72 ONAGRARIEjE. 



2. JUSSIiEA, L. 



Calyx-tube obtuse-angled-cylindrical (or prismatical-obovate), as long as the ovary: limb 

 4-6-partite. Petals 4-6. Stamens 8-12. Capsule 4-6-celled, opening by destruction 

 of the pericarp, with 8-12 filiform, persistent ribs. Seeds co, minute. — Herbs, growing in 

 swamps or aquatic ; leaves alternate ; flowers single, in the axils, usually yellow. 



* Stem creeping or floating, perennial ; petioles slender. 



4. J. repens, L. Glabrous or villous above ; stem rooting or floating : branches 

 ascending; leaves spathulate-lanceolate or oval, tapering into a slender petiole, quite 

 entire ; flower3 pedicellate ; calyx-lobes 5, lanceolate, acuminate, exceeded by the obovate 

 petals; capsule obtuse-angled-cylindrical (8'"-10'" long), longer than the pedicel, tapering 

 at the base. — Rheede, H. Malab. 2. t. 51. — J. Swartziana, DC. .• the glabrous, or usual West 

 Indian form, but sent also from the East Indies. J. peploides, Kth., Rich. Cub. J. ramulosa, 

 DC. — Leaves 6"', petals 3"'-4'" long; petioles usually shorter than the lamina. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, all coll., in marshes ; [Missouri ! to Valdivia ! and Buenos Ayres ! ; Natal ! ; 

 China ! to East Indies ! ; Australia !]. 



5. J. sedoides, Kth. Glabrous; stem floating, rooting; leaves rhomboid, obtusely 

 serrate beyond the cuneate base : petiole much longer than the lamina ; flowers loug-pedi- 

 cellate; calyx-lobes 4, ovate or ovate-oblong, exceeded by the obovate petals; capsule 

 (4"'-6'" long), clavate, as long as the excrescent calyx-lobes, shorter than its pedicel. — 

 Humb. PL Equin. t. 3 A. — Leaves 4"'-6'" diam. ; petals 4"'-5'" long. — Hab. Jamaica ! : 

 Pd., S. Elizabeth; [Panama!, New Granada, Brazil!]. 



** Stem erect or ascending ; leaves subsessile or shortly petioled, entire or repand. 

 t Capsule obtuse-angled-cylindrical or linear-prismatical. 



6. J. acuminata, Sw. ! Glabrous ; stem erect, slender ; leaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, tapering into a short petiole ; flowers sessile or subsessile ; calyx- 

 lobes 4, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, pointed, as long as the spathulate petals ; capsule 

 (&"'— 8'", rarely 12'" long) shortly tapering at the sessile or very shortly pedicellate base. 

 — Lam. III. t. 280. /. 2. — J. erecta, Lam., L. parfim (non Sw.), DC. y. Plumieriana 

 (exclus. syn. Sw.). J. nubica, Hochst. ! J. linifolia, V. : a form with longer and closely 

 sessile capsules. — Leaves 3"-2", calyx-lobes 2"'-V", pedicels 1"' long, or none. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Sw., March, rare in moist situations ; Antigua !, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 Trinidad !, Sch., Cr. ; [Venezuela !, Guiaua !, Brazil ! ; trop. Africa ! to Madagascar ! ; East 

 Indies!]. 



7- J. decurrens, DC. Glabrous; stem erect, slender ; leaves lanceolate-linear or lan- 

 ceolate, closely sessile : margins decurrent ; flowers shortly pedicellate ; calyx-lobes 4, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the obovate petals ; capsule (6"'-8'" long) narrowly 

 4-winged, shortly tapering into the short pedicel. — J. pterophora, Miq. — Stem narrowly 

 winged by the decurrent leaves ; leaves 3"-2, calyx-lobes 3'", capsule-pedicels 2"'-l'" long. 

 Leaves acuminate from the base, or, if broader, acute. The two glands, occurring on the 

 pedicels, and at the leaf-base, are not always present. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., in 

 swamps ; [United States ! ; Guiana !, equatorial Brazil !]. 



8. J. variabilis, Mey.f Glabrous or pilose ; stem erect, branched, suffrutesceut ; leaves 

 lanceolate, bluutish at the top, gradually tapering towards the subsessile base ; flowers sub- 

 sessile ; calyx-lobes 5 (rarely 4-6), ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly as long as the 

 obovate petals ; capsule (12"'-15"' long), shortly tapering into the short pedicel. — Kth. 

 Nov. Gen. 6. t. 532. — J. pilosa, Kth. J. aflinis, DC. J. pubesccns, L. ? : probably the 

 hairy form. — Leaves 1"~4.", calyx-lobes 2"'-3"', capsule-pedicels l'"-2'" long ; petals in- 

 cluded or shortly exserted, 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al.,at Moneague; Trinidad !, Lockh., 

 Cr. ; [Guadeloupe !, in wet places ; Panama !, Guiana !, Brazil !]. 



9. <J. palustris, Mey. 1 Glabrous or scabrous-puberulous above ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late or lanceolate, tapering into a short petiole ; flowers sliortly pedicellate ; calyx-lobes 4, 

 (rarely 5), ovate-lanceolate, pointed, as long as the obovate-oblong petals ; capsule 

 (1"— 1 a" long), .tapering at the base, 6 times as long as the pedicel, slightly constricted at 



