BORAGINEjE. 4& 



pyrenous with 1 -seeded pyrenae. — Shrubs (rarely herbs) ; leaves entire ; spikes gyrate, one- 

 sided, usually compound; corolla-lobes in the West Indian species plaited-valvale. 



Sect. 1. Mallotonia. — Drupe dry, hollowed at the base, entire at the top, 2-pyrenous : 

 dissepiment of each pyrena solid. Seeds albuminous . embryo straight. 



28. T. gnaphalodes, R. Br. Wholly sericeous-tomentose, leafy ; leaves spathulate- 

 linear, blunt, sessile ; spikes short, iu a few-branched corymb : flowers subcouuected, white j 

 corolla-tube villous : lobes ovate, blunt ; drupe ovate-conieal. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 259. 



/. 9: a leaf. — Ileliotropium, Jacq. — A shrub, 2'-6' high; leaves l£"-2j" long. — Hab. 

 Bahamas !, Swains., Turk islands !, Hjalm. ; Jamaica !, Pd., M'Nab, Al., along the coast ; 

 Antigua!, Wullschl., S. Vincent 1, Guild., Barbadoes ; [Florida ! to Guadeloupe!]. 



Sect. 2. Pittonia, Kth. — Drupe entire, 2-pyrenous : pyrena 2-celled, campylospermous 

 by the hollowed dissepiment. Embryo straight. 



29. T. hirsutissima, L. Hispid or hispidulous ; leaves elliptical, pointed, petioled : 

 primary veins '3-6-jugal ; spikes contracted, corymbose ; corolla-lube strigose above the 

 base, cylindrical, thrice as long as the calyx : lobes deltoid-ovate ; drupe subglobose, pilose. 

 — Si. t. 212. f. 1. Desc. Ft. 4. t. 253. — T. foctidissima, L. (ex syn. SI.). T. corymbosa, 

 Sieb. Tr. 39 ! — A trailing shrub ; leaves 3"-5", corolla-tube 2'" long ; flowers and drupes 

 white. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Sieb., Cr.; [Cuba! 

 and Mexico! to Brazil]. 



30. T. fcetidissima, W. Leaves large, glabrous, elliptical-oblong, bluntish, tapering 

 into the petiole: primary veins 18-14<-jugal ; spikes corymbose-panicled ; corolla-tube 

 hirsute, cylindrical, thrice as long as the calyx : lobes ovate, bluntish ; drupe subglobose, 

 glabrous. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 230. — Suffruticose, robust; leaves 12"-8", corolla-tube 2"' 

 long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



31. T. filiflora, Gr. Leaves large, glabrous, oblong or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, tapering 

 into the petiole: primary veins 15— 12-jugal; spikes divaricate, corymbose-panicled; co- 

 rolla-tube puberulous, filiform, 4-5 times as long as the calyx : lobes ovate-roundish, 

 mucronate ; drupe subglobose, glabrous. — T. cymosa, Gr. PI. Oarib. (non L.). — Habit of 

 the preceding; leaves 15"-6", corolla-tube 21'" long, the latter narrower than in the allied 

 species. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Dist., on rocks, Manchester, S. George ; Dominica !, Imr., 

 S. Lucia !, Anders. ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



32. T. cymosa, L., DC. Leaves glabrous, elliptical -oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 

 pointed, tapering into the petiole : primary veins ] 2-'d-jugal ; spikes long, nodding, corym- 

 bose ; corolla-tube puberulous, cylindrical, 4 times as long as the calyx: lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; drupe depressed, rhomboid-subglobose, glabrous. — SI. t. 212./. 2. 

 Desc. Fl. 5. t. 376. — T. fcetidissima, Desc. — Habit of the preceding; leaves 10"-5", spikes 

 8"-3", corolla-tube 2'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, AL, March, Wullschl.; [Cuba!]. 



33. T. astrotricha, DC. Leaves pubescent beneath along the tertiary veins, elliptical- 

 oblong or elliptical-lanceolate, taperiug into the petiole : primary veins 8— 6-jugal ; spikes 

 long, corymbose ; corolla-tube pubescent, cylindrical, twice to thrice as long as the calyx ■. 

 lobes oval-roundish, blunt ; drupe subglobose, glabrous. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 31. — T. cymosa, 

 Jacq. (non L.). — A shrub or small tree; leaves 8"-3", corolla-tube 2'" long; flowers "red- 

 dish" (Jacq.).— H kb. Jamaica!, Lane, Wils., March, e.g. Port Henderson. 



34. T. bicolor, Sw. Leaves glabrous, elliptical, elliptical-oblong, or ovate, petioled, 

 primary veins 6-4:(-8)-jugal ; spikes short, corymbose, usually contracted-flexuose ; corolla- 

 tube pubescent, campaculate-cylindrical, 3(-4) limes as long as the calyx: lobes ovate, 

 mucronate ; drupe subglobose, glabrous. — A shrub ; leaves 3"-5" (-6"), corolla-tube 

 2"' (-3'") long ; flowers greenish-white. 



a Calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, one-third as long as the corolla-tube. — T. laevigata, 

 var. latifolia, DC. (ex Sieb. Tr. 40 !, Mart. 62 !). 



j8. laevigata, Lam. (in herb. Ryan). Calyx-segments lanceolate, one-third as long as the 

 corolla-tube. 



y. brachysepala. Calyx-segments ovate-deltoid, one-fourth as long as the corolla-tube. — 

 T. la;vigata, Seem. Panam. ! 



