Jussicea.] LXi. onagrace^. 827 



(i) J. repens 

 (2) J. sufEruticosa 



Aquatic floating plant ; flowers white, centre yellow 

 Terrestrial erect herbs ; flowers yellow. 



Petals much shorter than sepals, small, rhomboid 

 Petals large obovate clawed. 



Plant nearly glabrous; corolla i'25 in. wide 



fruit narrow, cylindric 

 Plant hairy. 



Corolla "75 in. wide; fruit thick cylindric 

 Corolla 3 in. wide ; fruit obconic, woolly . 



(3) J. erecta 



(4) J. villosa 



(5) J. speciosa 



(i) J. repens Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 169 ; S-p. PL 555 ; Clarke, in Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, ii. 587; Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 200, t. 40. 



A creeping or floating plant. Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, 

 narrowed to the petiole 1-5 to 3 in. long, -2 to -5 in. wide, glabrous. 

 Pedicels -5 to i in. long. Ovary as long. Flower i in. across. 

 Petals white yellow at base, very caducous. Capsule -5 to 1-5 in. 

 long, linear cylindric. Seeds quadrate, raphe corky. Hah. Ponds 

 and ditches. Common. Singapore, Tanglin ; Serangoon Road, 

 Pahang, Pekan. Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. Penang. 

 Bagian Jemmal (Curtis) ; Patalung (Gwynne-Vaughan). Kelantan, 

 Kota Bharu. Distrih. Whole tropics. 



(2) J. suffruticosa Linn. Sp. PI. 555 {not of other botanists). 

 J. fissendocarpa Haines, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xv. 1919, p. 313. 



Erect branched glabrous herb, i to 2 ft. tall. Branches slender 

 winged. Leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends, thin mem- 

 branous, '5 to 3 in. long, -25 to -5 in. wide ; petioles slender winged 

 nearly to base. Pedicel and ovary -5 in. long. Sepals 4, very 

 narrow lanceolate acuminate -i in. long. Petals shorter, -i in. 

 long or less, rhomboid, base narrowed. Fruit cylindric, -75 in. 

 long, -I in. through. Seeds in upper part ellipsoid, smooth, pale, 

 in middle larger slightly corky, at base oblong, corky with a groove 

 on one side, much larger. Hab. Damp spots by runnels and 

 ditches. Singapore, Tanglin, etc., very common, to Kelantan, 

 Chaning. Penang (Curtis). Distrih. India, Siam, Christmas 

 Islands, Philippines. 



(3) J. erecta Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 170; Sp. PI. 556 {excluding the 

 S. American plants). J. angustifolia Lam. Diet. iii. 331; III. t. 

 280, fig. 3. J. Blumeana DC. Prodr. iii. 55. J. Junghuhnii Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. i. (i), 627. J. suffruticosa of Clarke and other botanists, 

 not of LinncBus. 



Herb i to 3 ft. tall, glabrous or sparsely hairy especially on 

 the young parts, fairly stout. Stem angled or slightly winged, 

 simply branched. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, long, narrowed 

 to the base; nerves ascending, 14 pairs slightly elevate beneath 

 and usually sparsely hairy 2 to 4 in. long, -25 to i in. wide. Ovary 

 and pedicel -5 in. long. Sepals 4, ovate acuminate -12 to -2 in. long 

 and increasing to -3 in fruit ; nerves prominent, 3, hairy. Corolla 

 I in. across; petals obovate slightly emarginate clawed. Fruit 

 oblong, obcuneate glabrous, broadest above, narrowed to base, 75 



