390 CORDIACEZ. 
glabrous, with ovate, acute segments. h.S. Native of Ja- 
maica and Antilles, &c. Ehrétia Beurréria, Lin. spec. 275. 
Mill. dict. no. 2, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1078. Desf. ann. mus. 1. 
p. 279. Córdia Beurreria, Lin. ameen. acad. 5. p. 395.— 
Brown, jam. p. 168. t. 15. f. 2.— Sloane, jam. 2. p. 96. t. 204. 
f. 1.— Comm. hort. 1. p. 153. t. 79.—Pittónia similis, Catesb. 
carol. 2. p. 79. Leaves 3 inches long, running into the short 
white petioles. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Segments of 
corolla obovate, with deflexed sub-undulated margins. Stigma 
green, depressed, 2-lobed. Drupe globose, smooth, size of a 
pea, orange-coloured, 4-angled ; the rest as in the genus. The 
berry being sweet and succulent is eaten by children and 
natives. In Jamaica it is called Poison-berries. The French 
name is Bois Cabril Batard. 
Succulent-fruited Beurreria. Clt. 1758. Tree 20 to 45 feet. 
6 B. romentésa; leaves ovate, scabrous above, and tomen- 
tose beneath, obtuse, tapering into the short petioles at the 
base; calyx short, with 5 deep obtuse segments; tube of 
corolla twice as long as the calyx. h. S. Native of Jamaica 
and St. Domingo. Ehrétia tomentosa, Lam. ill. no 1919. Poir. 
suppl. 2. p. 1. no. 7.—Sloane, jam. hist. 2. t. 204. f. 1.? 
Branches striated, rather nodose. Flowers white. Berry yel- 
lowish, roundish, containing 4 nuts; but the nuts are not said to 
be 2-celled and 2-seeded. 
Tomentose Beurreria. Tree. 
7 B. ra‘puta; leaves coriaceous, obovate, obtuse, scabrous 
from dots; corymbs loose, terminal; calyx whitish grey, with 
dilated segments. h. S. Native of St. Domingo. Ehrétia 
radula, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 2. Leaves quite entire, attenuated 
at the base, 1-2 inches long, and 6-9 lines broad, beset with 
white dots above, and cinereous beneath : uppermost ones nar- 
rower, and nearly lanceolate. Corolla white, a little longer than 
the calyx. Berry containing 4 nuts; but it is not said whether 
these nuts are 1 or 2-celled, or 1 or 2-seeded. 
Rasp-leaved Beurreria. Shrub. 
* * A species native of the Isle of Bourbon. 
8 B. ta’xa; branches reclinate; leaves ovate, obtuse, or 
acutish, quite entire, or a little sinuated, glabrous; panicles 
corymbose, loose, terminal ; calyx 5-cleft : segments of corolla 
ovate, obtuse, with reflexed margins. h .S. Native of the Island 
of Bourbon. Ehrétia láxa, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 41. fragm. 
no. 31. t. 5. f. 2. Leaves petiolate, scattered, dark green, about 
4 inches long. Flowers greenish white. Corolla twice as long 
as the calyx, with ovate, obtuse, reflexed segments. Berry 
fleshy, red, size of a pea, containing 4 nuts ; but the nuts are 
not said to be 2-celled or 2-seeded. 
Loose-flowered Beurreria. Clt. 1826. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 
* ** Species natives of Asia. Drupe containing 4 1-celled, 
l-seeded nuts. Perhaps a distinct genus. 
9 B. nz vis; arboreous ; leaves ovate, smooth, entire, or some- 
times scalloped ; corymbs lateral and axillary, composed of di- 
chotomous, recurved, secund spikes ; drupe containing a 4 parti- 
ble nut, or 4 1-seeded, 1-celled nuts. h .S. Native of the Cir- 
car mountains, and Bengal, and on the banks of the Irawaddy. 
Ehrétia affinis, Wall. cat. no. 900. Ehrétia levis, Roxb. cor. 1. 
p. 42. t. 56. Seregada of the Telingas. Branches erect. Leaves 
on short petioles, pretty smooth, 3-4 inches long, and 2-3 broad. 
Flowers small, white. Nuts wrinkled outside. The wood of 
this tree is used by the hill people for many purposes. 
Smooth Beurreria. Clt. 1823. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 
10 B. A'sPERA; shrubby; leaves ovate, scabrous above, and 
IV. BEURRERIA. 
V. CORTESIA. 
downy below, entire ; corymbs terminal, dichotomous ; calycine 
segments ovate; drupe containing a 4-celled nut, or a nut 
divisible into 4 l-celled 1-seeded parts. h. S. Native of 
the East Indies. Ehrétia áspera, Roxb. cor. 1. p. 41. 
t. 55. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1077. E. tomentosa, Roth, nov. 
spec. p. 126. Ehrétia Héynii, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 
p. 532. Bark of the larger branches rust coloured; young 
shoots downy. Corymbs globular, composed of dense, recurved, 
naked, secund spikes of pedicellate flowers. Flowers very 
small, white. Stigmas simple. Drupe red, size of a grain of 
pepper, somewhat tetragonal. Nuts smooth outside. 
Rough Beurreria. Clt. 1795. Shrub. 
11 B. serésa (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 342.) tender parts bristly ; 
leaves ovate-cordate, acuminated, entire ; panicles terminal, 
composed of dichotomous, secund, recurved spikes ; calycine 
segments lanceolate, as long as the corolla; drupe containing 4 
l-celled, 1-seeded nuts. k. S. Native of the Island of 
Hamoa. 
Bristly Beurreria. Shrub or tree. 
12 B. RETU`sA ; leaves small, obovate, retuse or acute, downy, 
as well as the young branches and peduncles; peduncles simple, 
terminating the short stiff branches, few-flowered. h.S. Na- 
tive on the banks of the Irawaddy.  Ehrétia retusa, Wall. cat. 
no. 903. A stiff, stunted, branched shrub. Nut containing 4 
1-seeded nuts. 
Retuse-leaved Beurreria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
13 B. uxirLónA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 342.) shrubby, twiggy ; 
leaves crowded, nearly sessile, oblong, entire, hairy ; flowers 
solitary, nearly sessile; drupe containing 4 1-celled, 1-seeded 
nuts. h.S. Native of the Moluccas. 
One-flowered Beurreria. Shrub. 
14 B. puncra‘ta ; leaves oval, entire, glabrous on both 
surfaces, beset with dots towards the margins, which are ex- 
cavated beneath, but elevated, and rather wrinkled above; 
corymbs terminal, dichotomous, divaricate, downy, composed 
of secund spikes of flowers. b. S. Native of the East Indies. 
E. punctàta, Roth, nov. spec. p. 126. Dots at the margins of 
the leaves, as in Cofféa Arábica, but more copious, and appear 
like secreting pores. It differs from B. levis, in dots only 
being on the margins of the leaves, not throughout its surface 
as In it, and the leaves themselves are less coriaceous, and the 
corymbs and calyxes more hairy. 
Dotted-leaved Beurreria. Shrub or tree. 
15 B. picaéroma (Rottl. herb. Blum. bijdr. 842, under Ehré- 
tia,) leaves oblong, acuminated, quite entire, coriaceous, glab- 
rous; corymbs terminal, dichotomous; flowers secund; seg- 
ment of calyx bluntly toothed. h.S. Native of Java, in the 
higher woods on mount Burangrang. 
Dichotomous-corymbed Beurreria. Fl. June, July. Tree. 
16 B. crA'BRA ; leaves oval-roundish, glabrous, quite entire ; 
corymbs terminal, dichotomous, divaricate, composed of secund 
racemes or spikes of pedicellate flowers; calyx membranous 
in the fruit-bearing state, obovate, sub-inflated, 5-cleft, downy 
inside. b. S. Native of the East Indies. E. glabra, Roth, 
nov. spec. p. 126. This species differs from all others in the 
calx being membranous and somewhat inflated, and less 
divided. 
Glabrous Beurreria. Shrub or tree. 
Cult. For culture or propagation see Córdia, p. 387. 
, V. CORTESIA (so named in honour of Ferdinando Corte- 
sio, of New Spain, who collected many specimens of plants, 
which he sent to Cavanilles.) Cav. icon. 4. p. 53. t. 877. 
Lis. syst. — Pentándria, Monogijnia. Calyx truncate, 10- 
