Upper: Inflorescence: Left flower is pistillate (anthers undehsiced), right flower is hermaphroditic. Units are mm. Accession 401 from Chiapas grown for study by T. M. in Connecticut. Lower: Whole plant showing branches and leaves. Ruler (12") horizontally on top of pot for scale. Accession 401 from Chiapas grown for study by T. M. in Connecticut.	Upper: Infructescence with some fruits ripe and others not yet ripe. Accession 401 grown by T. M. for study in Connecticut.   Lower: Back of flower showing calyx. Accession 401 grown by T. M. in for study in Connecticut.

Filaments Angle Out:
Note on the top left photo how the filaments angle out, away from the style. This is a characteristic of this species, except accession 321. In the fall of 2004 I noted that the filaments of flowers of accession 548 definitely angle out, away from the style.

Fruits Remain Attached To Parent Plant After Ripening:
In general I have noticed that fruits of J. procumbens remain attached to the parent plant after fruits ripen (except for the accessions that can be referred to as unpublished variety or subspecies tlaxcala, discussed by my former student Larry Coe, 1997). I observed ripe fruits remaining attached both on a plant of accession 548 (kindly grown by L. Coe) and to plants of accession 321, both observed fall 2004.

Seed Germination:
Eleven to 12 days is all it took for seeds of accession 401 to germinate after being stored in the refrigerator from the fall of 1996 until late April 2004. Seeds were planted on 29 April and seedlings were present on 10 May. A very high percentage germinated (the seeds were not counted, but the cup holding the seedlings is absolutely covered with seedlings, so germination was near 100%).

It took 19 days for seeds of accession 548 to germinate, after being stored in the refrigerator for years. Seeds were planted on 29 April and a seedling was noted on 17 May 2004. (J. procumbens accession 548 was collected in Mexico, Michoacan, Mpio Patzcuaro, fruits sold in main market, by R. Bye 10200).

Literature Cited

Synonym:
Saracha glabrata Miers. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 2 3: 448. 1849. Mione studied the type specimen belonging to K, collected by Coulter 1226 in Zacatecas, Mexico (information from label on type specimen). Kew's type specimen was not photographed by Mione before it was returned to Kew.