388 CORDIACE. 
drupe containing generally more than one nut. Mart. in pl. 
bras. 1. p. 134. has made a distinct order of Ehretidcea. 
IIl. EHRE'TIA (so named in memory of the ingenious 
artist and botanist, G. D. Ehret, in French Cabrillet.) Browne, 
jam. t. 16. Lin. gen. no. 275. Schreb. gen. no. 352. 
Jacq. amer. 45. Juss. gen. p. 128. ed. Usteri, p. 143. R. 
Br. prod. p. 497. Lam. ill. t. 96. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Monog?jnia. Calyx deeply 5-parted. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, with a naked throat, and a 5-cleft limb. 
Stamens exserted. Style semi-bifid; stigmas obtuse. Berry 
containing 2 2-celled, 2-seeded pyrenze or nuts.—Trees or 
shrubs. Leaves petiolate, alternate, opposite, or 3 in a whorl, 
entire or serrated. Flowers terminal or axillary, panicled or 
corymbose, 
* Species natives of Asia. 
1 E. serra‘ra (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 240.) leaves alternate, 
broad-lanceolate, serrated, 5-pointed, glabrous; panicles ter- 
minal, and from the upper axils, with numerous short, spreading, 
compound, and simple ramifications. h. S. Native of the 
East Indies, at Bhotan ; it is also a native in the eastern part 
of Bengal. Leaves 2-5 inches long, and 1-23 inches broad; 
petioles short. Flowers small, numerous, collected into small, 
somewhat remote, nearly sessile fascicles, some of them hexan- 
drous, Bracteas small, ovate, pressed to the calyx. Corolla 
having the tube as long as the calyx, and the segments of the 
limb oblong and spreading. Stamens inserted in the mouth of 
the tube of the corolla, rather shorter than the limb. Drupes 
round, pulpy, about the size of a pea, red when ripe. This 
is one of the commonest trees in Nipaul, where it is called 
Nulshima. The flowers spread a honey-like, powerful smell. 
In Silhet, where it is indigenous, and there called Ka/a Oja. 
The fruit is not esteemed like those of most of the species, 
there being little pulp. 
Serrated-leaved Ehretia. F1.? Cit. 1823. Shrub or Tree. 
2 E. wacnorHy'LrA (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 343.) arbo- 
reous; leaves alternate, coriaceous, ovate, acute, sharply-tooth- 
ed, harsh, strigose above, and downy beneath ; panicle terminal, 
composed of racemose branches. kh. Native of Nipaul, 
on Chundragiri. Branches terete, with ash-coloured, dotted 
bark, rather villous while young. Leaves 5-10 inches long; 
nerves uniting in sub-marginal arches. Drupes round, ovate, 
obscurely 4-furrowed, slightly clothed, the size of a gooseberry, 
supported at the base by a 5-cleft calyx, whose segments are 
lanceolate, ciliated, and spreading. Embryo erect.? Coty- 
ledons parallel. 
Long-leaved Ehretia. Tree large. 
3 E.? uuBELLULA'TA (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 344.) arbo- 
reous ; leaves ovate, nearly entire, glabrous; umbellets scat- 
tered, round, small, downy; stigma deeply and almost equally 
4-lobed. Ļ}.S. Native of Silhet, where it is called Kunuka. 
Branches like those of E. macrophylla. Leaves repand, slightly 
undulated, 3-5 inches long, generally with a retuse apex; 
nerves uniting into sub-marginal arches, elegantly reticulate. 
Flowers very small, white, fragrant, crowded together in lateral, 
simple, or corymbose heads. Calyx supported by an oval 
bractea; segments of the calyx round, ciliated. Corolla rotate, 
with reflexed lobes, shorter than the stamens. This seems to 
connect Ehrétia with Cérdia, from the short style and deeply 
4-lobed stigma, but the fruit is unknown. 
Umbellate-flowered Ehretia. Shrub. 
4 E. Wienurià'NA (Wall. cat. no. 7013.) glabrous; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, or obovate-oblong, entire, coriaceous ; pedun- 
cels terminal, corymbose ; flowers secund, pedicellate. p. S. 
Native of the East Indies. Nearly allied to E. umbellulata. 
III. Enreria. 
Wight's Ehretia. Shrub. 
5 E. Pvnrrór1A (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 102.) leaves ovate, 
acute, serrated, glabrous, rounded at the base: floral ones 
oblong ; panicles terminal; flowers crowded. h.G. Native 
of Nipaul. Flowers small, disposed in an ample, crowded 
panicles. Nearly allied to E. serrata, Roxb., but the leaves of 
that plant are acute at the base. 
Pear-leaved Ehretia. Tree or shrub. 
6 E. Java’nica (Blum. bijdr. p. 842.) leaves alternate, oval, 
attenuated at both ends, quite entire, glabrous ; corymbs lateral 
and terminal, divaricate ; calyx deeply 5-cleft, with acuminated 
segments. h.S. Native of Java, on the declivities of moun- 
tains on the west side, where it is called Sikup Burrum. 
Java Ehretia. Fl. Nov. ‘Tree 60 feet. 
* * Species natives of New Holland. 
7 E. AcuMINA'TA (R. Br. prod. p. 497.) leaves oblong, acu- 
minated, serrated, quite glabrous; panicles decompound, having 
the branches and branchlets quite glabrous. h.G. Native of 
New South Wales, about Port Jackson. 
Acuminated-leaved Ehretia. FI. July. Clt. 1823. Tree 
15 feet? 
8 E. sarícwA (R. Br. l. c.) leaves linear-lanceolate, sub- 
falcate, elongated, quite entire, glabrous, 3-5 inches long; 
cymes panicled, dichotomous ; flowers polygamous. h. G 
Native of New Holland, within the tropic, on the sea-shore. 
Willomy-leaved Ehretia. Shrub or tree. 
9 E. MEMBRANIFÒLIA (R. Br. l. c.) leaves long-lanceolate, 
quite entire, and quite glabrous, strict, membranous, 1} to 24 
inches long; cymes dichotomous. h. S. Native of New 
Holland, within the tropic. The fruit being unknown the 
genus is doubtful. 
Membrane-leaved Ehretia. Shrub or tree. 
*** Species natives of America. 
10 E. rrNiFÓLIA (Lin. spec. 273. amoen. acad. 5. p. 595. 
Jacq. amer. p. 45. Swartz. obs. p. 87.) leaves oblong-ovate, 
or ovate, obtuse, quite entire, glabrous ; panicles terminal, 
oblong; calyx 5-cleft, obtuse. h. S. Native of Jamaica, 
and Cuba,—Trew. ehret. t. 24.— Browne, jam. p. 168. t. 16. f. 
1.—Sloan. jam. 2. p. 94. t. 203. f. 1. A tree with a dense, 
oblong head. Leaves about 4 inches long, on short petioles. 
Flowers numerous, small, white, strong-scented. Corolla a 
little longer than the calyx ; with obovate, acute, reflexed seg- 
ments, which exceed the tube in length.  Stamens a little 
longer than the corolla. Stigma bifid. Drupe containing 4 
nuts, ex. Jacq., 2 nuts, ex Lin., globular, at first yellow, then 
black, size of currants. They serve to feed poultry, and are 
sometimes eaten by the poorer sort of people. The tree is 
known in Jamaica by the name of Bastard Cherry-tree. 
Tinus-leaved Ehretia. Fl. June, July. Clt, 1734. 
to 28 feet. 
11 E.? iwTERNODIS (Lehr. stirp. 1. p. 47. t. 24.) leaves 
alternate, oblong-ovate, quite entire, acute, glabrous; panicles 
intra-foliaceous ; flowers corymbose, panicled ; corolla campa- 
nulate, with reflexed segments. L.S. Native of the Antilles. 
E. petiolàris, Lam. dict. 1. p. 527. no. 5. ex Poir. suppl. 2. p. 
1. Cordia petiolàta, Desf. hort. par. Branches loose, grey, 
tubercled. Leaves 4 inches long. Style simple. Stigma 2- 
lobed. Berries round, containing 4 1-seeded nuts. 
Var. B, Sübria (Commers. herb. ex Lam. dict. l. c.) very like 
the species; flowers hardly a line long, with acute segments ; 
stamens inserted in the tube of the corolla; stigma capitate ; 
panicles terminal and axillary. kh. S. Native of the Mau- 
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