4S2 BORAGINE.E. 



lobes, exceeding the softly pubescent calyx ; drupe globose, or at length obtusely 4-angular, 

 thrice as long as the calyx. — SI. t. 204. /. 1. Br. Jam. t. 15. f. 2. — Ehretia, Lam. — A 

 small tree or shrub, 10'-15' high ; leaves 4"-2", calyx 2"'-3'", corolla-tube 4"'-6"' long j 

 drupe yellow, 4"'-3'" diam. 



a. Leaves pubescent, or upper side glabrate ; corolla-tube twice as long as the hoary - 

 pubescent calyx. 



P. velutuia. Leaves hispidulous-scabrous or glabrate above, velvety beneath ; corollu- 

 tube little longer than the hoary-pubescent calyx. — Ehretia velutina, DC. 



y. havanensis. Leaves glabrous or glabrescent ; corolla-tube twice as long as the pu- 

 bescent (or glabrate) calyx. — Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 79. — Ehretia havanensis, W. 



Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ,• Jamaica !, all coll., (a, /3, 7) ; [Cuba ! (7) ; Key West ! (7)]. 



24. B. dommgensis, Gr. Branchlets pnberulous or glabrate; leaves leathery, obo- 

 vate or oval, rounded-blunt or with a bluntish poiut,,tapering into the petiole, glabrous ; 

 cymes terminated with glomerate flowers, sericeous ; corolla-tube twice as long as the 

 roundish lobes, as long as the hoary-sericeous calyx. — Ehretia ex9ucca, Berter. ! {turn 

 Jacq.). — Leaves 4"-l£", calyx 3"'-4'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Al., Albion pen; [Haiti!]. 



Sect. 2. Tetracoccus. — Stamens inserted into the lower part of the corolla-tube, hispid 

 below. Fruit dry, tetracoccous : nutlets seceding from a 2 -partite, filiform carpophore. 



25. B. exsucca, Jacq. Branchlets hispidulous ; leaves elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, 

 pointed or bluntish, tapering into the short petiole, glabrous (or glabrescent), archveiued ; 

 cymes corymbiform, hispidulous ; calyx puberulous, mucronate in the bud, at length 2-3- 

 dentate ; corolla-tube twice as long as the ovate-roundish lobes and as the calyx ; fruit 

 subulate-pyramidal : nutlets spongions, concave on the back.— Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 259. 

 /. 13 : analyt.— Ehretia, L— A low tree, 15' high ; leaves 3"-2", corolla-tube 8'" long j 



fruit 6'" high and broad : nutlets contracted above the middle. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 [New Granada!, Venezuela]. 



4. ROCHEFORTIA, Sw. 



Calyx 5-partite : segments imbricate. Corolla rotate. Stamens exserted, inserted into 

 the corolla-throat. Style 2-partite. Berry 4-pyrenous : pyrense early separating. ' Co- 

 tyledons flat. — Shrubs, often spiny ; leaves fascicled along the branches ; flowers yellowish- 

 white, in small corymbiform or solitary, terminating the fascicles of the leaves. 



26. R. cuneata, Sw. ! Unarmed or with small spines ; leaves obovate, blunt, or 

 emarginate, tapering into the petiole, glabrous, shining above ; corymbs glabrescent, ex- 

 ceeded by the leaves ; calyx-segments ovate-roundish, ciliate, equalling the corolla-tube ; 

 corolla-segments ovate-oblong, blunt, twice as long as the tube ; berry globose. — R. ovata, 

 S10. Fl. (ex descr. fioris, non Sw. herbar.). — 3'-4' high; leaves 2"-l", calyx 1'" long; 

 corolla 4"'-5"', yellow berry 3"'-4'" diam. ; stigmas thickened. — Hab. Jamaica !, March ; 

 [Guadeloupe !, in woods] . 



* 27. R. acanthophora, Gr. Wholly spinose : leaves small, spathulate (or oval), 

 emarginate, snbsessile or shortly petiolate, pubescent beneath or glabrate, usually twice as 

 long as the spines ; flowers 1-2, subsessile ; calyx-segments ciliate or pubescent, deltoid or 

 roundish, half as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla-segments ovate-oblong, blunt, about a9 

 long as the tube ; berry globose. — Sw. Fl. 1. 11. inf. .- analyt. — Ehretia, DC. ! E. spinosa, 

 West .', Berter. ap. Spreng. I (non Jacq.). R. ovata, Sw. herbar. ! : but the analysis of the 

 flowers of both species was probably changed in his Elora, so that their description in R. 

 cuneata, and the figure belong to this, and that of R. ovata to the foregoing species. — 

 Leaves 4"'-]0'", calyx 1'" long; berry yellowish, 2"'-3'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., 

 March, on arid, rocky hills ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [Haiti !, S. Croix !]. 



5. TOURNEFORTIA, L. 



Calyx 5 (-4) -partite. Corolla salver-shaped : lobes short. Stamens included, or the 

 points of the anthers exserted. Style simple : stigma supported by a ring, undivided or 

 2-lobed. Fruit usually drupaceous, 2-pyrenous with 2-celled, 2-seeded pyrenas, or 4(-l)- 



