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1. J. repens, L. Sp. PI. 388 (1753). B6ru-diyanilla, 5. 

 Fl. Zeyl. n. 169. Moon Cat. 35. Thw. Enum. 123. C. P. 2793. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 587. Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. t. supp. 40. 



Stem herbaceous, elongated, prostrate or creeping or 

 floating on water, rooting at nodes, much branched, glabrous, 

 succulent, young shoots often pubescent; 1. ij-2 in., linear- 

 spathulate, much tapering to base, rounded at apex, quite 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent, petiole short, slender; fl. about 

 f in., ped. shorter than cal., glabrous, without bracts; cal.- 

 tube about \ in., cylindrical, glabrous or rarely pubescent, 

 segm. 5, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, much shorter than 

 tube; pet. 5, shortly clawed, obovate; stam. 10, fil. moderately 

 long; fruit about f in., cylindrical, narrow but slightly inflated, 

 glabrous or pubescent. 



Borders of ponds and tanks in the low country; common. Fl. May- 

 September ; pale yellow or white. 



Throughout the world in hot countries. 



The stems float on the water by means of white spongy bodies 

 (modified stipules ?) springing in tufts from each side of the base of the 

 petioles. 



2. J. suffruticosa, L. Sp. PL 388 (1753). 



Moon Cat. 35. J. villosa, Lam., Thw. Enum. 123. C. P. 2794, 3297. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 587. 



A semi-shrubby perennial, 2-4 ft., woody below, much 

 branched, branches stiff, erect, cylindrical, striate, thickly 

 clothed with short spreading hair; 1. 2-4 in., nearly sessile, 

 varying from linear to broadly oval but usually lanceolate, 

 tapering to base, acute, entire, hairy on both sides, lat. veins 

 numerous, prominent beneath; fl. large, i^-if in., ped. shorter 

 than cal.-tube, with 2 lanceolate bracts at summit ; cal. hairy, 

 tube quadrangular, segm. 4, ovate, attenuate, acute, longer 

 than tube; pet. 4, rotundate, shortly clawed, often emarginate, 

 pinnately veined; stam. 8, erect, fil. very short; style very 

 short, stigma large, quadrate-pyramidal; capsule about 1 in., 

 quadrangular, truncate, tapering downwards, hairy, 8-ribbed, 

 thin; seeds minute, ovoid, brown, polished. 



Var. ft, subg-labra, Thiv. L c. Fl. Zeyl. n. 170. /. erecta, L. Sp. PI. 

 388 ; Moon Cat. 35. C. P. 1540. 



Lam. 111. Gen. t. 28, f. 3 (/. angustifolia). 



L. linear, nearly or quite glabrous ; fl. smaller, under 1 in.; 

 capsule longer, much narrower and not tapering, glabrous. 



Wet places in the moist low country to 3000 ft.; common. Fl. May- 

 Oaober ; bright chrome-yellow. 



Throughout the world in warm countries. 



Extremes of var. ft and the type look so different that I am much in- 



