366 BORAGINEZ. XLII. TOURNEFORTIA. 
amer. 3. p. 78.—Messerschmídtia species, Lin.—Pittonia, Plum. 
gen. 5. icon. 227. f. 2. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla salver-shaped, or somewhat rotate, with a naked throat. 
Stamens inclosed. Stigma peltate, somewhat conical. Berry 
containing 2 nuts; nuts 2-seeded.— Twining, scandent, or erect 
shrubs. Leaves scabrous or tomentose, scattered, rarely by 
threes, petiolate. Peduncles usually terminal, rarely axillary or 
lateral, generally bearing many spikes, which are usually cy- 
mose. Spikes secund, revolute at top, bractless, Embryo in- 
verted. 
Secr. I. Pirronta (see genus for derivation). H. B. et 
Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 80. Limb of corolla plicately 5-cleft. 
Berry more or less globose, containing 2, 2-celled, 2-seeded 
nuts. 
* Species natives of America. 
1 T. cvwósa (Lin. spec. 202.) branches compressed, angu- 
lar, glabrous ; leaves ovate, acuminated at apex, and attenuated 
at the base, naked, glabrous; peduncles axillary and terminal, 
glabrous; spikes cymose. h.S. Native of Jamaica. Jacq. 
coll. 1. p. 96. icon. rar. t. 31. Swartz, obs. p. 57.— Sloane, 
jam. hist. 2. p. 109. t. 212. f. 2. T. macrophylla, Lam. ill. p. 
416. no. 1874. Poir. dict. 5. p. 356. Pers. ench. 1. p. 165. 
Leaves 6 inches long, and 1-2 broad, veiny. Spikes long, pen- 
dulous. Calycine segments narrow, acute. Corolla flesh-co- 
loured, or pale red, short, rusty or greenish-white. Berries 
white. 
Cymose-flowered Tournefortia. Fl. July. Clt. 1777. Shrub 
8 to 10 feet. 
2 T. r@tiprssima (Lin. spec. 201. hort. cliff. p. 48.) branches 
angular, hairy ? leaves ovate-lanceolate; peduncles axillary and 
terminal; spikes pendulous, cymose. h .S. Native of Mexico, 
Jamaica, and other West India Islands. Willd. spec. 1. p. 792. 
T. cymòsa, var. f, Poir. dict. 5. p. 336.  Pittónia racemósa, 
nicotianze foliis foetidissimis, Plum. gen. 5. icon. 220.—Plukn. 
alm. 182. Leaves 5 inches long and 2 broad, hairy on the 
under side,.fetid when bruised. Peduncles bearing 2-3-4, or 
5 pendulous spikes. Flowers dirty white, crowded. It differs 
principally from T. cymósa in the leaves being hairy or villous 
beneath. 
Very fetid Tournefortia. 
to 12 feet. 
3 T. srcotor (Swartz, prod. p. 40. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 344.) 
branches glabrous, compressed, rather angular; leaves ovate, 
acuminated, glabrous, veiny, wrinkled above; peduncles termi- 
nal, glabrous; spikes erect, cymose. k. S. Native of Ja- 
maica, Martinico, and Guadaloupe. Willd. spec. 1. p. 793. 
T. levigàta, Lam. ill. no. 1875.? Poir. dict. 5. p. 857. 
Leaves rarely rather hairy above, smooth and pale beneath, 3-4 
inches long. Flowers dirty white, or greenish white, crowded ; 
tube of corolla hairy. 
Two-coloured-leaved Tournefortia. 
Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
4 T. uxpvLA'rA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 25. t. 149. f. b.) 
branches angular, downy ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, lined, wrin- 
kled, rather downy, undulated ; peduncles dichotomously corym- 
bose, lateral and terminal; spikes short, numerous, recurved. 
Fl. July. Clt. 1739. Shrub 10 
Fl. July. Cit. 1812. 
h.S. Native of Peru, on hills in the province of Cumana. 
Shrub rather downy. Corolla white, downy outside. Berry 
white. Nuts cornute at the base. 
Undulated-leaved Tournefortia. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 
5 T. AwcUsTIFLORA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 25.) gla- 
brous; branches angular; leaves ovate, unequal at the base, 
with an oblique acumen ; peduncles bifurcate, terminal and ax- 
illary, therefore the spikes are conjugate ; flowers somewhat pe- 
dicellate; corollas narrow. b. S. Native of Peru, in woods. 
Spikes 2 inches long, hardly recurved. Calyx small. Corolla 
white, very long, rather downy outside; tube swollen at the 
base; limb spreading, reflexed. Stigma nearly sessile. An- 
thers linear. Berry white, globose, 2-seeded. Perhaps a spe- 
cies of Messerschmidtia. 
Narrom-flowered Tournefortia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
6 T. vinca'rA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 25. t. 50. f. a.) 
stems terete, and are, as well as the branches, which are angu- 
lar, hispid ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, hardly petiolate, 
hispid; peduncles terminal, subdichotomous, cymose; spikes 
few; flowers crowded. h. S. Native of Peru, in woods. 
Branches attenuated. Leaves alternate, or 3 in a whorl, rather 
wrinkled. Corolla white. 
Twiggy Tournefortia. Shrub. 
7 T. MAcULA'TA (Jacq. amer. p. 47. Lam. ill. no. 416. 
Poir. dict. 5. p. 357.) glabrous; branches twiggy, rather an- 
gular; leaves ovate, acuminated, petiolate ; peduncles of many 
spikes; spikes pendulous ; flowers few, in a single row. R.S. 
Native of Carthagena, among bushes, and in hedges. Leaves 4 
inches long, and 2 broad. Spikes short. Corolla yellow, with 
along slender tube, and acute segments, ex Poir. Fruit yel- 
low, with 4 roundish dark spots at the base. 
Spotted-fruited Tournefortia. Shrub. 
8 T. Caraccasa'na (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
80.) branches terete, hairy when young, angular; leaves ovate- 
oblong, acuminated, narrowed at the base, strigose above, and 
clothed with hair-like, canescent tornentum beneath; peduncles 
lateral, dichotomously multifid, usually bearing 8 spikes ; calyx 
strigosely downy, 4 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. 
h. S. Native near the town of Caraccas, on the banks of the 
river Anauco. T. acutifdlia, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 540. Leaves 4 inches long, and. 2 broad. Pedun- 
cles downy. Spikes diffuse. Segments of calyx ovate, acute. 
Corolla with a green, downy, angular tube, and a white, blunt 
limb. Stigma sessile. 
Caraccas Tournefortia. Shrub. 
9 T. Futicinésa (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 81. t. 203.) 
branches compressedly tetragonal, clothed with rusty tomentum ; 
leaves oblong, acute at both ends, wrinkled, hispid above, and 
clothed with rusty tomentum beneath ; peduncles lateral, dicho- 
tomously multifid, of many spikes; calyx clothed with rusty to- 
mentum, much shorter than the tube of the corolla ; corolla also 
clothed with rusty tomentum ; drupes glabrous. h.S. Na- 
tive near Cumana and Bordones. T. rugósa, Willd. rel. ex 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 540. Leaves 4-5 inches long, and 
13 to 2 broad. Peduncles clothed with rusty tomentum. Spikes 
narrow, 4 inches long. Calycine segments ovate, acute. Limb 
of corolla obtuse. 
Sooty Tournefortia. Shrub, 
10 T. suave‘otens (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 81.) branches 
angular, hispid; leaves ovate-oblong, acute at both ends, beset 
with adpressed hairs above, and soft hair-like tomentum be- 
neath; peduncles terminal, somewhat dichotomously multifid, of 
many spikes; calyx, peduncles, and petioles hispid; calyx a little 
shorter than the tube of the corolla. h.S. Native of Peru. 
Leaves canescent beneath, 3 inches long, and 13 inch broad. 
Spikes numerous, corymbose, short. Calycine segments linear. 
Corolla beset with adpressed hairs outside ; lobes ovate, acute. 
Fruit not seen. 
Smeet-scented-flowered Tournefortia. Shrub. 
11 T. Loxe’ysis (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) branches terete, 
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