30 CALYCIFLOR.fi. 



seedless at the base for three fourths of an inch, 8-nerved 

 with the nerves persistent, and at length filiform. 



There appears to be very little difference between this 

 species and the following, except that the latter is said to 

 be pubescenti-villous, and the flowers pedicelled and 

 bibracteolated. 



5. Jussiaea octofila. Eight-threaded Jussicea. 



Herbaceous and pubescenti-villous, leaves lan- 

 ceolate acute, flowers shortly peduncled bibrac- 

 teolated at the base, calycine lobes 4 ovate acu- 

 minate 3-nerved, tube cylindraceous somewhat 

 attenuated at the base 8-cos-tate, petals subro- 

 tundo-obcordate three times larger than the 

 calycine lobes. 



Jussiaea octovalvis. Sivartz, Obs. 112. — Jussiaea octo- 

 fila. DC. Prod. III. 57. 



HAB. Common in damp pastures, and cane-piece in- 

 tervals. 



FL, November. 



Erect, 2-3 feet in height : branches subtetragonal. pu- 

 bescenti-villous. Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flow- 

 ered, half an inch in length. Braeteoles two, small, sub- 

 ulate, at the base of the ovary. Calycine tube linear, 

 subtetragonal, villoso-pubescent : lobes 4, ovate, slightly 

 acuminate, 3-nerved, externally pubescent. Petals 4, 

 subrotundo-obcordate, 3-4 times larger than the lobes of 

 the calyx. Filaments short : anthers versatile: the in- 

 sertion of each alternate stamen marked with an arched 

 villous line. Style short : stigma large, capitate. Cap- 

 sule two inches in length : nerves eight, peisistent, and 

 filiform : seeds numerous. 



It may be remarked that the petals in this species are 

 not so caducous as in the former. There is also a dis- 

 tinct peduncle. 



6. Jussiaea hirta. Hairy Jussicea. 



Suffrutescent erect hirsute, leaves very shortly 

 petiolate lanceolate attenuated at the base, hairy 



