348 JAMESIA 



Jamesia Torr. et Gray. Saxifragaceae (in), i Rocky Mis. 

 Jamesonia Hook, et Grev. Polypodiaceae. 15 trop. Am. 

 Jamestown weed (Am.), Datura Stramonium L. 

 Janatsi, Debregeasia edulis Wedd. 

 Janipha H. B. et K. = Manihot Adans. (Euphorb.). 

 Jansenia Barb. Rodr. Orchidaceae (n. 19). i Brazil. 

 Jansonia Kippist. Leguminosae (in. 2). i W. Austr. 

 Janusia A. Juss. Malpighiaceae (i). 10 warm Am. 

 Japan, Japanese, Aralia, Fatsia - cedar, Cryptomeria japonica D. 

 Don ; - climbing fern, Lygodium ; - cloves, Lespedeza; - lacquer, Rhus 

 vernidfera DC.; - laurel, Aucuba japonica Thunb. ; - lilac, Syringa 

 amurensis Rupr.; - pepper, Zanthoxyluni piperitum DC.; - snow- 

 flower, Detitzia ; - wax, Rhus succcdanaa L. 

 Japarandiba Adans. (Gustavia L.). Lecythidaceae. 20 trop. Am., 



W.I. 



Jaracatia Marcgr. ex Endl. Caricaceae. 6 trop. Am. and Afr. 

 Jarosse, Lathy rus sativus L. 

 Jarrah, Eucalyptus marginata Sm. 

 Jarul, Lagerstroemia Flos-reginae Retz. (India, Ceylon). 

 Jasione L. Campanulaceae (i). 5 Medit., Eur. J. Montana L. (sheep's- 

 bit scabious), in Brit. The fl. affords like Phyteuma, but in a slightly 

 different way an intermediate step between Campanula and the 

 Compositae, in the floral mechanism. The tube is formed by the 

 anthers, which cohere at their base, while the petals spread put as 

 soon as the bud opens. 

 Jasminaceae ( Warming) = Oleaceae p.p. 



Jasmine, Jasminum ; bastard - (W.I.), Oestrum ; - box, Phillyrea; 

 Cape-, Gardenia; Carolina -, Gelsemiiim ; French- (W.I.), Calotropis; 

 - tree (W.I.), Plumieria. 



Jasminum (Tourn.) L. Oleaceae. 170 trop. and subtrop. Erect or 

 twining shrubs, often cult. perf. fls. (jasmine). The fr. is vertically 

 constricted into two lobes. 

 Jasonia Cass. Compositae (4). 2 Medit. 

 Jateorhiza Miers. Menispermaceae. 2 trop. Afr. J. Columba Miers 



(J. palmata Miers) furnishes Radix Columba, used as a tonic. 

 Jatropha L. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 3). 160 trop. and subtrop. 

 J. podagnca Hook, is a xero. with egg-shaped swollen stem, consisting 

 mainly of water-storing tissue ; the 1. fall in the dry season. The axis 

 of the infl. is red, as well as the fls. The first branches of the 

 dichasium end in ? , the later in 3 fls. (cf. Begonia). 

 Jatrorrhiza Prantl= Jateorhiza Miers (Menisp.). 

 Jaumea Pers. Compositae (6). 8 Am. 

 Jaundea Gilg. Connaraceae. i Cameroons. 

 Java almond, Canarium commune L. 

 Jeffersonia Bart. Berberidaceae. 2 N. Am., E. As. 

 Jehlia Rose (Lopezia p.p.). Onagraceae (2). 3 Mexico, C. Am. 

 Jenkinsonia Sweet = Pelargonium L'Herit. p.p. (Geran.). 

 Jenmania Rolfe (Rolfca Zahlbr.). Orchid, (n. 7). i Guiana, W.I. 

 Jepsonia Small (Saxifraga p.p.). Saxifragaceae (i). 3 S. Calif. 

 Jerdonia Wight. Gesneriaceae (i). r S. India. 

 Jericho, rose of, Anastatica hierochuntina L. 



