478 BORAGINEiE. 



Sect. 1. Gerascanthus, P.Br. — Calyx 10-costate, 5-3-dentate. Corolla marcescent, 

 dextrorsely contorted with the inner margin flatted. — Corolla brown in the marcescent 

 state. 



1. C. gerascanthus, Jacq. Down minute, stellate ; leaves oblong-lauceolate or ellip- 

 tical-oblong, pointed, entire ; panicle expanded : ultimate flowers glomerate ; calyx clavate- 

 cyliudrical, hoary-tomenfose with stellate down : teeth 5, minute, equal ; corolla white, 

 salver-shaped : limb o-partite, as long as (or half as long as) the tube : lobes spathulate- 

 oblong ; stamens long-exsertecl, inserted near the throat. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 259./. 12: 

 the flower. Rich. Cub. t. 59 bis.— C. gerascanthoides, Rich, (non Kth.). — Variable in 

 the size and proportions of the flower, and in the leaves glabrescent or stellato-pubescent 

 beneath : more hairy forms, comprising probably several so-called species, occur in South 

 America. A tree, 30' high ; leaves 3"-6", calyx 2"'-4'"long ; corolla-lobes 3"'(-H'") long. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., rare ; Antigua !, Nichols., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Anders., 

 Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 121, Cr., common in dry localities ; [Cuba! and Guatemala! to Brazil]. 



2. C. gerascanthoides, Kth. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, entire, gla- 

 brous ; panicle many-flowered : ultimate flowers fascicled-glomerate ; calyx campanulate- 

 cylindrical, with simple down, hirsute or rusty-pubescent or glabrescent : teeth 3-5, unequal, 

 deltoid; corolla white, infundibular, 5-fld, little beyond the middle of the exserted part of 

 the tube -. lobes obovatc, subretuse ; stamens shortly exserted, inserted below the middle of the 

 corolla-tube. — Br. Jam. t. 29. /. 3 : the flower. — C. gerascanthus, Sw. (non Jacq.). C. 

 tinifolia, W.—A tree, 20'-30' high ; leaves 3"-8", calyx 4"'-5"', corolla 8"'-10'" loug : its 

 lobes 3"'-4'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., common in the lowlands and mountains ; 

 [Cuba!; Mexico!]. 



Sect. 2. Varronia, DC. — Calyx \0-\2-costate, irregularly circumscissile below the closed 

 top. Corolla plaited-imbricative, deciduous. 



3. C. alba, R. S. Scabrous or glabrescent ; leaves elliptical-roundish, dentate-repand, 

 concolor ; panicle corymbiform : ultimate flowers subsessile ; corolla whitish, infundibular, 

 shortly 5-lobed, thrice as long as the turbinate calyx : lobes emarginate-roundish ; drupe 

 ellipsoidal, white. — Deless. Ic. 5. I. 97. Desc. Fl. 7. I. 529.— Varronia, Jacq. V. calyp- 

 trata, DC. C. dentata, V. ! C. calyptrata, Berter. ! — A tree, 30' high ; leaves variable, 

 2"-4", corolla 6'", drupe 5"'-8'" loug.— Hab. Jamaica !, March ; Autigua !, Wullschl. ; 

 [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to New Granada ! and Veuezuela !J. 



Sect. 3. Sebestena, Dill. — Calyx smooth, rupturing at the closed top, enlarged and often 

 "fleshy " around the drupe. Corolla large, imbricative, deciduous : tube exserted. 

 The character of the calyx growing fleshy is taken from Jacquin, but is not universal, as 

 is shown by ripe drupes of the Cordia which yields the Anacuito-wood of Mexico (probably 

 C. dodecandra, DC.) 



4. C. Sebestena, Jacq. Scabrous ; leaves ovate, subentire ; cyme corymbiform : 

 flowers pedicellate ; calyx cylindrical, rusty-scabrous, unequally 3-5-dentate, about half as 

 long as the cylindrical corolla-tube ; corolla tawny -scarlet, salver-shaped : limb 6(5-8)-fid, 

 lobes ovate-roundish ; drupe ovate-subglobose, bluntly pointleted. — SI. t. 164. Catesb. 2. 

 t. 91. Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 44. Desc. Fl. 4. t. 277.— C speciosa, W.—k shrub, 8'-12' 

 high ; leaves 5"-8", calyx 8"'-6"' long ; diameter of the corolla-limb l"-2", of the white 

 fruit 8"'-12'".— Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica!, Disl., Wat., Port Royal; S. Kitts!, 

 Autigua!, Wullschl., Barbadoes ; Trinidad!, Cr. ,- [Cuba! to Guiana ! and New Granada]. 



Sect. 4. Myxa, Endl. — Calyx rupturing at the closed top or regularly 5-4-dentate. 

 Corolla imbricative, deciduous : tube usually equalling the calyx. 



* Cymes or panicles corymbiform. 



5. C. Collococca, L. {ex SI.). Glabrescent; leaves obovate-oblong or elliptical, re- 

 pand-entire, glabrous above, puberulous beneath ; cymes corymbiform, rusty-pubescent : 

 flowers subsessile or very shortly pedicellate by the calyx being contracted at the base ; 



calyx globose, pubescent, smooth, at length 3-5-dentate ; corolla white : lobes elliptical. 



