618 
the 4 ovate teeth of the calyx. 
Brazil. 
Var. 3, angustifolia (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c.) the whole plant 
canescent from hairs; leaves oblong-lanceolate, much more 
nerved than those of the species. %. S. Native of the south 
of Brazil. 
Centranthus-like Borreria. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
72 B. Powtra‘na (D. C. prod. 4. p. 550.) branches hairy, 
compressed ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, lined, downy above, 
and rather hairy on the nerves beneath; bristles of stipulas 
length of sheath, which is villous; corymbs trichotomous, ter- 
minal, crowded ; tube of calyx canescent from hairs; lobes of 
calyx 4, lanceolate; corolla hairy inside.—Native of Brazil, 
where it was collected by Pohl. Hydrophylax pusillum, 
Pohl, in litt. Fruit unknown, but the plant has a habit very 
different from Hydrophylax, and appears to be nearly allied 
to B. eupatorioides and B. centranthoides. 
Pohl’s Borreria. Pl. 1 foot. 
73 B. ancustiròLIAa (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 
330.) plant herbaceous, erect, glabrous ; stem tetragonal; leaves 
Janceolate-linear, with revolute edges, having 2-3 veins on each 
side of the mid-rib; bristles of stipulas twice the length of the 
sheath, which is downy; cymes trichotomous, contracted ; floral 
leaves small; capsule oblong-cylindrical, glabrous, crowned by 
the 4 lanceolate teeth of the calyx. Y.S. Native of Equi- 
noctial Brazil. Corolla short, glabrous outside. 
Narrow-leaved Borreria. Shrub 1 foot. 
T4 B. corymposa (Bartl. in herb. Hanke, under Bigelowia, 
ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 550.) glabrous; stem suffruticose, terete, 
erect; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, lined with veins, which are 
smooth, as well as the margins ; bristles of stipulas longer than 
the sheath ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous; capsule obovate- 
oblong, glabrous, crowned by the 4 lanceolate teeth of the calyx. 
hk. S. Native of Peru, on the mountains. Spermacdce corym- 
bosa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 60. t. 91. f. a. but not of Lin. 
Spermacoce Peruviana, Pers. ench. 1. p. 124. Hedydtis Sper- 
macocea, Domb. herb. The leaves of the figure in fl. per. are 
one half broader than those of the specimens collected by Pavon 
and Heenke. 
Corymbose-flowered Borreria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
75 B. versenoipes (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 550.) 
plant herbaceous, erect, smoothish ; stem tetragonal at bottom ; 
leaves narrow-lanceolate, very acute, scabrous on the margins 
above; bristles of stipulas longer than the sheath; cymes ter- 
minal, di-trichotomous, with a lateral flower; floral leaves 
small; capsule almost cylindrical, glabrous, crowned by the 4 
lanceolate teeth of the calyx. 2%. S. Native of the south of 
Brazil. Herb very variable in habit, sometimes glabrous, and 
sometimes downy. Leaves linear, or lanceolate ; lower ones 
usually ovate, petiolate. Corolla short, tubular, clothed with 
pruinose down outside. 
Vervain-like Borreria. Pl. 4 feet. 3 
76 B. vaterianoipes (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 
335.) plant herbaceous, erect; stem tetragonal, fistular, gla- 
brous at the base, but scabrous from retrograde bristles at the 
apex ; leaves lanceolate, acute: lower ones somewhat spatulate, 
with the nerves all scabrous from hairs: bristles of stipulas 
longer than the sheath, which is rather scabrous; cymes ter- 
minal, large, trichotomous; floral leaves small ; capsule nearly 
cylindrical, roughish, crowned by the 4 narrow-linear teeth of 
the calyx. %. S. Native of Equinoctial Brazil. Corolla 
glabrous ; lobes acute, bearded with stiff hairs at the apex. 
Valerian-like Borreria. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
77 B. ta’xa (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 337.) plant herba- 
ceous, erect; stem fistular, tetragonal, with opposite, spreading 
branches ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both the ends, loose, 
Y.S. Native of the south of 
RUBIACEX. CLXXXV. Borrerta. 
membranous, with scabrous edges ; bristles of stipulas glabrous, 
length of the sheath, which is downy; cymes terminal, some- 
what trichotomous; floral leaves small; capsule elliptic, rather 
truncate, crowned by the 4 narrow, acute teeth of the calyx. 
XY. S. Native of the south of Brazil. 
Loose-leaved Borreria. Pl. 2 feet. 
78 B.? equiseroipes (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. e. p. 338.) gla- 
brous ; root woody; stems herbaceous, erect, contracted at the 
nodi, bluntly tetragonal? leaves narrow-linear, straight, almost 
filiform, with revolute, scabrous edges; stipulas fuscescent, ciliat- 
ed with bristles ; cymes terminal and axillary, crowded, %. S. 
Native of the south of Brazil. Habit of the plant elegant; but 
the fruit being unknown, it is very doubtful whether it belongs 
to the present genus. 
Horse-tail-hke Borreria. Pl. 3 feet. 
§ 4. Flowers umbellate ; umbels cymose or capitate. 
79 B. umBELLA`TA (Spreng. neu. entd. 2. p. 144.) stem herba- 
ceous, branched, somewhat tetragonal, shining ; leaves lanceo- 
late, tapering to both ends, glabrous; stipulas setose, connate at 
the base ; umbels pedunculate, semi-globose, axillary, and ter- 
minal; capsule obconical, downy, crowned by the 4 acute teeth 
of the calyx. 4%. S. Native of Brazil, within the tropic. 
Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 338. Bigelowia umbellata, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 405. Corolla small, white. Herb clothed 
with very fine down while young. 
Umbellate-flowered Borreria. Pl. 
80 B.? aratrioipes (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnæa. 3. p. 339.) 
glabrous ; stem herbaceous, erect, fistular, tetragonal, branched 
at the top; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, on short petioles, ra 
ther coriaceous; bristles of stipulas few, shorter than the sheath ; 
cymes umbellate, terminal, downy, with tetragonal branchlets ; 
calyx glabrous, acutely 4-toothed ; anthers exserted.—Native 
of Equinoctial Brazil. Allied to B. umbellàta, but is twice 
the size in all its parts. Fruit unknown, therefore the genus 
is doubtful. 
Aralia-like Borreria. Pl. 2 feet. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
81 B. apscr’npEns (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. $40.) 
glabrous ; stems ascending ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute ; Stl- 
pulas toothed: teeth bristly—Native of Madagascar. Sperma- 
cdce adscéndens, Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 523. 
Ascending Borreria. Pl. ascending. i 
82 B. vacina'ta (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 340.) stem sut- 
fruticose, and is as well as the branches, terete and glabro 
leaves lanceolate : stipulas connate; lower ones sheathed : = 
hispid.—Native of St. Domingo. Spermacoce vaginata, Willd. 
in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 531. Bigelawia vaginata, Spreng. 
syst. 1. p. 405. 
. Sheathed Borreria. Shrub 1 foot. ? 
. 83 B. uinteonta (D. C., prod. 4. p. 551.) stem heres 
tetragonal, rather villous on the angles; leaves linear-lanceo w 
acute, on short petioles, villous, with scabrous margins ; brist pe 
of stipulas rather shorter than the flowers : whorles of fopa 
axillary and terminal; the latter globose, and „girded by i 
leaves: anthers exserted; calyxes clothed with cinereous vill. 
—-Native of Cayenne. Spermacéce linifdlia, Vahl, ecl. se 
8. but not of Nees. Bigelowia linifdlia, Spreng. syst. 1. p- sin 
Fruit unknown. Anthers blue. 
Flax-leaved Borreria. PI. 1 foot. A 
Cult. The species of Borréria are of most easy culture. + 
light soil suits them best; and cuttings of the perennial ee 
shrubby kinds strike root readily in the same kind of ponte 
heat. The annual kinds require the treatment of other tend? 
annuals. 1 
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