TEMP eu 
CORDIACEZE. VI. Carmona. VII. Lurrostyiis. VIII. Ruaspia. IX. Monzrosia. 391 
toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube length of calyx; limb 
5-parted, spreading, with rounded lobes. Stamens 5, exserted ; 
anthers ovate. Style bipartite at top; stigmas peltately globose. 
Drupe ovate, containing 2 1-seeded? nuts.—4A much branched 
shrub, with alternate, sessile, cuneiform, glabrous leaves, which 
are trifid at apex; and terminal, sessile, solitary flowers. Calyx 
surrounding the drupe at the base. 
1 C. cunziròLa (Cav. l. c.) h. G. Native of Buenos 
Ayres, in the plains called Pampas. Leaves tubercular; tu- 
bercles white, with a deciduous white hair rising from the 
centre of each. Calyx villous, turbinate, hemispherical in the 
fruit-bearing state. Flowers yellowish white. 
Wedge-leaved Cortesia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Cérdia, p. 387. 
VI. CARMO'NA (named by Cavanilles, after Brunond Sal- 
vatori Carmona, a painter, and companion of Loefling in his 
travels up the Orinoco.) Cav. icon. 5. t. 438. —Ehrétia species 
of Roxb. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogjnia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla campanulate, or rotate; limb 5-6-cleft. Stamens 5-6, 
inclosed, shorter than the corolla. Styles capillary ; stigmas 
simple. Drupe succulent, small, containing a 5-6-celled nut. 
—Branched shrubs. Leaves alternate, on the older branches 
fascicled, coriaceous, stiff. Peduncles rising from the fascicles 
of leaves, 2-6 flowered; flowers pedicellate, small, white. 
1 C. HETEROPHY'LLA (Cav. icon. 5. t. 438.) leaves alternate 
or in fascicles, cuneiform, tridentate at the apex, sessile, very 
scabrous from callous dots; peduncles racemose; flowers on 
short pedicels; calycine segments lanceolate, as long as the 
corolla. 5. S. Native of the East Indies, in barren lands 
and forests.  Ehrétia heterophylla, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 648. 
Córdia retüsa, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 42.  Ehrétia buxifolia, Roxb. 
cor. 1. p. 42. t. 57. ?—Plukn. alm. p. 159. t. 31. f. 1. Bapana- 
booree of the Telingas. Leaves very hard, shining above, } to 
1 inch long, and i to 4 inch broad. Corolla campanulately 
rotate, 5-6-cleft. Stamens 5-6. Drupe size of a pea, red, 
containing a 5-6-celled nut. Lhrétia buxifolia, Roxb. is proba- 
bly a true species of Beurréria. 
Variable-leaved Carmona. Clt. 1823. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 
2 C. MICROFHY'LLA; leaves cuneiform, obtuse, quite entire, 
scabrous above, dotted, 4-5 in a fascicle ; peduncles short, 
axillary, 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves; calycine seg- 
ments linear, scabrous. h.S. Native of the East Indies. 
Ehrétia microphylla, Lam. ill. 1. p. 425. no. 1921.—Plukn. 
phyt. t. 31. f. 1.? Plant glabrous. Berry dry? globose, size 
of a grain of pepper, somewhat mucronate. 
Small-leaved Carmona. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 
5 to 8 feet? 
3 C. rxcrorpEes ; branches numerous, short, ending in a 
spine ; leaves in fascicles, small, obovate-lanceolate, entire, glab- 
rous. h.S. Native of Pegamew.  Ehrétia lycioides, Wall. 
mss. 
Lycium-like Carmona. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
4 C. viminea; leaves alternate, cuneate-lanceolate, entire, 
mucronate, downy, as well as the branches and peduncles, which 
are terminal, few-flowered, corymbose ; segments of the calyx 
long, linear, acuminated. h.S. Native of Martaban, on the 
banks of the Attran, and on the Pundua mountains. Ehrétia 
viminea, Wall. cat. no 906. 
Twiggy Carmona. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Córdia, p. 387. 
VII. LUTROSTYLIS (from dAurpware, lutrosis, a freeing ; 
and ervXoc, stylos, a column; the styles are free to the base, 
not combined at the base as the other genera belonging to the 
present order.) Ehrétia species of authors. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla funnel-shaped, ? 5-cleft. Stamens a little shorter than 
the corolla. ? Styles 2, short; stigmas sub-capitate. Drupe 
globose, usually containing 4 1-seeded nuts.—Much branched, 
glabrous shrubs. Leaves rather coriaceous, fascicled. Corymbs 
terminal, dichotomous. Flowers small, white, or yellowish. 
1 L. mxE murs; glabrous, unarmed; leaves fascicled, obo- 
vate-oblong, obtuse, quite entire, finely ciliated; corymbs 
terminal, dichotomous; calyxes ciliated. kh. S. Native of 
America, near Cumana. Ehrétia fasciculata, H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 66. Shrub much branched ; branches 
terete, white. Leaves usually 3 in a fascicle, on the tops of 
very short branches, petiolate, acute at the base, deep green 
above, pale beneath, 2 inches long. Corymbs downy, with 
angular branches. Flowers sessile. Segments of the calyx 
ovate, acute, ciliated. Corolla and stamens hardly seen. Drupe 
size of a grain of pepper, somewhat tetragonal. 
Unarmed Lutrostylis. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
2 L. spinosa; spinose, glabrous; leaves fascicled, oblong, 
attenuated at the base, sometimes sub-repand ; corymbs race- 
mose, short, terminal ; calycine segments lanceolate, acute. 
h. S. Native of South America. Ehrétia spindsa, Jacq. 
amer. 46. t. 80. f. 18. edit. pict. t. 259. f. 14. Spines on the 
branches short, and sub-axillary ; those on the trunk strong, 
woody, and very thick. Leaves 3-4 inches long, usually 5-6 in 
afascicle. Stipulas subulate, rising from the centre of the tu- 
bercles in the branches. Flowers small, numerous, yellowish. 
Corolla length of calyx; segments of the limb ovate, obtuse, 
reflexed, length of tube.  Stamens a little shorter than the 
corolla. Styles subulate; stigmas simple. Drupe red, small. 
Spinose Lutrostylis. Shrub 4 to 10 feet. 
3 L.? Montevinr'nsts ; leaves oblong, bluntish, quite entire ; 
when young serrated a little at the apex, coriaceous, shining 
above, and of a different colour beneath, having the axils 
of the veins villous; spines opposite the branches, supra-axil- 
lary ; racemes lateral, simple, opposite the leaves. h. S 
Native of Montevideo, Sello. Ehrétia Montevidénsis, Spreng. 
syst. 1. p. 647. 
Monte-video Lutrostylis. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Cérdia, p. 387. 
VIII. RHA'BDIA (paßĉoc, rhabdos, a twig; in reference to 
the shrub being twiggy.) Mart. pl. bras. 2. p. 136. t. 195. 
Lyn. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla campanulate, 5-cleft, with a naked throat. Stamens 5, 
from the base of the corolla, inclosed. Style simple; stigma 2- 
lobed. Berry or drupe usually containing 4 1-seeded pyrenæ.— 
Branches downy. Leaves alternate, sessile. Flowers axillary, 
or in few-flowered, bracteate corymbs. 
1 R. rvcrorpes (Mart. l. c. p. 137. t. 195.) leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, undulated, adpressed to the stem, downy be- 
neath, and pale green; inflorescence corymbose; peduncles 
trifid, 3-flowered, or bifid, 2-flowered; drupe ovate, globose, 
scarlet. 5 .S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, on 
the inundated banks of the river St. Francisco, near Joa Siero. 
Leaves sessile, green above, and glaucous beneath. Corolla 
small, of a rose-purple colour, with a white tube. 
Lycium-like Rhabdia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Córdia, p. 387. 
IX. MORELO'SIA (meaning unknown to us.) La Lave et 
Lexarza, nov. veg. mex. p. 1. 
