9 lines long, one-half shorter than the leaves. 



^«near-leaved Jussiaea. PJ. 1 ft. 



30 J. HYssopiFOLiA ; herbaceous, erect ; stems and branches 

 ■^gular, glabrous ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, almost entire, mera- 



Flowers yellow. 

 Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



in marshes. Rchb. hort. hot. 1. t. 57. 



Long-leaved Jussiaea. Fl. June, July. 



37 J. Palmite'nsis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 261. t. 133.) 

 shrubby; branches terete, glabrous; leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 quite entire, glabrous above, but pubescent on the nerves be- 

 neath ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx puberulous, with acute lan- 

 ceolate lobes, and a triangular tube ; petals obovate, 3 times the 



length of the calyx; capsule clavate; seeds oblong, 1 -celled. 



