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ONAGRARI*. X. JUSSI/EA. 



as may be seen from the short description of Forskael, and is 

 admitted by Delile, in his H. oegyp. ill. p. 14. without any de- 

 scription. 



Diffuse Jussiaea. PI. diffuse. 



10 J. I-EPLOIDES (II. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 97.) 

 plant shrubby, creeping, glabrous ; leaves oblong-spatulate, ob- 

 tuse, thickish ; flowers on short pedicels, bractless ; tube of calyx 

 slender, somewliat pentagonal ; calycine lobes 5, lanceolate. 



Fj . B. S. Native of New Granada, near Ibague, in humid 

 valleys. Petals not known. 



Peplus-like Jussisea. PI. creeping. 



11 J. PATIBILCB'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) herbaceous, 

 creeping, glabrous ; leaves oblong, or obovate-oblong, acutish, 

 cuneated at the base ; flowers pedicellate, bibracteolate ; tube 

 of calyx slender and angular ; calycine lobes 5, lanceolate, acu- 

 minated ; petals roundish-ovate, twice the length of the calycine 

 lobes. 11 . B. S. Native on the shores of the Pacific, near 

 Patibilca. Flowers yellow. Capsule linear. 



Patibilca Jussiaea. PI. creeping. 



12 J. POLYGONOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 97.) herbaceous, creeping, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, cuneately narrowed at the base ; flowers pedicellate, tube 

 of calyx slender, furnished with 2 bracteoles in the middle; ca- 

 lycine lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute. If.. W. H. Native of 

 New Granada, in marshes and bogs ; and of Mexico, near Ha- 

 cienda la Laguna, in running waters. Flowers yellow. Cap- 

 sule linear. 



Polygonum-like Jussiosa. PI. creeping. 



13 J. FLUVIA'TILIS (Blume, bijdr. p. 1132.) stems herbaceous, 

 terete, glabrous, floating ; leaves obovate-oblong, rounded, some- 

 times retuse ; pedicels bibracteolate ; calycine lobes lanceolate, 

 acuminated, pubescent ; tube of calyx and capsule cylindrical. 

 If.. W. S. Native of Java, in mountain rivulets. Allied to J. 

 repens. 



River Jussiaea. PI. floating. 



14 J. RE'PENS (Lin. mant. p. 381.) plant herbaceous, creep- 

 ing, glabrous ; leaves oblong-obovate, retuse, petiolate ; flowers 

 on longish pedicels, somewhat bicallous at the base ; calyx vil- 

 lous, with a short terete tube, which is attenuated at the base, 

 and 5 lanceolate acute lobes ; petals obovate, twice the length of 

 the calycine segments. If. . W. S. Native of the East Indies, 

 floating in water; in Java, Malabar, Timor, &c. Lin. fl. zeyl. 

 169. Willd. spec. 2. p. 574. exclusive of Swartz's and Browne's 

 synonymes. Rheed. mal 2. t. 51. Cubospermum palustre, Lour, 

 coch. p. 275. J. adscendens, Lin. mant. 09. does not differ from 

 this unless in the pedicels being a little shorter, as will be seen 

 by comparing the descriptions in Rees' cycl. by Smith. Cap- 

 sule terete, an inch long. Flowers white, yellow at the base. 



Creeping Jussisea. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1817. PI. fl. and cr. 



15 J. SWARTZIA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 54.) plant herbaceous, 

 creeping, smooth in every part ; leaves oblong, obtuse, petio- 

 late ; flowers pedicellate, furnished with 2 little scales at the 

 base ; tube of calyx terete, attenuated at the base ; calycine 

 lobes 5, lanceolate, acute, about equal in length to the petals, 

 which are ovate. % . B. S. Native of the West Indies and 

 Brazil, in marshes, bogs, and water. J. repens, Swartz, obs. p. 

 172. Oldenlandia, P. Browne, jam. 208. no. 3. Petals yellow. 

 Very like J. repens, but differs in the leaves being oblong, not 

 obovate, in the calyx being glabrous, not villous, and in the pe- 

 tals being smaller. 



StvarlK's Jussiaea. PI. fl. and cr. 



16 J. URUGUAYE'NSIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 264.) suffruti- 

 cose, hairy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, mucronulate, quite 

 entire, hairy ; the mucrone glandular at the apex ; calyx hairy ; 

 tube of calyx linear ; calycine lobes 5, lanceolate, acute ; capsule 

 cylindrical, 5-ribbed ; seeds subtriangular. If. . B. S. Native 



of Brazil, in the province of Cisplatine, in the mud cast out by 

 the river Uruguay, in that part of the province called Salto- 

 grande. Petals yellow, obovate, emarginate. 

 Uruguay Jussisea. PI. li foot. 



17 J. RAMULOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 54.) plant herbaceous, 

 creeping ; stem puberulous, much branched ; branches pubes- 

 cent, leafy ; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers on 

 short pedicels, somewhat bicallous at the base ; tube of calyx 

 cylindrical, glabrous ; calycine lobes 5, lanceolate, acute, about 

 equal in length to the petals. I/ . B. S. Native of Cuba. 

 Flowers of a shining yellow. Capsules twice the length of the 

 leaves, terete, tapering to the base. 



Branched Jussiaea. PI. cr. 



18 J. FLtniANs; leaves roundish-spatulate ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, very long, solitary, 1-flowered; flowers decandrous? 1J. . 

 W. S. Native of Maranham, floating in rivulets. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Floating Jussiaea. PI. fl. 



* * Flowers with a 4-clcft (f. 98. a.) calyx, 4 petals (f. 98. d.), 

 and S stamens. 



19 J. INCLINA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 577.) erect, glabrous, 

 rooting at the base ; leaves petiolate, obovate, obtuse ; peduncles 

 1-flowered, a little longer than the petioles ; calycine lobes ovate, 

 smaller than the petals. () B. S. Native of Surinam, in 

 marshes. J. erecta, Lin. amoen. 8. p. 256. but not of his spec. 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 330. Petals yellow. Perhaps only an octan- 

 drous variety of J. repens or J. Swartziana. 



/ncfea/e-stemmed Jussiaaa. PI. 1 ft. 



20 J. NA'TANS (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 1. p. 16. t. 3. /3.) 

 herbaceous, glabrous, floating, supported in the water by a blad- 

 der and large white spongy roots, which issue from the ramifica- 

 tions ; leaves petiolate, nearly orbicular, quite entire or toothed ; 

 flowers pedunculate'; lobes of calyx 4-5 acute, shorter than the 

 petals, which are ovate. If. . W. S. Native of New Granada, 

 near Mompox, in pools near the river Magdalena. H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 99. Flowers white, yellow at the 

 base, octandrons, and decandrous. Capsule cuneated. 



Nalant Jussiaea. PL fl. 



21 J. SEDOIDES (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 1. p. 13. t. 3.) 

 herbaceous, floating, rooting ; leaves on long petioles, disposed 

 in stellate tufts, ovate-rhomboid, obtuse, dentately crenated, 

 clothed with adpressed down beneath ; flowers pedicellate, almost 

 bractless ; lobes of calyx ovate- oblong, acute ; petals roundish- 

 obovate, longer than the lobes of the calyx. %. W. S. Native 

 of New Granada, in stagnant water between Guadua and Ibague. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 98. Flowers yellow. 

 Capsule linear-clavate. 



Stonecrop-like Jussiaea. PI. floating. 



22 J. SUBACAU'LIS (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 304.) herba- 

 ceous, creeping, glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, repandly 

 toothed ; flowers pedicellate ; petals obovate ; alternate filaments 

 very short. If.. B. F. Native of North America, on the banks 

 of the Missouri. Flowers small, yellow, octandrous, solitary in 

 the axils of the leaves. 



Stemless Jussisea. PI. creeping. 



23 J. ACUMINA'TA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 745.) plants herba- 

 ceous, ascending, erectish, nearly simple, glabrous ; leaves on 

 short petioles, broad-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends ; flowers 

 on short pedicels, bractless ; lobes of calyx ovate-lanceolate ; 

 petals acute, spreading. Q. B. H. Native of the south of Ja- 

 maica, in low places, and in the island of Arowabisch, ex Meyer, 

 prim, esseq. 173. Flowers small, yellow, octandrous, solitary 

 in the axils of the leaves. Capsule elongated, tetragonal. 



Acuminated-leaved Jussiaea. PI. ascending. 



24 J. LINIFOUA (Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 32.) herbaceous, erect, 



