272 ONAGRARIEiE. 



a. JUSSIiEA, L. 



Calyx-tube obtuse-aagled-cylindrical (or prismatical-obovate), as long as the ovary : limb 

 4-6-partite. Petals 4-6. Stamens 8-1?-. Capsule 4-6-oelled, opening by destruction 

 of the pericarp, with 8-12 filiform, persistent ribs. Seeds oo, minute.- — Herbs, growing in 

 swamps or aquatic ; leaves alternate ; flowers single, in the axils, usually yellow. \ 



* Stem creeping or. floating, perennial ; petioles slender, 



/ 4. J. repens, L. Glabrous or villous above; stem rooting or floating: branches 

 / ascending ; leaves spathnlate-lanceolate or oval, tapering into a slender petiole, quite 



entire ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx-lobes 5, lanceolate, acuminate, exceeded by the obovate 

 J petals ; capsule obtuse-angled-cylindrical (8"'— 10'" long), longer than the pedicel, tapering 



at the base. — Uheede, H. Maldb. 2. t. 51. — J. Swartziana, DC. : the glabrous, or usual West 

 . , Indian form, but sent also from the East ludies. J. peploides, Kth., Sich. Cub. J. ramulosa, 



DC. — Leaves 6'", petals 3'"— 4'" long; petioles usually shorter than the lamina. — Hab. 



Jamaica !, aU coll., in marshes ; [Missouri ! to Valdivia 1 and Bnenos Ayres ! ; Natal ! ; 



China ! to East Indies ! ; Australia !]. 



5. J. sedoides, Kth. Glabrous; stem floating, rooting; leaves rhomboid, obtusely 

 serrate beyond the cuueate base : petiole much longer than the lamina ; flowers long-pedi- 

 cellate; calyx-lobes 4, ovate or ovate-oblong, exceeded by the obovate petals; capsule 

 (4"'-6"' long), clavate, as long as the excrescent calyx-lobes, shorter than its pedicel. — 

 Humb. PI. Squin. t. 3 A. — Leaves 4"'-6"' diam. ; petals 4"'-5"' long. — Hab. Jamaica ! : 

 Pd., S. Elizabeth; [Panama !, New Granada, Brazil !]. 



** Stem erect or ascending; leaves subsessile or shortly petioled, entire or repand. 

 f Capsule obtuse-angled-cylindrical or Unear-prismatical. 



6. J. acuminata, Sw. I Glabrous ; stem erect, slender ; leaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, tapering into a short petiole ; flowers sessile or subsessile ; calyx- 

 lobes 4, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, pointed, as long as the spathulate petals ; capsule 

 (6"'-8"', rarely 12'" long) shortly tapering at the sessile or very shortly pedicellate base. 

 —Lam. III. t. 280. /. 2.— J. erecta. Lam., L. partim {non Sw.), DC. y. Plumieriana 

 {exclus. syn. Sw.). J. nubica, Hochst. ! J. linifolia, V. .- a form with longer and closely 

 sessile capsules.— Leaves 3"-2", calyx-lobes 2"'-l"', pedicels V" long, or none. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Sw., March, rare in moist situations ; Antigua !, WullscM., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 Trinidad I, Sch., Cr. ; [Veneznehi !, Guiana !, Brazil ! ; trop. Africa ! to Madagascar ! ; East 

 Indies !]. 



/ 7. J. decurrens, DC. Glabrous ; stem erect, slender ; leaves lanceolate-linear or lan- 

 ceolate, closely sessile; margins decurrent ; flowers shortly pedicellate; calyx-lobes 4, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the obovate petals ; capsule (6"'-8"' long) narrowly 

 4-winged, shortly tapering into the short pedicel.— J. pterophora, j!f%.— Stem narrowly 

 winged by the decurrent leaves ; leaves 3"-2", calyx-lobes 3'", capsule-pedicels 2"'-l"'long. - 

 Leaves acuminate from the base, or, if broader, acute. The two glands, occurring on the 

 pedicels, and at the leaf-base, are not always present. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., in 

 swamps ; [United States ! ; Guiana I, equatorial Brazil !]. 



8. J. variabilis, Mey. I Glabrous or pilose ; stem erect, branched, sufFrutescent ; leaves 

 lanceolate, bluntish at the top, gradually tapering towards the subsessile base; "flowers sub- 

 sessile ; calyx-lobes 5 (rarely 4-6), ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly as long as the 

 obovate petals ; capsule (12"'-15"' long), shortly tapering into the short pedicel —Kth 

 Nov. Oen. 6. t. 532.— J. pUosa, Kth. J. affinis, DC. J. pubesceus, L. ? -. probably the 

 hairy form.— Leaves l'-4'', calyx-lobes 2"'-3"', capsule-pedicels l"'-2"' long- petals in- 

 eluded or shortly exserted, 3'" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Al., at Moneague ; Ti-inidad !, Lockh., 

 Cr. ; [Guadeloupe !, in wet places ; Panama !, Guiana !, Brazil !]. 



9. J. palustris, Mey. I Glabrous or scabrous- pubernlous above ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late or lanceolate, tapering into a short petiole ; flowers sJiortly pedicellate ; calyx-lobes i, 

 (rai'ely 5), ovate-lauceolate, pointed, as long as the obovate-oblong petals; capsule 

 (1 '-li long), tapermg at the base, 6 times as long as the pedicel, slightly constricted at 



