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of Madagascar and the East Indies. B, verticillata, Sieb. seneg. 
no. 10. Spermacoce verticillata, Lin. spec. 148. var. Africana, 
Spermacoce globòsa, Schym. pl. guin. `p. 73. Dill. hort. elth. 2. 
f. 348. Flowers white. Nearly allied to B. verticillata. 
Kohaut’s Borreria. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1732. Shrub 1 to 2 ft. 
4 B. stricta (Meyer, esseq. p. 83. t. 1. f. 1-3. fr.) stems 
herbaceous, suffruticose at the base, twiggy, glabrous, smooth, 
tetragonal at the apex; leaves linear, acute, petiolate, opposite 
or falsely verticillate ; bristles of stipulas shorter than the sheath, 
which is downy ; whorls of flowers globose, terminal, and axil- 
lary; capsule glabrous, oblong, crowned by the 2 subulate teeth 
of the calyx. h.S. Native of Porto-Rico, where it was col- 
lected by Ledru and Wydler. Flowers white. Nearly allied to 
B. verticillata, but differs in the capsule being twice longer. 
Lower leaves almost Janceolate-linear, rather scabrous on the 
margins at the top: upper ones usually with revolute margins. 
Straight Borreria. Shrub } to 1 foot. 
5 B. picuo’roma (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 348.) 
stem suffruticose, rather compressed, tetragonal; branchlets 
dichotomous; leaves lanceolate, acutely mucronate, glabrous, 
with serrulated margins ; stipulas hairy, ciliated, with bristles at 
the apex; heads or whorles of flowers terminal and axillary ; 
capsule scabrous from dots, glabrous, obovate, crowned by the 
2 ovate-lanceolate teeth of the calyx. h.S. Native of Peru, 
near Ayavaca, (Diddia glabra, Willd. herb.), and on Mount 
Tanqueragua (Knéxia dichétoma, Willd. herb.). Spermacéce 
ac H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 348. Flowers 
white. 
Dichotomous-branched Borreria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
6 B. ropocs’rnata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 542.) stem branched, 
tetragonal, glabrous, rather downy at the nodi; leaves linear, 
glabrous, opposite, or falsely verticillate, almost veinless, with 
revolute margins ; bristles of stipulas 5-7, longer than the sheath, 
which is downy ; heads of flowers globose, and as if they were 
pedunculate, in consequence of the lateral branches being naked, 
except the 4 floral leaves surrounding each head ; capsule oblong, 
glabrous, crowned by the 2 subulate calycine teeth. 2. S. 
Native of Mexico or of Cuba. This species differs from all the 
others in the heads of flowers being on long tetragonal peduncles, 
which are 1-2 inches long, naked and glabrous, sometimes rising 
from the forks of the branches, then solitary, and sometimes from 
the axils of the leaves, then opposite. 
Stalked-headed Borreria. Pl. 1 foot. 
7 B. prstans (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 340.) 
stems herbaceous, erect, tetragonal, having the angles beset with 
retrograde prickles; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, with serrulately 
scabrous margins; stipulas hairy, ciliated with bristles; whorles 
of flowers capitate, remote ; capsule oblong, villous at the top, 
crowned by the 2 subulate teeth of the calyx. %. S. Native 
of Mexico. Spermacdce distans, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer. p. 344, Spermacoce apiculata, Willd. herb. Sperma- 
còce aculeata, Schlecht. in Schultes, syst. 3. p. 531. Flowers 
white. Very nearly allied to B. verticillata. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, a little longer than the calyx. 
Distant-whorled Borreria. Pl. 1 foot. 
8 B. pensirtora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 542.) stem erect, tetra- 
gonal, glabrous; leaves linear, with revolute margins, 1-nerved, 
glabrous ; bristles of stipulas 7-9, longer than the sheath ; whorles 
of flowers dense, sessile, 2-3 axillary, and the terminal one 
globose, and larger than the axillary ones; floral leaves 4.6, re- 
flexed; capsule linear-oblong, villous at the apex, crowned by 
the 3subulate calycine teeth. h.S. Native of Jamaica. Sper- 
macoce longifélia, L’Her. herb. but not of Aubl. Superior leaves 
2 inches long, and 1-2 lines broad. Corollas small, glabrous. 
Dense-flowered Borreria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
9 B, srindsa (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnza. 3. p. 340.) stem 
RUBIACEZX. CLXXXYV. Borrenria. 
erect, herbaceous, simple, glabrous, somewhat tetragonal, with 
the angles a little muricated ; leaves lanceolate-linear, acumi- 
nated, attenuated at the base, glabrous, with roughish margins: 
the mid-rib drawn out into a prickle-formed tubercle at the 
apex; stipulas membranous, bristly ; whorles of flowers capi- 
tate, axillary ones 2-3, and the terminal one surrounded by an 
8-leaved involucrum; capsule oblong, downy at the apex, crowned 
by the 2 subulate teeth of the calyx. h.S. Native of the 
south of Jamaica, in fields; and of Martinique and Mexico. 
Spermacoce spindsa, Lin. spec. 148. exclusive of the syn. of 
Jacq. Swartz, obs. p. 45. Flowers white. 
Spiny-leaved Borreria. Pl. 1 ft. 
10 B. Neesra‘na (D. C. prod. 4. p. 542.) glabrous, erect; 
stems herbaceous, tetragonal; leaves lanceolate, acute, scabrous 
on the mid-rib and margins; bristles of the stipulas 5, ciliated; 
whorles of flowers twin, one of them terminal; calycine teeth 
2, setaceous; throat of the corolla closed with hairs. %. 
S. Native of Brazil. Spermacéce linifdlia, Nees. hor. berl, 
p- 49. but not of Vahl. Spermacòce Neesiàna, Schultes, mant, 
3. p: 209. Flowers white. The same as B. Bogoténsis, accord- 
ing to Sprengel, but doubtful according to Cham. et Schlecht. in 
Linnæa. 3. p. 311. 
Nees’s Borreria. PI. 1 foot. 
11 B. re'rens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 542.) stems herbaceous, 
creeping, dichotomous, low, tetragonal, with the angles winged 
and pilose, and the sides striated ; leaves oblong, acute, attenu- 
ated at the base, glabrous; bristles of stipulas shorter than the 
sheath, which is villous; heads of flowers roundish, sessile in 
the forks, and at the tops of the branches, and nearly in the 
axils of all the leaves; capsule ovate, rather villous, crowned 
by the 2 acute teeth of the calyx. 4. S. Native of the Mauri- 
tius. Bigelowia parviflora, Sieb. fi. maur. exsic. no. 144. but not 
of Spreng. Flowers white. 
Creeping Borreria. Pl. creeping. 
12 B. minima (D.C. prod. 4. p. 542.) plant glabrous, herbace- 
ous, small, sparingly branched ; stems tetragonal ; leaves oblong- 
linear, acuminated at both ends; bristles of the stipulas rather 
shorter than the sheath ; heads of flowers terminal, involucrated 
by 4 leaves; calycine teeth 2, subvlate. ©. S. Nane 
Brazil, where it was collected by Pohl. Herb a finger high 
erect, or ascending. Corolla and mature fruit unknown. 
Least Borreria. PI. 4 foot. 
** Teeth of the calyx 4. 
13 B. rapia‘ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 542.) stem herbacie 
erect, branched, terete, hispid from spreading hairs ; leaves 0 
long-linear, acuminated, glabrous, glaucous, smooth, eee 
by a vein, 1-nerved; bristles of the stipulas longer than a: 
sheath, which is villous; heads of flowers terminal, deprese 
girded by 12-16 radiant floral leaves; capsule oblong, doe 
the apex, crowned by the 4 short, linear-subulate teeth 5 F 
calyx. ©. S. Native of Senegal, in sandy places, at Ga Wik: a 
Walo. Spermacòce radiata, Sieb. pl. sen. exsic. no- 8. peris 
white. A very distinct species, agreeing in habit with B. spinosa. 
Keel or mid-rib of the leaves smooth, and much exserted. 
Ray-involucred Borreria. Pl. 1 foot. “a 
14 B. aspe’ruta (D. C. prod. 4. p. 543.) stem herbaceomi 
erect, glabrous, rather tetragonal; leaves oblong-linear, ary 
glabrous, having the keel rather prickly from small stiff pe 
bristles of the stipulas longer than the sheath, which 1s ase 
branous ; heads of flowers many: verticillate ; calycine y s 
4, 1 or 2 of which are often deciduous, shorter than the Apes in 
which is rather pilose. ©.S. Native of Brazil, about Bahia, 
dry pastures, where it was collected by Salzmann. 
Reughish Borreria. P1. 1 foot. eous, 
15 B. susuza‘ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 543.) plant herbac 
