28 CALYCIFLOBiE 



This species is to be found in marshy situations, 

 throughout the West India Islands, such as in Hayti and 

 Porto Rico, Sloane remarks that the flowers " make a 

 fine show ; it grows in mud." Browne mentions the low 

 ground of Plantain Garden River as a locality. There 

 appears to be little to distinguish it from j. rei'Ens, a com- 

 mon plant, in damp grounds, in different parts of the East 

 Indies. The principal differ nee is, that in this last named 

 plant, the calyx is subhirsute. 



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Tetrapetalous octandrous. 



2. Jussiaea acuminata. Sharp-pointed leaved 

 Jussi&a. 



Herbaceous ascending somewhat erect sub- 

 simple glabrous, leaves shortly petiolate lato-lan- 

 ceolate acuminate at both ends, m vvers shortly 

 pedicelled ebracteolated, calycine lobes 4 ovato- 

 lanceolate, petals acute patulous, 



Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 745. — Meyer, Prim. Ess 173. 



H AB. Low damp situations, on the South-side. 



F L. November, December. 



Herbaceous. Stem decumbent at the base, afterwards 

 ascending, tetrangular, glabrous, about 6 inches in height. 

 Leaves very glabrous, thin : petioles short; the lower 

 ones longer. Flowers axillary, very shortly peduncled, 

 solitary, small, yellow. Petals 4, acuminate, caducous. 

 Stamens eight, shorter than the petals, capillary. .Style 

 short, thick: stigma capitate, large. Capsule half an inch 

 in length, tetragonal, acuminate at the base, 4-ceiled : 

 seeds very numerous and minute. 



3. Jussiaea erecta. Erect Jussi&a. 



Herbaceous erect branched subterete, branches 

 somewhat angular, leaves shortly petiolate lance- 

 olate acuminate at both ends, flowers sessile ebrac- 

 teate.d, calycine lobes 4 acuminate nearly equal to 

 the obovate petals, capsule tetragonal roundish 

 constricted under the limb of the calvx. 



