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ritius. E. internddis, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 343. This, as 
well as the species, are very doubtful from the form of the 
stigma. 
Interknotted Ehretia. Fl.? Clt. 1819. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 
12 E. cranpirLora (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 3.) leaves alternate, 
ovate, smooth, with unequal sides, glabrous, quite entire, ob- 
tuse; flowers corymbose; calyx rather tubular, downy, grey, 
with 5 acute teeth; segments of corolla roundish, spreading. 
h.S. Native of St. Domingo. Branches terete. Leaves on 
short petioles, 2 inches long, and 14 inch broad. Tube of 
corolla red, length of calyx. Stigma bifid, obtuse. Fruit 
unknown. 
Great-flomered Ehretia, Shrub or tree. 
13 E.? pv'Brà (Jacq. obs. 1. p. 19. Gmel. syst. 1. p. 394. 
Vittm. summ. 2. p. 15.) leaves alternate, oval-oblong, acute, 
quite entire, glabrous; peduncles 1-flowered, aggregate ; calyx 
bilabiate : lower lip campanulate: superior one roundish, 
concave, spreading, at length not half the size of the lower 
one; segments of the limb of the corolla flat, ovate, obtuse. 
h. S. Native of Jamaica, about Kingston. Leaves 3-6 
inches long, petiolate. Tube of corolla funnel-shaped, hairy 
inside. Stamens short, inserted in the upper part of the tube. 
Anthers didymous. Style subulate, semi-bifid at apex; seg- 
ments bifid, inflexed. Stigmas acute. This is probably a 
species of Córdia, from the twice bifid style, or a new genus 
belonging to section Cordiàcece. 
Doubtful Ehretia. Clt. 1825. Tree 20 feet. 
14 E. romenrosa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 64. 
t. 208.) branches angular, clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves 
opposite, elliptic-oblong, acute, entire, glabrous above, and 
clothed with downy tomentum beneath, and hoary; flowers 
axillary, corymbose, about equal in length to the petioles; 
calyx clothed with hoary tomentum, almost entire, rather angu- 
lar, loose. h. S. Native of New Granada, near Santa Fe 
de Bogota.  Ehrétia Bogoténsis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 648. 
Leaves running into the petioles at the base, 5 inches long. 
Peduncles axillary, short, many-flowered. Calyx turbinately 
campanulate. Corolla campanulate, glabrous; tube twice as 
long as the calyx; limb spreading, with ovate, oblong, obtuse 
segments. Stamens a little exserted, glabrous. Anthers 2 
lobed at the base. Stigmas acute. Drupe depressed, globular, 
smooth, size of a sloe, surrounded by the calyx, which is 
warted at the base, and irregularly lobed, 4-celled: cells 1- 
seeded. 
Tomentose Ehretia. Shrub or tree. 
15 E. rerniroxia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 66.) 
branches nearly terete, smoothish ; leaves 3 in a whorl, oblong, 
obtuse, quite entire, glabrous, rather powdery ; corymbs axil- 
lary, about equal in length to the petioles ; calyx clothed with 
hoary powder, irregularly 4-lobed. h. S. Native of the pro- 
vince of Venezuela, near Los altos de San Pedro, at the altitude 
of 850 hexapods. Branches white. Leaves petiolate, furnished 
with minute, canescent atoms, pale beneath, 4-5 inches long, 
and 21 broad. Petioles powdery. Flowers the size of those 
of Lýcium bárbarum. Calyx turbinately campanulate. Corollas 
white, funnel-shaped, glabrous; tube hardly equal in length to 
the calyx : limb spreading, with ovate-oblong, obtuse segments ; 
throat puberulous. Stamens exserted. Stigmas acute. Drupe 
like that of the preceding. 
Tern-leaved Ehretia. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 
Cult. N.B. The following names occur in Salt. trav. abyss. 
append. p. 475, but without any definition. 1 E. obovata, R. 
Br. 2 E. Abyssínica, R. Br. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Córdia, p. 387. 
III. Esrerra. IV. BEURRERIA. 389 
IV. BEURRE RIA (named by P. Browne, after Mr. Beurrer, 
an apothecary of Nuremberg, who was a great promoter of 
natural history.) Brown, jam. p. 168. t. 15. f. 2. Jacq. amer. 
45. t. 173. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 67.—Ehrétia 
species of other authors. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Monog)nia. Calyx campanulate, 
5-toothed, or 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb 5-parted ; 
throat naked. Stamens a little exserted. Style usually bifid, 
rarely undivided ; stigmas 2, sub-capitate. Drupe containing 
4 pyrene or nuts; nuts 2-celled; cells 1-seeded.—Small trees 
or shrubs. Leaves alternate, nearly entire, or quite entire. 
Corymbs sub-terminal. Flowers white. 
* Species natives of America. 
1 B. exsu’cca (Jacq. amer. p. 45. t. 173. f. 17. ed. pict. t. 
259. f. 13.) branches and leaves downy ; leaves ovate, acute, or 
obovate and obtuse, quite entire; corymbs dichotomous ; calyx 
downy, irregularly bifid or trifid; fruit dry, tetragonal, divisi- 
ble into 4 parts. hk. S. Native of South America, in hot 
places near Cumana, St. Thomas de la Guyana, and New Bar- 
celona ; and of Mexico, near Actopan, &c. H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 67. — Ehrétia exsücca, Lin. spec. p. 275. 
„Lam. dict. 1. p. 527. Rhámnus Cumanénsis, Loefl. itin. p. 182. 
Guatacare of the natives of Cumana. Branches terete, hoary, 
glabrous, when young rather downy. Leaves li to 2 inches 
long, petiolate, clothed with strige on both surfaces, sometimes 
nearly glabrous ; petioles downy, glabrous, or ciliated. Flowers 
white, sweet-scented. Corolla white, salver-shaped ; tube 
longer than the calyx; limb spreading, with roundish, cordate 
segments.  Stamens length of corolla, villous at the base. 
Style bifid. Jacquin mentions his plant as glabrous, while 
that of Kunth is downy. They are, however, probably identical. 
Dry-fruited Beurreria. Clt. 1804. Tree 20 feet. 
2 B. nzvorv'rA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 67.) 
branches and leaves glabrous, ovate, obtuse, with entire revo- 
lute margins; corymbs dichotomous; calyx downy, 5-toothed. 
b. S. Native of New Spain, in temperate places near Haci- 
enda de Regla. Shrub much branched. Branches terete. 
Leaves acute at the base, 1-2 inches long, petiolate. Corymbs 
terminal, downy. Calyx tubularly campanulate. Drupe red, 
size of a sloe, nearly globose, the rest as in the genus. 
Revolute-leaved Beurreria. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
3 B. pivarica‘tTa; leaves oblong, entire, scabrous above, and 
downy beneath ; flowers terminal, corymbosely racemose ; calyx 
5-cleft, downy. kh. S. Native of Cuba, about the Havana. 
Ehrétia divaricàta, D. C. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 108. icon. ined. 
t. 4. Branches divaricate. Leaves firm. Flowers white. 
Drupe orange-coloured, globose ; the rest as in the genus. 
Divaricate Beurreria. Clt. 1820. Tree. 
4 B. vincA' rA ; branches filiform; leaves oblong, entire, 
obtuse, hardly petiolate, scabrous above, and downy beneath ; 
peduncles terminal, scattered, 1-flowered ; calyx tubular, hairy, 
with 5 short, ovate, acuminated segments. kh.S. Native of 
New Spain, in deserts. Ehrétia virgata, Swartz. prod. p. 47. 
fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 463. This plant differs from B. succulénta, 
in being more twiggy, in the leaves being more scabrous, and in 
the inflorescence. Corolla white, twice as long as the calyx. 
Berry roundish, red ; the rest as in the genus. 
Twiggy Beurreria. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
5 B. succune’nta (Jacq. amer. p. 44. ed. pict. p. 28. t. 45. 
obs. 2. p. 2. t. 26.) leaves oblong, quite entire, obtuse, or acute, 
smooth, or rather scabrous to the touch; corymbs loose, termi- 
nal, composed of irregular dichotomous cymes; calyx tubular, 
