132 ONAGRACEAE. [Jussiaea. 
to a petiole of 2—3”, scabrous. Flowers between the petioles, single at 
a node and alternate, or several alternately racemose on short foliaceous 
axillary shoots, the pedicels very short and ge bibracteolate. Calyx 
ovoid or fusiform, hispid, 3” long, gibbous at t ase, faintly ribbed, 
the accessory teeth shorter than the small primary ones. Petals 1”, 
purplish. Most of the filaments villous. Stigma minute. Capsule en- 
closed, very thin, 8-seeded. Cotyledons orbicular, emarginate, the sho 
radicle tricuspid. — Grisebach, Fl. W. Ind. p. 270. — C. Balsamona, 
Ch. & Schl. — Mann, Enum. no. 139. 
Probably of eee orgie introduction. Kauai! (Kn.); Oahu! valley of Mauna- 
lua; E. Maui ag — Extends in America from Mexico to Montevideo, also to 
the Galapagos 
Cultivated said this Order: Cuphea platycentra and other species, Lawsonia alba, 
eae arrose Nest salicifolia, Lagerstroemia Indiea (Crape-myrtle) in several 
rieties, L. regin 
Orper XXXUI. ONAGRACEAE. 
Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary, sometimes prolonged above it, the 
limb of 4, 2 or rarely 5 lobes, valvyate in the bud. Petals as many, in- 
serted on the below its lobes, contorted in the bud, or rarely wanting. 
Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals and inserted with them. 
Style simple, or nisehian at the top only into 2 or 4 stigmas. Ovary in- 
ferior, 2- or 4-celled, with several ovules in each cell. Fruit a capsule 
- Seeds without albumen. Embryo straight. — Herbs or shrubs. 
Leaves alternate or opposite, undivided {unless growing under water), 
toothed, without stipules. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves or 
in terminal spikes or racemes. 
A considerable ce _— over the whole world, but in greatest variety in North 
— ol spi on: us species of Fuchsia (which do well only above 1500 ft.) 
aching ; Sine, gabe ss the singular 2-horned fruit of which encloses an 
peers a Makeeg dE cotyledon. 
1. JUSSIAEA, L. 
Calyx-tube not produced above the ovary, the limb divided into 4 or 
rarely 5 segments. Petals as many as lobes of calyx. Stamens twice as 
many. Style often very short, with a 4- to 6-lobed stigma. Capsule 4 
or 5-celled, crowned by the calyx-segments and opening longitudinally 
between the ribs. Seeds numerous, small, without appendage. — Herbs 
ine Lesonimaas leaves. Flowers axillary, solitary, yellow or rarely white. 
1 American species, with a few spread over Polynesia, Asia and Africa. 
Soe — Wight & Arn. Prod. Fl. Ind. Or. I, 336. — A 
erect perennial, often 2—8 ft. high, and hard, almost woody at the ae 
glabrate in our form, but pubescent or hairy in other countries. Leaves 
oblong or lanceolate, 1'/2—3/ long, narrowed to a short petiole. _ 
almost ile. Calyx-tube about 6” long when in flower, the 4 segmen 
