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in botanical gardens. They are of the most easy culture, and 
are readily increased by cuttings under a hand-glass, in heat. 
T. Sibirica, being a rare, nearly hardy plant, should be grown 
in a pot, and placed among other alpine plants. 
XLIII. MESSERSCHMI’DTIA (in honour of Daniel Gott- 
lieb Messerschmidt, a traveller in Siberia.) Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. li. and p. 541.—Tournefértia species of authors. 
Lin. Syst.  Pentándria, Monog?jnia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla funnel-shaped ; throat naked, swollen; segments of the limb 
usually subulate. Stigma conical. Berry 4-lobed, containing 4 
l-seeded nuts, but often fewer by abortion.—Shrubs with the 
habit of Tournefórtia. This genus is principally distinguished 
from Tournefórtia by the berry containing 4 1-seeded nuts, in- 
stead of 2 2-seeded nuts. Berries generally white. 
§ 1. Segments of corolla linear-subulate. Berry 4-lobed ; each 
lobe containing a 1-celled, 1-seeded nut. Embryo arched, 
mith the cotyledons at the back of the cell, and the radicle 
in the front, — T'wining shrubs. 
1 M.vorv'sinis (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 841.) branches 
strigose; leaves ovate, acuminated, nearly glabrous ; petioles 
and peduncles hairy ; cymes terminal; spikes much branched; 
berries hairy ; segments of corolla subulate. h.%™.S. Native 
of Jamaica, St. Thomas, and Mexico. Tournefortia volübilis, 
Lin. spec. p. 201. Willd. enum. 1. p. 188. Lam. ill. t. 95. 
f. 2. Tourn. microphylla, Bert. in Spreng. syst. 1. p. 644.— 
Sloane, hist. 1. p. 234. t. 143. f. 2.— Plukn. alm. 389. t. 235. 
f. 6. Branches weak, rufescent. Leaves an inch long, and 
3-4 lines broad.  Peduncles downy. Corollas greenish- 
yellow. 
Twining Messerschmidtia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1789. 
Shrub tw. 
2 M.sca'wpENs (Roem. et Schultes, l. c. p. 542.) glabrous ; 
leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, reflexed ; calyx campanulate, 
5-toothed ; segments of corolla subulate. h.. S. Native of 
Peru, in groves. Tournefórtia scandens, Willd. enum. 1. p. 188. 
Tournefórtia volübilis, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 24. t. 148. 
Tourn. Peruviàna, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 425. Flowers greenish- 
yellow, or whitish, corymbosely dichotomous. Very nearly 
allied to the preceding, but is 4 times the size in all its parts. 
Climbing Messerschmidtia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. 
Shrub climbing. 
3 M. panicuta‘ra; branches obsoletely angled, downy at top; 
leaves ovate, rounded at the base, acuminated and acute at the 
apex, rather downy on both surfaces ; panicles terminal, large, 
bractless, pyramidal, erect, decompound. k. S. Native of 
tropical Brazil, Sello. Tournefértia paniculata, Cham. et 
Schlecht, in Linnea, 4. p. 468. This species differs from M. 
scándens in its downiness ; in the pyrene being 1-seeded; and 
in the ample panicle. Calyxes downy and ciliated, acute. 
Panicled- flowered Messerschmidtia. Shrub erect ? 
4 M. susse’ssitis (Cham. in Linnea, 8. p. 118. under Tour- 
nefortia) branches obsoletely angular, or nearly terete; leaves 
on short petioles, roundish or long, ovate, subcordate, acutely 
acuminated, glabrous and smooth above, and inconspicuously 
strigose beneath, with reflexed edges; panicles clothed with 
rufescent, velvety striga, composed of short, dense-flowered 
spikes ; calyxes sessile, somewhat immersed in the dilated 
rachis. h.^.? S. Native of Brazil, Sello. Nearly allied to 
M. pan‘culata and M. scándens. Branches strigose at top. 
Calycine segments narrow, acute. Drupe glabrous; one or 
two of the pyrene usually abortive. 
BORAGINEJE. XLIII. Messerscumiptia. 
Subsessile-flowered Messerschmidtia. Shrub twining ? 
5 M. sericea (Roem. et Schultes, ]. c.) branches cinereous 
from villi at top; leaves ovate-lanceolate, clothed with silky 
tomentum beneath; spikes lateral and terminal, dichotomous, 
panicled; segments of corolla setaceous. k. ,, S. Native 
of the Islands of Mont Serrat, St. Domingo and Jamaica. 
Tournefórtia sericea, Vahl, eclog. 1. p. 17. Willd. spec. 1. p. 
749. "Tourn. incàna, Lam., and Tourn. canéscens, Willd. ex 
herb. Balb.—Frütex Marcgr. hist. p. 78. Habit of M. volà- 
bilis, Leaves 14 inch long, acute, glabrous above. Peduncles 
villous. Corollas small, villous outside. 
Silky Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing. 
6 M. syrinc#rouia (Roem. et Schultes, l. c.) branches, peti- 
oles, ribs of leaves on both surfaces, veins beneath, and pedun- 
cles villous ; leaves subcordate-ovate, acuminated, glabrous, ex- 
cept the nerves and veins; peduncles terminal, many times 
forked ; spikes downy ; segments of the corolla very narrow, 
somewhat setaceous. h. S. Native of Cayenne. Tourne- 
fórtia syringeefolia, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 23. Willd. spec. 1. p. 
792. Leaves 2 inches long, almost like those of Syringa vul- 
garis. Corolla villous outside. 
Lilac-leaved Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing? or erect ? 
7 M. psitosta‘cuya; twining; branches terete, glabrous, 
but while young downy; leaves oblong, acuminated, acute at 
the base, strigose on both surfaces ; peduncles terminal, usually 
of 5 spikes; calyx strigosely downy, one half shorter than the 
tube of the corolla; segments of corolla subulate. h. ^. S. 
Native on the shores of the Pacific, near the Port of Guayaquil. 
"Tournefórtia psilostachya, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 78. Tourn. tristachya, Willd. herb. no. 3433.. Leaves 2 
or 2} inches long, and 1 broad. Peduncles downy. Spikes 
filiform, 1 to 14 inch long. Corolla downy outside, with an 
inflated throat; stigma subconical. 
Naked-spiked Messerschmidtia. Shrub twining. 
8 M. FioriBu’NDA; scandent; branches terete, clothed with 
hoary tomentum ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded at 
the base, clothed with fine pubescence above, and hoary tomen- 
tum beneath ; peduncles lateral, dichotomously multifid, of 
many spikes; calyx tomentose, one half shorter than the tube 
of the corolla; segments of the corolla linear-subulate : berries 
glabrous. kh. S. Native of New Andalusia, near Cumana 
and Cumanacoa ; also of Brazil. Tournefórtia floribinda, H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 79. Willd. herb. no. 3434. 
Peduncles tomentose, bearing 20-24 filiform spikes, which are 
3-4 inches long. Calycine segments ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
nately subulate. Corolla downy outside. 
Bundle-flowered Messerschmidtia. Clt. 
climbing. 
9 M. vexurina; scandent, clothed with hoary tomentum all 
over; branches terete ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, round- 
ed at-the base, white beneath ; peduncles terminal, dichotomously 
panicled, of many spikes; calyx villous, twice shorter than the 
tube of the corolla; berries hispid. h. S. Native of Mexico, 
near Acapulco. Tournefortia velutina, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 3. p. 79. t. 201. Leaves about 3 inches long, with 
an obtuse acumen.  Spikes about 10 on each peduncle, filiform, 
about 3 inches long. This is a very elegant species. 
` Velvety Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing. 
10 M. puncra'ra (Spreng. new entd. 3. p. 2.) stem scandent; 
leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, ciliated, beset with white 
dots above, but smooth beneath ; spikes panicled, axillary, 
dichotomous. h., S. Native of Martinico. Tournefortia 
punctata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 643. Tourn. scándens, Sieb. 
mart. no. 63. Lobes of corolla unknown. Perhaps the same 
as M. psilostàchya. 
1828.  Shrub 
