ONAGRARI.E. X. Jusslea. 



695 



capsule 

 Indies. 



cylindrical, pubescent, slender. — Native 



Ludwigia perennis, Burm. fl. ind. 37. J. sufFruticosa, 



of the East species differs from the preceding in /he pedicels being fur- 



Lin, spec. 553. ? Blume, bijdr. p. 11 33. Upper leaves alternate. 

 Petals obovate, emarginate, flabellately pinnate, a little longer 

 than the calyx. Filaments villous at the base.. Allied to /. 



villbsa, 



. Burmann's Jussiaea. PL 1 ft, 



51 J. viLLOSA (Lam, diet. 3. p. 331.) stem suffruticose, vil- 

 lous ; leaves almost sessile, lanceolate, rather villous on both 



surfaces 



nished with two caducous foliaceous linear bracteas, but perhaps 

 only a variety. 



Long-fruited Jussiaea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



57 J. parvifl6ra (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 263.) suffruticose ; 

 branches downy, and rather angular at the apex ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, quite entire, rather scabrous ; flowers almost 

 sessile ; calyx pubcrulous, with a narrow tetragonal tube, and 

 lanceolate acute lobes ; petals obovate, equal in length to the 



cylindrical. 



flowers sessile ; calyx villous ; lobes lanceolate ; tube lobes of the calyx, pale yellow ; capsule linear, 8-ribbed ; seeds 



12 . B. S. Native of the East Indies and the Island 

 of Timor. J. exaltata, Roxb. hort, beng, 33. Hamilt. in Lin. 

 trans. 14. p. 303. Andr. bot. rep. 621.— Rheed. mal. 2. t. 50. 

 but the capsule is^ilated at the apex in the figure of Rheede, 

 not cylindrical. 



The nerves of the capsule are 8, filiform and 

 permanent, as well as in the two following species. 

 Villous Jussiaea. Pi. 1|. ft. 



52 J. octone'rvia (Lam. diet. 3. p. 332.) herbaceous, erect, 

 glabrous ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated ; flow 

 sue; lobes of calyx lanceolate, acute; tube cylindrical, 8-nerved, 

 striated, shorter than the floral leaves ; petals obovate, emargi- 



B. S. Native of the 



roundish, bilocular. Tj , B. S. Native of Brazil, in tliat part 

 of the province of Minas Geraes called Minas Novas, in sand on 

 the banks of the river Jiquitinhonha, also in marshes. Petalir 

 pale yellow. 



Small'JloTvered Jussiaea. Sh. 2 ft. 



58 J. SERi^cEA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 560.) suffruticose, 



branched ; branches angular at the apex, and densely clothed 



with yellowish pili ; leaves lanceolate, acute, quite entire, clothed 



ses- with silky tomentum on both surfaces ; flowers pedicellate ; 



calyx clothed with silky pili, with an obconical 4 -ribbed tube, 

 and lanceolate acute lobes; petals obcordate. \i . B. S. Native 



nate, exceeding the calycine lobes. ^ . ^. ^. . 



West Indies, in humid or watery places- CEnothera octovalvis, 

 Jacq. amer. 102. t. 70. exclusive of the synonyme of Plum. 

 Lam. ill. t. 280. f. 1. Flowers yellow. 



Eight-nerved-c^\yxeA Jussiaea. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



53 J. ocTOFiLA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 57.) herbaceous, erect, 

 downy ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated ; flowers on short pedi- clothed with grey tomentum beneath ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx 



of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. Petals yellow. 



Silky Jussisea. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



59 J. TOMENTosA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 254.) shrubby, a 

 little branched ; branches angular at the apex, and densely 

 clothed with brownish tomentum ; leaves obovate or elliptic, 

 mucronulate, dentately serrated, pilose above, but densely 



eels, furnished with 2 bracteoles at the top of the pedicel, or on hairy, with an obconical obsoletely 5-furrowed tube, and lanceo- 

 j . ^l^^be ; lobes of calyx ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved ; tube cylin- late acute segments ; petals obovate, slightly emarginate ; cap- 

 sule obconical ; seeds elliptic, 1-celled. ^2 . B. S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, near the town of Para- 



^"^^% ohconical, 8-nerved, attenuated at the base. — Native of 



the West Indies and Mexico, in watery places. Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t' 175. f. 1. ' 



J. octovalvis, Swartz, obs. 142. The 8 nerves of catu. Flowers yellow, crowded at the tops of the branches. 



the capsule are permanent and filiform. This species differs 

 jrom the preceding in being downy, not glabrous, in the capsule 

 heing attenuated at the base, not cylindrical, in the flowers being 

 pedicellate, not sessile, and furnished with two bracteas, not 

 naked. Petals obovate, longer than the calyx. 



E^ght'threaded Jussiaea. PI. 1^ ft. 



54 J. scABRA (Willd. erium. 1. p. 449.) stem suffruticose at 

 the base, hairy ; branches angular at the apex ; leaves oblong, 

 acute, quite entire, hairy ; flowers almost sessile ; calyx hairy, 

 ^m a linear tetragonal tube, and lanceolate acute lobes ; petals 

 obovate, 3 times the length of the calyx ; capsule linear, 8-rib- 

 ^i seeds roundish, 2-celled. 12 . B. S. Native of Brazil, in 

 J ^^ Province of Rio Janeiro, at the river Parahyba near Uba. 

 J;nirta, Lam. diet. 3. p. 331. but not of VahL— J. Marcgravii, D. 

 ^' prod. 3. p. 58.— Camaranbaia, Marcgr. bras. p. 30. with a 



Scabrous Jussieea. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1816. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



55 



lea 



J* hi'rta (Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 31.) shrubby, erect, hairy; 

 ves on very short petioles, lanceolate, attenuated, hairy be- 

 "^ath ; pedicels bractless, shorter than the ovarium ; lobes of 

 caljrx ovate, acute, 5-7-nerved at the base; tube obconical, 4- 

 |*erved ; petals obovate, longer than the calyx, fj . B. S. Na- 

 *!^^f South America. (Enothera hirta, Lin. spec. 491. 



^d-Burm. t. 174. f. 2. 



-_.-.„ „. Flowers yellow. 



^^iry Jussiaea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. 



Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



P 



J6 J. macroca'rpa (H."^B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6 

 ^2. t. 533.) suffruticose, erect; stem and branches villous; 

 ^*^*es oblong, acuminated, narrowed at the base, clothed with 

 ^pressed hairs on both surfaces ; pedicels length of the ova- 

 ^^, bibracteolate at the apes; ; lobes of calyx ovate, acute, 5- 

 ^nerved ; tube cylindrically oblong, attenuated at the base, ob- 

 ^Jcal ; petals obovate, longer than the calyx. 1^ . B. S. Na- 

 'e of New, Granada, in humid places near Guadua. This 



In the character the calyx is said to be 4-cleft, but in the de- 

 scription 5-cleft ; the last is most probably correct, as the stamens 

 are said to be 10 ; if such be the case the plant should have been 

 ranged in the first section. 



Tomentose Jussiaea. Sh. 3 ft. 



GO J. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 102.) 

 herbaceous? erect ; branches villous; leaves ovate, acute at the 

 base and apex, hairy on both surfaces, soft beneath ; pedicels 

 villous ; calyx villous ; lobes ovate, acute ; tube obovate. l^ . B, S. 

 Native of Cumana, in humid places. Petals and stamens unknown. 



Soft Jussiaea. PI. 1 ft. 



61 J. VELUTiNA ; herbaceous, erect, branched, downy; leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends ; flowers on short 

 pedicels, almost sessile. If. B. S. Native of Guinea, in the 

 Island of St. Thomas, in marshes and on rivers' banks. Flowers 

 yellow, middle-sized. 



Velvety Jussisea. PI. 1^ ft. 



62 J. FRUTicbsA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 57.) stem shrubby, much 

 branched ; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, alternate, hairy ; 

 flowers pedicellate. 1? . B. S. Native of Cochin-china, in cul- 

 tivated fields. CEnothera fruticosa, Lour, cocli. p. 226. Flowers 

 yellow. Calyx columnar, crowned by the calyx. Seed naked. 



Plum. This plant is referred by Sprengel to J. suffruticosa of Lin. but 



that species is hardly known. 

 Shrubby J assiaea. Sh. 6 feet. 



63 J. SUFFRUTICOSA (Liu. spec. 555.) erect, villous ; flowers 

 pedicellate, octandrous. If . B. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 The synonymes attached to this species by Linnaeus are perfectly 



erroneous. 



Suffruticose Jussiaea., FL Aug. Sep. 



Clt. 1808. PI. U ft. 



1 



-f Species hardly known 



64 J,.uiRSu'xA (Mill. diet. no. 5.) stem erect, simple, hairy; 



