480 BORAGINEjE. 



a narrower calyx and different drupes ; leaves 18"-6", petiole 6"'-8'", calyx 2'", reddish (SY.) 

 drupes 5'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, AL, March, iu all inland woods. 



13. C. sulcata, DC. Brauchlets sulcate, rusty -villous; leaves large, ovate-oblong or 

 ovate, poiuted, subcordate or rounded at the base, remand-entire, strigulose-scabrous above, 

 runty-sericeous, at length toMeutose-pubesceut ou the prominent network of veins beneath ; 

 panicle expanded : flowers shortly gyrate, approximate, sessile ; calyx obovate, rusty- 

 pubescent, smooth, 3-6-dentate ; corolla-lobes ovate-oblong, bluut, half as long as the tube; 

 stamens short ; drupe globose, mucronate. — C. macrophylla, V. I C. Toqueve, Sieb. 

 Mart. 59.!— A high tree; leaves 12"-4", petiole 6"'-2'", calyx 2"', white drupes 2i'"-3"' 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica I, Macf.; Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica!, FinL, Imr., S.Lucia!, 

 Anders. ; [Cuba ! to French islands !]. 



14. C. salvif olia, DC. Brauchlets scabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate (or ovate), acu- 

 minate with a bluntish point, serrate above the base, hispid-tub ercled above with the hairs 

 thickened at the base, pubescent or velvety beneath ; terminal cyme corymbiform : flowers 

 shortly gyrate, approximate, sessile; calyx obovate-globose, hoary strigose, 4 (-5) -dentate, 

 half as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla-lobes 4-5, roundish, one-fourth as long as the 

 tube, recurved ; stamens short, pilose below ; drupe ovoid-globose, almost included by the 

 calyx.— C. Berterii, Sjtreng. in PL Berter. Varrouia curassavica, Berter. ! — A shrub; 

 leaves 4"-2" t-6"), calyx l'"-lf", red drupe 2'" long.— Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl.; 

 [Haiti !, Guadeloupe !, in calcareous hills]. 



** Flowers glomerate -. peduncles axillary or divided. 



15. C. ulmifolia, Jans. Branchlets pubescent or velvety; leaves ovate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, sharply serrulate above the base, scabrous above, velvety or pubescent 

 beneath ; glomerules peduncled : peduncles axillary, adnate to the petiole at the base, or 

 racemose ; calyx ovoid, strigose, 5-dentatc, half as long as the infundibular, 5-crenate 

 corolla ; stamens glabrous, subincluded ; drupe small, ovate, bluut, almost included by the 

 calyx. — SI. 1. 194. f. 3 — Varronia lineata, L. (non Su>). V. monosperma, Jacq., Sieb. 

 Mart. 61. C. Salzmanni, DC. in Fl. Spruce. C. patens, Miq. (non Kth.). — Variable in 

 the dowu, the leaves, the number of their serratures, and the inflorescence. A shrub, 6'— 15 

 high; leaves 2"- 4", calyx l^'loug; size of the long-peduncled glomerules usually like a 

 pea. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., common, in rocky soil ; Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent ', 

 Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 185 ; [Cuba ! and Panama ! to Brazil ! and Peru !]. 



*** Flowers sessile in a single spike, centrifugal. 



16. C. cylindristachya, R. S. Scabrous; leaves oblong-lauceolate or lanceolate, 

 serrate or serrulate-rcpaud, pubescent or hoary with minute down beneath : petiole jointed 

 at the base; spikes terminal; calyx globose or obovate-globose : teeth deltoid; corolla 

 infundibular, twice as long as the calyx : lobes short, r^-ndish ; drupe ovoid, ovate or sub- 

 globose. — R. P. Fl. Peruv. t. 147. a'— Varronia macrostachya, R. P. V. curassavica, <S«>. 



Jnon Jacq.) ■. Cordia Fresen. (non R .5.).— A shrub, 4'-6' high ; leaves 2"-3", calyx 1'" long ; 

 drupe red. 



a. Spike contiguous ; calyx adpressed-pubescent ; drupe ovate-subglobose, blunt, subin- 

 cluded. C. portoriceusis, Spreng. 



&. Jloribunda, Spreng. Spike contiguous; calyx hirsute with spreading down; drupe 

 ovate, mucronulate-truncate, subincluded. — C. salvifolia, Kth. (non DC). 



y. interrupta, DC. Spike slender, often interrupted at the base ; calyx glabrescent ; 

 drupe ovate, mucronate-truncate, exserted. — C. martiuicensis, Sieb. Tr. 42. {non R. S.). 



5. graveolens, Kth., Betith. PI. Spruce. Spike slender, often interrupted ; calyx slightly 

 adpressed-puberulous ; drupe globose, included. — C. bahiensis, DC. ! : a less hairy form. 



e. cinerasceas, DC Spike slender, often interrupted ; calyx pubescent ; drupe ovate- 

 subglobose, blunt, shortly exserted. 



Hab. Jamaica!, all coll. (o very common ; /3, 5, e) ; Dominica !, Imr. (e), S. Viucent., 

 Guild., (7) ; Trinidad !, Sieb., Lockh. (7) ; [Lower California ! to Uruguay !]. 



17. O. martinicensis, R. S. Scabrous; leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, pubescent 

 beueatii : petiole jointed at the base ; spikes terminal, contiguous ; calyx obovoid-globose, 

 pubesceut : teeth subulate, distinct from the beginning ; corolla infundibular, shortly 



