1. Jussiaea palustris Mej/. Esseq. p. 173, Descriptio sa- 

 tis congruit, attainoii (lorcs in meis sessiles, et caiiles folia- 

 qiie sttbtus nee non calyx aetate juniore piibc tenerrima raox 

 evanida conspersa, Calycis tubus snb anthesi versus basin 

 coarctatns pedunculnin siniiilat, sed Capsula, a Mejero 

 band observata, scssilis, cyliiidrira, nprvis 4 fere angulata, 

 2 — 2^/2 Cent, longa, tcuuis. — Trope Paramaribo. 



2. Jussiaea linifolia Vahl Eclog, II. p. 32. DC. Prodr. 

 III. p. 55. Phrasis hand ropiignat. Calyx appresse hir- 

 tello- puberulus. Certo J. erectae Linu. var. ß. DC. (Pluin, 

 ed. Burm. Tal». 175. fij^. 2.) valde affinis. — Crescit prope 

 plant. Jagtlust. 



4. Jussiaea inclinata Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 235. Miq, in 

 Annais of nat. Hist. l. c, — Crescit in aquosis ad Wanica, 

 in. Mart, cnra fl. et fr. — Capsiilae matnrae plerumque 

 calvae. 



5. Jussiaea nervosa Poir, — DC. Prodr, III. p, 56. — 

 In savana ad Onoribo, ni. Martio, Friitex foliis valde rigi- 

 dis , summls obtnsis. 



b. Flores pentameri. 



6. Jussiaea pilosa H. B. K. Nov. Gen. VI, p. lOl. DC. 



Prodr. l. c. p, 53. (J. pvbescens Linn.?). In sp. SHppe- 

 ienlihus folia pleraqne oblonga vel elliplica. — Crescit ad 

 fl. Saramacca, m. Mart. 



7. Jussiaea surinamensis. Erocta, siifTrnlicosa ? patiilo- 

 raraosa, canle raniis pednncnlis calycibiisqne liirtello ~ pn- 

 bescontibiis , foliis linear! -lanceolatis acntis vel oblusiiiscnlis 

 basi in potioluin angnstalis, siipra glabrinseulis, snbtus in 

 nervo marginibnsqne pilosnlis demnm glabratis ntrinqne rai- 

 nnte glandnloso - pnnrtatis, floribus axillaribns pednnculatis 

 ebractealis (subinde subbracleolatis), pentameris, sepalis lan- 

 ceolatis acnminatissimis 3- vel snb-5 -ncrviis qnam petala 



