ONAGRARIJE. X. JUSSLEA. 



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glabrous ; branches spreading, compressed, angular ; leaves 

 almost sessile, linear-lanceolate, acuminated at botb ends ; flowers 

 almost sessile ; lobes of calyx lanceolate, attenuated. O- B. S. 

 Native of South America. Flowers yellow. Specimens ga- 

 thered about Demerara, in marshes, agree with the description of 

 \ alii, except in the leaves being more lanceolate, in the capsule 

 being 8-10 lines long, not an inch, and in the petals being ob- 

 t> vat e -oblong, length of the calyx. The specimens we have col- 

 lected ourselves in Trinidad, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and about 

 the Havannah, as also in Brazil, agree perfectly with the plant 

 described by Vahl. 



Fax-leaved Jussiaa. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 ft. 



25 J. ERE'CTA (Lin. spec. 556. exclusive of syn. of Rumph. 

 and fl. zeyl.) herbaceous, erect, glabrous, branched ; stems nearly 

 terete ; branches rather angular ; leaves on short petioles, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated at both ends ; flowers sessile, bractless ; 

 lobes, of calyx acuminated, about equal in length to the petals, 

 which are obovate ; capsule cylindrically tetragonal, constricted 

 under the limb of the calyx. <J . B. S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, and all the West India islands, common. Gsertn. fruct. 

 159. t. 31. Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 8. exclusive of the synonyme 

 of Rheede. Perhaps two plants are confused under the name 

 of J.crecla. Perhaps J. ramosa of Jacq. in Rchb. hort. bot. 1. 

 t. 75. is distinct from this. 



Far. a, Sebana (D. C. prod. 3. p. 55.) leaves broad-lanceo- 

 late, much longer than the capsules. Native about Demerara. 

 Seb. thes. 1. t. 26, f. 3. 



Var. /3, Plumeriana (D. C. 1. c.) leaves narrow-lanceolate, 

 twice the length of the capsules. Native of the West Indies. J. 

 sessiliflora, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. is probably refer- 

 rible to tins plant. J. Onagra, Mill. diet. no. 4. J. erecta, 

 Swartz, obs. 173. Lam. ill. t. 280. f. 2. Plum. ud. Burm. t. 

 175. f. 2. 



Erect Jussiaea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1739. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



26 J. BLUMEA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 55.) stem suffruticose, 

 erect, striated, puberulous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, rather pu- 

 berulous ; flowers almost sessile ; calycine lobes oblong-lanceo- 

 late, ciliated ; capsule cuneate-oblong, puberulous, about equal 

 in length to the leaves. $ . B. S. Native of Java. J. angus- 

 tifolia, Blum, bijdr. p. 1132. but not of Lam. Flowers yellow. 

 Said to be nearly allied to J. erecta. There is also a variety of 

 this plant with narrow leaves, which are crowded at the tops of 

 the branches. 



Blame's Jussiaea. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



27 J. ALTI'SSIMA (Perr. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 55.) her- 

 baceous, erect, glabrous, branched ; stem angular under the 

 branches ; leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, tapering to both ends ; 

 flowers almost sessile, bractless ; lobes of calyx acuminated, 3- 

 nerved, exceeding the petals. $ . B. S. Native of Senegal. 

 Capsule tetragonal, 7-9 lines long. 



Tallest Jussicea. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



28 J. TENUIFOLIA (Nutt. in Sillim. journ. amer. 1 822. p. 294.) 

 leaves sessile, linear, glabrous, remote, few ; flowers sessile, oc- 

 tandrous ; capsule 4-angled. Q. B. F. Native of Eastern 

 Florida. 



Fine-leaved Jussiaea. PL 1 ft. 



29 J. LINEA'RIS (Willd. spec. 2. p. 575.) stem erect, branched, 

 smoothish ; leaves linear, sessile, and are, as well as the branch- 

 lets, rather hispid ; flowers sessile ; lobes of calyx linear, acut- 

 ish ; tube cylindrical, slender and elongated. Q. B. S. Native 

 of Guinea. Flowers small. Stem hard, woody, slender. Hairs 

 on leaves short, scattered. Capsule puberulous when examined 

 under a lens, 8-9 lines long, one-half shorter than the leaves. 



.Linear-leaved Jussiaea. PI. 1 ft. 



30 J. HYSsopii'ouA ; herbaceous, erect ; stems and branches 

 angular, glabrous ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, almost entire, mem- 



branous, glabrous ; flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate ; lobes 

 of calyx acute, longer than the petals. O- B. S. Native of 

 Guinea, in the Island of St. Thomas, in bogs and by the sides of 

 rivers. Petals small, yellow. Sepals 4 or 5. 

 Hyssop-leaced Jussirca. PI. 1 ft. 



31 J. TETRAGONA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 231.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, simple, tetragonal ; leaves alternate, almost sessile, linear- 

 lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous ; stigma quadrifid ; capsule 

 subcylindrical. O- W. S. Native of China and Cochin-china, 

 in water. Epilobium tetragonum, Lour. coch. p. 225. exclusive 

 of the synonymes. The seeds being naked, and the flowers 

 yellow, indicate that it is not a species of Epilobium, and the 

 stigma being quadrifid indicates its being a species of CEno- 

 thera according to Jussieu. 



Tetragona /-stemmed Jussiaea. PI. 2 feet. 



32 J. ALA^TA ; stem erect, branched, quadrangular ; angles 

 winged; leaves lanceolate ; flowers pedicellate ; lobes of calyx 

 4. 0. B. S. Native of Maranham, in boggy places. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Hlnged-stamened Jussiaea. PL 1 ft. 



33 J. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 331. ill. t. 280. f. 3.) 

 herbaceous, erect, glabrous ; leaves nearly sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late, tapering to both ends ; flowers on very short pedicels ; 

 lobes of calyx acuminated ; tube cylindrical and elongated. O- 

 B. S. Native of Java and the Moluccas. Rumph. amb. 6. t. 

 21. f. 1. Petals yellow, obovate, hardly longer than the calyx. 

 There is a species which we have gathered in bogs in Maran- 

 ham, and in the province of Bahia, which agrees in almost every 

 particular with this plant, unless that the leaves are more linear, 

 and the flowers perfectly sessile. 



Narrow-leaved Jussiaea. PL 1 ft. 



34 J. SALICIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 99. 

 t. 530.) herbaceous, erect, glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, 

 linear, elongated, acuminated, glabrous, puberulous on the nerve 

 beneath; flowers on short pedicels ; lobes of calyx ovate ; tube 

 elongated, cylindrical, rather angular. I/ . B. S. Native of 

 New Spain, about Guadua. Flowers yellow, octandrous, and 

 decandrous. 



Willow- leaved Jussiaea. PL 1^ ft. 



35 J. FRUTE'SCENS (Jacq. fil. sem. hort. vind. 1821.) erect, 

 glabrous, suffrutescent at the base ; branches and nerves of 

 leaves clothed with adpressed pubescence ; leaves almost sessile, 

 lanceolate-linear, glandularly subcrenated ; flowers on short pe- 

 dicels ; lobes of calyx ovate, acute, pubescent on the outside ; 

 tube cylindrical, 8-furrowed. Jj . B. S. Native country un- 

 known. At the base of the leaves there are sessile glands in 

 place of stipulas. Flowers yellow. 



Shrubby Jussiaea. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1824. Sh. l| ft. 



36 J. LONGIFOLIA (D. C. rapp. pi. rar. 1822. in mem. soc. 

 gen. 2. p. 2. p. 141. pi. rar. hort. gen. 1. p. 12. t. 4.) suffruti- 

 cose, twiggy, glabrous ; stems 3-4-angled ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 linear-lanceolate, very long and acute, smoothish, furnished with 

 small glands at the margins beneath ; flowers solitary, pedicel- 

 late, bibractcate at the base ; calyx smoothish, with acute lobes, 

 and a triangular tube ; petals obovate, exceeding the lobes of the 

 calyx; capsule clavate, 4-ribbed ; seeds 1-celled. (7 . B. S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Janeiro, on the banks of 

 the river Parahyba ; and in the province of St. Paul near Fauxina, 

 in marshes. Rchb. hort. bot. 1. t. 57. Flowers yellow. 



Long-leaved Jussiaca. Fl. June, July. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



37 J. PALMITE'NSIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 261. t. 133.) 

 shrubby ; branches terete, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 quite entire, glabrous above, but pubescent on the nerves be- 

 neath ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx puberulous, with acute lan- 

 ceolate lobes, and a triangular tube ; petals obovate, 3 times the 

 length of the calyx ; capsule clavate ; seeds oblong, 1-celled. 



