JUSSIiEA. 



gular, of four or five cells, burfting at the angles, crowned 

 with the calyx. Serds numerous, fmall, fmooth, and po- 

 lifhed, difpoied in rows upon the angles of the central co- 

 lumn, vvliich are oppofite to the partitions, the latter origi- 

 nating from the centre of each valve. See Gartner. 



EIT. Ch. Calyx fuperior, of four or five leaves. Petals 

 four or five, equal. Capfule of four or five cells, oblong, 

 burfting at the angles ; partitions from the middle of the 

 valves. Seeds numerous, minute. 



Obf. Gasrtner afferts the difference between this genus 

 and (Ettothera to be merely faftitious and imaginary. In 

 our opinion the permanent, leafy, equal calyx, deftiuite of 

 a tube, and the fmooth, round, not angular nor fpongy, 

 feeds, are fufficient to mark Juffiaa, not to mention the un- 

 divided iUgma, which in this tribe is perhaps of no great 

 moment. — As to its place in the Linnian fyllem we are lefs 

 decided, and think Lamarck moft correft in removing it to 

 OSandr'ia. 



The greater number of the fpecies are natives of the 

 warmer parts of America ; a few are found in the Eaft 

 Indies, or in Guinea. Linnxus defines five in his Specks 

 Plantarum ; Wilidenow has twelve. 



1. J. repeiis, Linn, Sp. PI. 5JJ, (Nir-carambu ; Rheede 

 Hort. Mai. v. 2. 99. t. 51. _) — Stem creeping. Leaves obo- 

 vate, obtufe. Flowers five-cleft. Calyx -leaves lanceolate. — 

 This is truly an Ea!l Indian fpecies, growing in watery 

 places, and throwing out from its procumbent branched 



Jlem, large tufted fibrous perennial roots. The herbage is 

 fmooth. heaves alternate, ftalked, obovate, entire, veiny, 

 obtufe, often emarginate, an inch or more in length. Flo-Tvers 

 on folitary, fjmple, axillary ttalks, fliorter than the leaves, 

 but the ripe fruit and ftalk together are about as long as 

 each leaf. Segments of the calyx five, lanceolate, narrow, 

 acute, entire. Petals five, roundifh, whitifh, with orange- 

 coloured claws. -J. adfcendeiis, Linn. Mant. 69, appears 

 to be the very fame plant, defcribcd from a fpecimen, where- 

 as J. repens was originally taken up from books. 



2. J. inclinata. Linn. Suppl. 235, (J. ereda ; Amoen. 

 Acad. V. 8. 256.) — Stem afcending. Leaves obovate, ob- 

 tufe. - Flowers four-cleft. Calyx-leaves elliptical, broad — 

 Sent from Surinam by Dalberg, being a part of the collec- 

 tion preferved in fpirits, which king Guftavus III. gave 

 Linnxus. The latter at firll miftook this fpecies for a to- 

 tally different one, ereita. It is more akin to repens, but 

 larger, and the above fpecific charadter fufficiently marks it. 

 The very hro:\d ca/yx-leaves are remarkable. 



3. J. ptruviana. Linn. Sp. PI. JJJ. (Onagra laurifolia, 

 flore amplo pentapetalo ; Feuill. Peruv. 716. t. 9, not II.) 

 — Stem, ereft. Leaves elhptic-lanceolatc, acute, roughifh. 

 Flowers four or five-cleft. Calyx-leaves ovate, pointed, 



toothed. — Gathered by Feuillce about the fides of rivers 

 the plain of Lima. He reports that the natives highly 



eileem the bruifed leaves, as a coohng application to difpel 

 tumours. Mutis fent Linnieus a fpecimen from Mexico, 

 which anfwers precifely to Feuilice's plant, except the^ow.rs 

 being four-cleft, upon which we lay no Itrc-fs. The toothed 

 calyx in our'sis remarkable. The petals are large and yellow. 

 Leaves roughifh with fhort, rigid, fcattered hairs ; their 

 under fide pale. 



4. J. Inrta. Willd. n. 6. (CEnothera hirta ; Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 491. Onagra frutefcens et hirfuta, nerii folio, flore 

 magno luteo ; Plum. Ic. 167. t. 174. f. 2.) — Stem erett, 

 hairy. Leaves elhptic-lanceolate, acute ; hairy beneath. 

 Flowers four-cleft. Calyx-leaves ovate, pointed, entire. — 

 Known to us only by Plumier's figure, who gathered it in 

 fome part of South America. If that figure be exaft, the 

 entu-e calyx, and more hairy herbage, diilinguifli it from the 



lafl. Wilidenow has properly followed Swartz and Vahl in 

 removing it from CEnothera. 



5. J. pubefter.s. Linn. Sp. PI. 555. Loefl. It. 282. 

 n. 205 — Stem upright, hairy. Leaves oblong. Flowers 

 five or fix-cleft. Calyx-leaves lanceolate, pointed, hairy 

 beneath — Gathered by Loefling in South America. We 

 have an unnamed fpecimen which anfwers well enough to 

 the fliort accounts cf this fpecies given by authors. Of the 

 fynonym of Sloane we do not prefume to judge with cer- 

 tainty, but it appears to belong to J. peruviana. The 

 Jlem of- cur plant is ereft, clothed with loofe, fpreading, 

 white hairs, as are alfo the leaves more or lefs, the long 

 {lender germen, and backs of the calyx-leaves. The latter 

 are fix in every flower we have examined, lanceolate, taper- 

 pointed, wavy, fcarcely crenate, very fmooth above. Petals 

 fix, white or yellowifh. Leaves linear-lanceolate, near two 

 inches long, on fliort hairy ttalks. 



6. i.fuffruticofa. Linn. Sp. PI. 555. (Cattu-carambu ; 

 Rlieede Hort. Mai. v. 2. 97. t. 50.) — Stem erect, much 

 branched. Leaves lanceolate, downy. Flowers four-cleft. 

 Calyx-leaves ovate, downy beneath. — Native of the Eaft 

 Indies, flowering during the rainy feafdn. The whole plant, 

 two or three feet high, is ufually clothed with denfe foft 

 pubefcence, though occafionally nearly fmooth. Leaves 

 numerous, lanceolate, almoll feffiie, about two inches long. 

 Fruit nearly as long. The ovate four-leaved calyx, downy, 

 not hairy, beneath, efTentially dillinguifhes it from the lait. 

 Linnaeus adopted this fpecies from books ; and though he 

 had fpecimens, never rightly determined them. 



7. J. oaoval-vis. Swartz. Obf. 142. (CEnothera oflo- 

 valvis ; Jacq. Amer. 102. t. 70. Linn. Sp. PI. 492. Onagra 

 fohis perficarise angullioribns, flore magro luteo ; Plum. 

 Ic. 168. t. 175. f. I.) — Stem erecl. Leaves lanceolate, 

 downy. Flowers four-cleft. Calyx-leaves ovate. Capfule 

 of eight valves. Native- of wet places in the Weft Indies. 

 This feems to be the plant incorredly figured by Merian, 

 Inf. Surin. t. 39. There is great difficulty in dittinguifhing 

 it fpecifically from the laft, as we have leen no fpecimen, but 

 we have no doubt of their being different. The prefent js 

 faid to be an annual plant. The petals are yellow, and in- 

 verfely hcart-fiiaped. 



8. J. ere3a. Linn. Sp. PL 556. Swartz. Obf 173. 

 (Onagra fohis perficje amplioribus, parvo flore luteo ; Plum. 

 Ic. 168. t. 175. f. 2. Carambn ; Rheede .Hort. Mai. v. 2. 

 9 J. t. 49. ) — Stem eredt. Leaves lanceolate, fmooth. 

 Flowers four-cleft, feflile. Calyx-leaves lanceolate.— Native 

 of marfliy places in both Indies. The root is faid to be 

 annual. Whole plant fmooth or nearly fo. . Leaves two or 

 three inches long, ftalked, lanceolate, pointed. Flo'u.'crs 

 fmall, yellow, axillary, feffile. Calyx-leaves flightly downy 

 and three-ribbed beneath. Fruit obovate, not an inch long, 

 the membranous fides, between the ribs, becoming torn to 

 let out the feed.':. 



9. J. acuminata. Swartz. Ind. Occ. v. 2. 745. — Nearly 

 ereft, fnriooth. Leaves lanceolate, broad, tapering at each 

 end. Flowers four-cleft, nearly feflile. — In low ground 

 in the fouth part of Jamaica, but rare. Swarts. This 

 differs from the laft in the fingularly taper-pointed leaves, 

 and in the Jlem being decumbent at its bafe. — The caly.-i- 

 kaves, moreover, are defcribed as fomewhat ovate. 



10. J. tenella. Burm. Ind. 103. t. 34. f. 2. — Ereft, 

 fmooth. Leaves lanceolate, oppofite. Flowers five-cleft, 

 nearly feflile.— Native of Java. A fmall plant much 

 branched. Leaves (according to Burmann) oppofite, an 

 inch long. The Caniaranbaya of Marcgrave, 30, f. i, which 

 he quotes, is more like J. cclovalvls. 



11. J. linearis. Willd. n. 3.— Leaves linear, feffile, 



hrfpid. 



