90 S. Kurz — Contrihutions towards a [No. 2, 



Har. Ava, much planted from Mandalay northwards. — Fl. Jan., 

 Febr. 



ONAGBABIE^. 



Consjpectus of Species. 



* Ovary 2 — Q-celled, the cells many-ovuled. Capsules dehiscing loculicidally or 



septicidally, many-seeded. TIsually terrestrial herbs. 

 JussLEA. Stamens twice as many as petals. Ovary 4-celled. Capsule septicidal. 

 LuDwiGiA. Stamens as many as petals. Ovary 3 — 6-celled. Capsule septicidal. 



* * Ovary 1 — i-celled, the cells 1- {rarely 2 — 4-) ovuled. Nut 1 — i-celled, 1 — 4- 



seeded. 

 Trap A. Flowers 4-merous. Ovary 2 -celled. Nuts with 2 or 4 spines or horns. 

 Floating herbs. 



Jussisea, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Creeping or floating herh ; flowers usually 5-merous, white, long-pedicelled ; seeds 

 large, spongy, /. repens. 



Erect, terrestrial ; flowers mostly 4-merous, very shortly pedicelled or almost sessile ; 

 seeds minute, crustaceous, glossy, /. suffruticosa. 



1. J. EEPENS, L. sp. pi. 550 and Mant. 381 ; DC. Prod. III. 54 ; 

 WA. Prod. I. 335 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 401 ; Rheed. Hort. Malab. II. t. 

 51. (J". Siuartziana, DC. 1. c. ; J.florilunda, Griff. Not. Dicot. 680). 



Var. a. glabriuscfla, all parts more or less glabrous ; peduncles 

 smooth ; ovary puberulous or almost glabrous, 



Var. y8. vestita, all parts, more especially the peduncles, more or 

 less softly hairy or pubescent ; ovary more or less woolly. 



Hab. Both forms frequent in and around ponds, lakes, swamps, &c., 

 also in rice-fields and quietly running streams, all over Burma down to 

 Tenasserim. — Fl. Jan. to April ; Fr. April, May. 



2. J. STJEFEUTicosA, L. sp. pi. 555 ; Miq. FL Ind, Bat. I/l, 628 ; 

 Bth. Fl. Austr. III. 307. 



Var. a. genuin^a, {J. angustifolia, Lamk. Dicot. III. 331 and 111. t. 

 280. f. 3 ; DC. Prod. III. 55 ; J. eocaltata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 401 ; J. 

 suffruticosa, L. 1. c. ; J. Blumeana, DC. Prod. III. 331 ; Miq. Fl. Ind, 

 Bat. I/l, 627 ; J. longipes, Griff. Not. Dicot. 689 ; J. Burmanni, DC. 1. 

 c. 57), all parts simply appressed pubescent or almost glabrous, the capsules 

 narrower. 



Var. /?. viLLOSA, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/l, 628 {J. villosa, Lamk. 

 Encycl. Meth. III. 331 ; DC. Prod. III. 57 ; WA. Prod. I. 336 ; J. 

 fruticosa, DC. 1. c. ; Rheed. Hort. Malab. II. t. 50.), all parts more dense- 

 ly villous, the capsules usually thicker and more pubescent. 



Hab. Both varieties common on mud-banks of rivers, around tanks, 

 in swamps and rice-fields, &c., all over Burma down to Tenasserim. — Fl. 

 Fr. March— May. 



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