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CALYCIFI.OR.'E. 
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 cvlindraceous somewhat 
attenuated at the base 8-costate, petals subro- 
tundo-obcordate three times larger than the 
calycine lobes. 
Jussisea octovalvis, Swartz, Ohs. 142. — Jussiaea octo- 
fila. DC. Prod. III. 57. 
II A B. 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. Bracteoles 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, persistent, 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. Jussisea hirta. Hairy Jussi&a. 
Suffrutescent erect hirsute, leaves very shortly 
petiolate lanceolate attenuated at the base, hairy 
