ONAGRARIiE. X. JUSSLEA. 



695 



capsule cylindrical, pubescent, slender. Native of the East 

 Indies. Ludwigia perennis, Burm. fl. ind. 37. J. suffruticosa, 

 Lin. spec. 553.? Blume, bijdr. p. 1133. Upper leaves alternate. 

 Petals obovate, emarginate, flabellately pinnate, a little longer 

 than the calyx. Filaments villous at the base. Allied to J. 

 villosa. 



Burmanils Jussiasa. PI. 1 ft. 



51 J. VILLOSA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 331.) stem suffruticose, vil- 

 lous ; leaves almost sessile, lanceolate, rather villous on both 

 surfaces ; flowers sessile ; calyx villous ; lobes lanceolate ; tube 

 cylindrical. Jj . B. S. Native of the East Indies and the Island 

 of Timor. J. exahata, Roxb. hort. beng. 33. Hamilt. in Lin. 

 trans. J4. p. 303. Andr. bot. rep. 621. Rheed. mal. 2. t. 50. 

 but the capsule is dilated at the apex in the figure of Rheede, 

 not cylindrical. The nerves of the capsule are 8, filiform and 

 permanent, as well as in the two following species. 



Villous Jussia-a. PI. H ft. 



52 J. OCTONE'RVIA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 332.) herbaceous, erect, 

 glabrous ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated ; flowers ses- 

 sile ; lobes of calyx lanceolate, acute; tube cylindrical, 8-nerved, 

 striated, shorter than the floral leaves ; petals obovate, emargi- 

 nate, exceeding the calycine lobes. $ , B. S. Native of the 

 West Indies, in humid or watery places. CEnothera octovalvis, 

 Jacq. amer. 102. t. 70. exclusive of the synonyme of Plum. 

 Lam. ill. t. 280. f. 1. Flowers yellow. 



Eight-nerved-ca\\xed Jussiaea. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



53 J. OCTOFILA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 57.) herbaceous, erect, 

 downy ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated ; flowers on short pedi- 

 cels, furnished with 2 bracteoles at the top of the pedicel, or on 

 the tube ; lobes of calyx ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved ; tube cylin- 

 drically obconical, 8-nerved, attenuated at the base. Native of 

 the West Indies and Mexico, in watery places. Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t. 175. f. 1. J. octovalvis, Swartz, obs. 142. The 8 nerves of 

 the capsule are permanent and filiform. This species differs 

 from the preceding in being downy, not glabrous, in the capsule 

 being attenuated at the base, not cylindrical, in the flowers being 

 pedicellate, not sessile, and furnished with two bracteas, not 

 naked. Petals obovate, longer than the calyx. 



Eight-threaded Jussiaea. PI. l|-ft. 



54 J. SCABEA (Willd. enum. 1. p. 449.) stem suffruticose at 

 the base, hairy ; branches angular at the apex ; leaves oblong, 

 acute, quite entire, hairy ; flowers almost sessile ; calyx hairy, 

 with a linear tetragonal tube, and lanceolate acute lobes ; petals 

 obovate, 3 times the length of the calyx ; capsule linear, 8-rib- 

 hed; seeds roundish, 2-celled. f; . B. S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the province of Rio Janeiro, at the river Parahyba near Uba. 

 J.hirta, Lam. diet. 3. p. 331. but not of Vahl. J. Marcgravii, D. 

 C. prod. 3. p. 58. Camaranbaia, Marcgr. bras. p. 30. with a 

 figure. 



Scabrous Jussiaea. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1816. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



55 J. HI'RTA (Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 31.) shrubby, erect, hairy; 

 leaves on very short petioles, lanceolate, attenuated, hairy be- 

 neath ; pedicels bractless, shorter than the ovarium ; lobes of 

 calyx ovate, acute, 5-7-nerved at the base ; tube obconical, 4- 

 nerved ; petals obovate, longer than the calyx. Jj . B. S. Na- 

 tive of South America. CEnothera hirta, Lin. spec. 491. Plum, 

 ed. Burm. t. 174. f. 2. Flowers yellow. 



Hairy Jussisea. Fl. July, Aug". Clt. 1816. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



56 J. MACROCA'UPA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 102. t. 533.) suffruticose, erect; stem and branches villous; 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, narrowed at the base, clothed with 

 adpressed hairs on both surfaces ; pedicels length of the ova- 

 rium, bibracteolate at the apex ; lobes of calyx ovate, acute, 5- 

 7-nerved ; tube cylindrically oblong, attenuated at the base, ob- 

 conical ; petals obovate, longer than the calyx. Pj . B. S. Na- 

 tive of New Granada, in humid places near Guadua. This 



species differs from the preceding in the pedicels being fur- 

 nished with two caducous foliaceous linear bracteas, but perhaps 

 only a variety. 



Long-fruited Jussiaea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



57 J. PARVIFL6RA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 263.) suffruticose ; 

 branches downy, and rather angular at the apex ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, quite entire, rather scabrous ; flowers almost 

 sessile ; calyx puberulous, with a narrow tetragonal tube, and 

 lanceolate acute lobes ; petals obovate, equal in length to the 

 lobes of the calyx, pale yellow ; capsule linear, 8-ribbed; seeds 

 roundish, bilocular. Jj . B. S. Native of Brazil, in that part 

 of the province of Minas Geraes called Minas Novas, in sand on 

 the banks of the river Jiquitinhonha, also in marshes. Petals 

 pale yellow. 



Small-flowered Jussiaea. Sh. 2 ft. 



58 J. SERI'CEA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 560.) suffruticose, 

 branched ; branches angular at the apex, and densely clothed 

 with yellowish pili ; leaves lanceolate, acute, quite entire, clothed 

 with silky tomentum on both surfaces ; flowers pedicellate ; 

 calyx clothed with silky pili, with an obconical 4-ribbed tube, 

 and lanceolate acute lobes ; petals obcordate. f? . B. S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. Petals yellow. 



Silky Jussiaea. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



59 J. TOMENTOSA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 254.) shrubby, a 

 little branched ; branches angular at the apex, and densely 

 clothed with brownish tomentum ; leaves obovate or elliptic, 

 mucronulate, dentately serrated, pilose above, but densely 

 clothed with grey tomentum beneath ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx 

 hairy, with an obconical obsoletely 5-furrowed tube, and lanceo- 

 late acute segments ; petals obovate, slightly emarginate ; cap- 

 sule obconical ; seeds elliptic, 1 -celled. Pj . B. S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, near the town of Para- 

 catu. Flowers yellow, crowded at the tops of the branches. 

 In the character the calyx is said to be 4-cleft, but in the de- 

 scription 5-cleft ; the last is most probably correct, as the stamens 

 are said to be 10 ; if such be the case the plant should have been 

 ranged in the first section. 



Tomentose Jussiaea. Sh. 3 ft. 



60 J. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 102.) 

 herbaceous ? erect ; branches villous ; leaves ovate, acute at the 

 base and apex, hairy on both surfaces, soft beneath ; pedicels 

 villous ; calyx villous ; lobes ovate, acute ; tube obovate. Tj. . B. S. 

 Native of Cumana, in humid places. Petals and stamens unknown. 



Soft Jussiaea. PL 1 ft. 



61 J. VELUTINA ; herbaceous, erect, branched, downy; leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends ; flowers on short 

 pedicels, almost sessile. % . B. S. Native of Guinea, in the 

 Island of St. Thomas, in marshes and on rivers' banks. Flowers 

 yellow, middle-sized. 



Velvety Jussiaea. PI. !- ft. 



62 J. FRUTICOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 57.) stem shrubby, much 

 branched ; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, alternate, hairy ; 

 flowers pedicellate. Pj . B. S. Native of Cochin-china, in cul- 

 tivated fields. CEnothera fruticosa, Lour. coch. p. 226. Flowers 

 yellow. Calyx columnar, crowned by the calyx. Seed naked. 

 This plant is referred by Sprengel to J. suffruticosa of Lin. but 

 that species is hardly known. 



Shrubby Jussiaea. Sh. 6 feet. 



63 J. SUFFRUTICOSA (Lin. spec. 555.) erect, villous ; flowers 

 pedicellate, octandrous. If. . B. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 The synonymes attached to this species by Linnaeus are perfectly 

 erroneous. 



Suffruticose Jussiaea. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1808. PI. l ft. 



f Species hardly known. 



64 J. IIIRSU'TA (Mill. diet. no. 5.) stem erect, simple, hairy ; 



