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and the sides between the wings are lined with parallel veins ; 
leaves oval, acutish, beset with bristle-like hairs on both sur- 
faces; whorles of flowers sessile, glomerate, axillary ones nu- 
merous, and one terminal, girded by 4 leaves; capsule nearly 
globose, pilose, crowned by the 4 lanceolate teeth of the calyx. 
©. F. Native of Mexico. Bigelòwia alata, Bartl. in herb. 
Henke, but differs from B. alata in the wings of the stem being 
hispid, in the leaves being hispid and much less acute, in the 
axillary whorles, &c. 
Bartling’s Borreria. PJ. creeping. 
27 B. Tamerca'na (D. C. l. c.) plant glabrous, diffuse, 
branched, herbaceous ; branches tetragonal, with smooth angles; 
‘leaves oblong-linear, acute, 1-nerved, scabrous on the mid-rib, 
but not on the margins; whorles of flowers capitate from nearly 
all the axils, and from the tops of the stems, sessile, involu- 
crated by 4-8 leaves; capsules small, ovate, glabrous, crowned 
by the 4 short subulate teeth of the calyx. YY. G. Native of 
Mexico, at Tampico de Tamaulipas, where it was collected by 
Berlandier. Very nearly allied to B. parviflora, but the nuts of 
the fruit are dissimilar, one of them bearing 3 of the calycine 
teeth, and the other 1. 
Tampico Borreria. Pl. 1 foot.? 
28 B. pirrv'sa (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous ; stem diffuse, dichoto- 
mous, rather tetragonal; leaves linear, with revolute margins ; 
stipulas setiferous; whorles of flowers capitate, axillary, and 
terminal, globose, rather compound ; floral leaves 4-8, reflexed ; 
capsule oval, smoothish, crowned by the 4 short, subulate teeth 
of the calyx.—Native of Brazil, where it was collected 
by Pohl. Spermacoce diffusa, Pohl, in litt. but not of Kunth. 
Corollas small, smoothish, white. ? Capsule small, membranous, 
whitish, i 
Diffuse Borreria. Pl. diffuse. 
29 B. reEĮmoTIròLIA (D. C. 1. c.) stem slender, tetragonal, ra- 
ther hairy ; leaves oblong-linear, almost sessile, acute, scabrous 
above and on the margins, but downy beneath ; bristles of the 
stipulas downy, a little longer than the sheath, which is villous ; 
whorles of flowers capitate, terminal ones on long peduncles, 
a very few axillary; lobes of the calyx 4, narrow, acute, un- 
equal, glabrous.—Native of Brazil, where it was collected by 
Pohl, in litt. but not of Ruiz et Pav, 
Remote-leaved Borreria. Pl. 4 to 3 foot. 
30 B. piscoror (Bartl. in herb. Hanke, under Bigeldwia, ex- 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 545.) stem herbaceous, branched, quite gla- 
brous, tetragonal, having the angles winged a little ; leaves oval- 
oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, acute, scabrous above, and clothed 
with yellowish down beneath; bristles of the stipulas many, 
longer than the leaves; whorles of flowers axillary, and ter- 
minal, small, girded by 2 leaves ; capsule nearly globose, rather 
downy, crowned by the 4 lanceolate teeth of the calyx.— 
Native of the Island of Manilla, near Sorzogon, where it was 
collected by Henke. 
Discoloured-leaved Borreria. Pl. 1 to 2 feet.? 
31 B.? cornironia (D. C. prod. 4. p. 545.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, tetragonal, tomentose ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acute, with 
scabrous margins, and having the veins downy beneath; stipulas 
villous, of many bristles; whorles of flowers dense, 1 axillary, 
and 1 terminal, the latter girded by 4 leaves ; calyx villous, with 4 
equal teeth; anthers exserted. ©.F. Native of Brazil. Sper- 
macdce cornifdlia, Fisch. in Nees. hor. berl. p. 50. Link. enum. 
hort. berl. 1. p. 132. Cham. et Schlecht. Linnea. 3. p- 313. 
Allied to B. brachystemonoides, but the fruit is unknown. 
Dogwood-leaved Borreria. FI. May, Ju. Cit. 1819. Pl. 1 ft. 
_ 32 B.? Wypteria‘na (D. C. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, ascend- 
ing, elongated, rather tetragonal, with the angles rather hairy ; 
leaves elliptic-oblong, attenuated at both ends, glabrous above, 
and downy on the nerves beneath; bristles of the stipulas 7, 
RUBIACEA. CLXXXV. Borrenria. 
shorter than the sheath ; whorles of flowers 2-3, axillary, 
distant, almost immersed in the stipular sheaths, and terminal, 
pedunculate, larger than the axillary ones; involucrum of 4 
spreading leaves.—Native of Porto Rico, where it was col- 
lected by Wydler. Flowers while young densely crowded, 
intermixed with a number of bristles. Very like the following 
and preceding. 
Wydler’s Borreria. Pl. ascending. : 
33 BRACHYSTEMONOÌDES (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 
314.) stems suffruticose at the base, erect, tetragonal, scabrous 
from retrograde hairs ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, scabrous 
on both surfaces, and on the margins while young, but glabrous 
above in the adult state; bristles of the stipulas longer „than 
the sheath, which is villous; heads of flowers terminal, girded 
by 4 leaves; capsule oblong-conical, villous upwards, crowned 
by the 2 acute teeth of the calyx, and 1-2 accessory ones. h.S. 
Native of the south of Brazil. Flowers white? 
Brachystemon-like Borreria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
34 B. caprrerza’ra (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 319.) 
stems fistular ; leaves petiolate, ovate, lined, acuminated, rather 
pilose on both surfaces; bristles of the stipulas 5-7 ; whorles of 
flowers axillary and terminal; capsules oblong, elliptic, hairy 
at the top, crowned by the teeth of the calyx, which are 3 
times shorter than it.—Native of New Granada, near Santa 
Fe de Bogota. Spermacòce capitellàta, Willd. in Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 3. p. 530. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer i 
p- 349. but not of Sprengel. Flowers white.? Said to be allie 
to B. scabiosotdes. Involucrum clothed with pili. 
Small-headed Borreria. Pl. 1 foot. y 
35 B. scaxziosoiprs (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnæa. 3. p. 318.) 
stems fistular, terete, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acute, on pees 
petioles, with a few oblique veins, and scabrous margins ; pi 
of the stipulas 3-5, ending in a bristle each, shorter "a 
sheath; heads of the flowers terminal, hemispherical, nee 
crated by 2-6 leaves; capsule glabrous, oblong, crowned by es 
2-4 hairy teeth of the calyx.—Native of equinoctial peor 
The part of the involucrum girding the flowers 1s pilose bo 
inside and outside. 
Scabious-like Borreria. Pl. 4 foot. e 
86 B. carıira`ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 545.) stems ame 5 
base, prostrate; branches ascending, rather tetragonal, vi set 
leaves lanceolate, with scabrous margins, smoothish on eee 
faces; bristles of the stipulas longer than the meget ge: 
of flowers 2, one axillary, and the other terminal and ie q 
involucrated by 4 leaves; corolla glabrous, tubular ; ant po 
exserted ; capsule glabrous, turbinate, crowned by the 4 bar 
late teeth of the calyx. h. S. Native of Peru, on w 
clivities of the mountains. Spermacòce capitata, Ruiz et wie 
fi. per. 1. p. 61. t. 91. f. b. Branches purplish. Leaves 8 
sile. Flowers white; anthers reddish. 
Capitate-flowered Borreria. Shrub 1 foot. | 945.) 
37 B. Arure'nsis (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. pa za 
plant shrubby, erect; branchlets tetragonal, roughish ; er 
narrow-linear, glabrous, with serrulated margins ; sa lela 
ciliated with bristles; heads of flowers terminal, ae rape 
ral; capsule hairy, oblong, crowned by the 4 linear-su re 
ciliated teeth of the calyx. k.S. Native on the banks de 
Orinoco, near Atures, Spermacòce Aturénsis, H. B. e oat 
nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 345. Flowers white. Allied to ; í 
cillàta. Corolla funnel-shaped, a little longer than the calyx. 
Atures Borreria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. : 316) 
38 B. eryncolpes (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. P; le; 
glabrous; stems herbaceous, erect, tetragonal, almost ree 
leaves linear, acute, with revolute margins; bristles of t a y 
pulas 5, longer than the sheath; whorles of flowers ser 
globose, terminal and axillary ; capsule downy, elliptic, er? 
