BORAGINEJi. 481 



exserted : lobes short, rounded ; drupe subglobose, included by the calyx. — Jacq. Amer. 

 Picl. t. 42. —Varronia, Jacq. — A shrub, 6' high; leaves 3"-5", calyx 2"' long.— IIab. 

 Jamaica!, Wright; S.Lucia!, Anders.; Trinidad!, Sch.; [S.Croix!, Martinique !, Sieb. 

 Mart. 60]. 



**** Flowers in simple heads ; calyx-teeth distinct from the beginning. 



18. C. g-lobosa, Kth. Hispid ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, obtusely 

 serrate; heads globose, peduncled ; calyx 5-fid : lobes subulate-filiform, flexuose, hispid, as 

 long as the strigose tube ; corolla infundibular, twice as long as the calyx : lobes very short ; 

 drupe ovate-obtusate, shortly exserted. — Br. Jam. 1. 13./. 2. — Varronia, L. V. bullata, Sw. 

 {non Jacq). V. humilis, Jacq. (V. lineata, Sw.) : the form with short peduncles, figured 

 by P. Br. C. bullata, DC. (exclus. syn. Sieb.).— A shrub, 6'-10' high ; leaves 2''-l", 

 white corolla 2'", red drupe 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in dry soil along the coast ; 

 [Cuba ! to French islands; Mexico !, Panama !]. 



19. C. dasycephala, Kth. Hispid; leaves ovate, acuminate, sharply serrate ; heads 

 globose, peduncled; calyx 5-fid: lobes filiform to the base, flexuose, long-hispid-ciliate, 

 twice as long as the pilose or glabrescent, connivent tube ; corolla infundibular, twice as 

 long as the calyx-tube: lobes very short; drupe subglobose, subincluded. — Varronia, Desv. 

 — A shrub ; leaves 4"-2", calyx-tube 1'", corolla 2'" long; heads 6'" diam. — Hab. An- 

 tigua !, Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 242 ; [Venezuela !, Guiana !]. 



20. C. lima, R. S. Brauchlets hispid ; leaves elliptical, lanceolate-oblong or lauceolate, 

 subentire or few-serrate, hispid above, pilose along the veins beneath ; heads small, globose, 

 peduncled ; calyx ^-dentate, pubescent : teeth blunt, deltoid or shortly obloug, erect, one- 

 third as long as the turbiuate-globose tube; corolla infundibular, shortly exserted : lobes 

 roundish ; drupe subglobose, included. — C. Radula, Spreng. C. asperrima, DC. ? — A 

 shrub; leaves 10"'-30'", calyx 1'" long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; [Haiti]. 



2. EHRETIA, L. 



Calyx 5-fid, imbricative. Corolla rotate or salver- shaped. Stamens exserted. Style 

 2-fid. Drupe 2-pyrenous : pyreuse 2-celled. — Woody plauts ; flowers in a terminal panicle. 



21. E. tinifolia, L. Arboreous, glabrous ; leaves elliptical-oblong, obovate (or obovate- 

 roundish), entire; corolla rotate. — Si. t. 203./". 1. Dr. Jam. I. 16.fi 1. — A tree, often of 

 large size ; leaves 3"-6", calyx ^'" long ; corolla white, 3"'-4'", drupe 2"'-3'" diam., the 

 latter yellow, at last black. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common in the lowlands; [Cuba! to 

 Swedish islands ; Mexico !, Yucatan !]. 



3. BEURER1A, P. Br. (p. 492), Jacq. 



Calyx closed in the bud, 5-2-valved : teeth or lobes valvate. Corolla salver-shaped. 

 Stamens exserted. Style 2-fid. Fruit drupaceous, 4-pyrenous, rarely dry, 4-coccous. Co- 

 tyledons obloug, flat. — Woody plauts ; leaves entire ; flowers usually in corymbiform cymes, 

 white. 



Sect. 1. Eubki'beria. — Stamens inserted below the corolla-throat. Drupe globose or 

 ovoid, ■i-pyrenous : pyrena tardily separating .- distinct carpophore none. 



22. B. succulenta, Jacq. Glabrous ; leaves obovate-oblong, oblong, or obovate- 

 roundish, petioled; corymbs spreading, usually paniculate; corolla-tube as long as the 

 obovate lobes, little longer than the glabrous calyx ; drupe globose or at length obtusely 

 4-angular, twice-thrice as long as the calyx. — Jacq. Amer. Diet. I. 45. — Ehretia Bourreria, 

 L. — A small tree or shrub, 15-5' high ; leaves 2"-5", calyx 2"'-3'", corolla-tube 3"' long; 

 drupe yellow, 3"'-6"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common in savannahs ; Antigua !, 

 Nichols., Wullschl., Dominica!, Imr., S. Lucia !, Anders., S. Vincent !, Guild.; [Cuba! to 

 French islands ! ; Curacao]. 



23 B. tomentosa, G.Don. Velvety-pubescent or glabrescent; leaves elliptical- 

 oblong, lanceolate-oblong, or oval, blunt, tapering into the petiole, often hispidulous- 

 tubercled above, softly pubescent beneath ; corolla-tube twice as long as the roundish 



