XEHRETIACEAE 1129 
—All year.—This plant sre a generic counterpart in Texas, in which the corolla 
is white with a yellow cente 
2. VARRONIA Jacq. Shrubs, = or vines. Flowers in open clusters or in 
e epals usually united to above middle. Corolla white or colored, 
shallowly or dee Filaments p 
above or below the middle of the 
eorolla-tube.—A bout 70 species of tropical S 
and subtropical America 
V. globosa Jacq. Branched shrub 1-3 m 
fal: leaf-blades ovate to elliptic- iw 1-5 
. long, serrate: pr about 8 m lon ng: 
ola white, 5- e . lo d [Cordia bul- 
lata (Chapm. FL)]I— mmoeks, Cape 
Sable region, Fla. and Florida Keys.—(W. 
I.)—All year—tThis pl 
] ant has pu^ 
counterpart in Texas in which the calyx-lobes 
are shorter than the tube and its corolla is 
mostly 12-15 mm. long. 
3. BOURRERIA.Jacq. Shrubs or trees. Flowers in corymbose cymes. 
Sepals ane to above the middle. Garou, white or colored, prominently 
lobed. Filaments adnate to above or eal the middle of the corolla-tube.— 
About 25 species, of tropical Ameri 
Anthers about as long as the free portion of the filaments : leaf-blades short-petioled, 
Drupe 9- 11 mm. wide: corolla-tube much exceeding the calyx. 1. B.revoluta. 
Drupe 7—8 mm. wide: corolla-tube about equalling the calyx. 2. B. cassinifolia. 
Ans much shorter than [ue free portion of the filaments: 
leaf-blades slender-petiole . B. ovata. 
1. B. revoluta H.B.K. Small bid or shrub, with pubescent twigs: leaf-blades 
elliptie to udis ostly 2-7 cm. long, abruptly pointed, rounded or notched, 
permanently rough etium and ciliate, 
o 
sometimes smooth: cymes ral-flower 
cal mm. long; lobes ovate, mostly less 
than 14 the tube: corolla white; 
tube much exceeding the calyx; larger lobes 
5—6 nther ong 
drupe orange, slightly depressed, 9-11 mm 
wide. . Radula (Chapm. Fl) (Fl SE 
. S.) ]—(RovuGH-STRONGBACK. )—Hammocks 
] 
and de. ia di AA Fla., and 
Florida Keys.—(W. I.)—A1l 
cassinifolia (A.  Rieh.)  Griseb. 
GN -leaf-blades oval, pe obovate, or 
cuneate, 1-2.5 cm. long, m ostly obtuse or 
retuse, smooth, glabrous, and eciliate, a 4 
least at maturity, slightly veiny in age: few- doc cd calyx 5-6 mm 
long; lobes triangular to antes triangular, Ye ai as n as the tube: corolla white; 
tube about as long as the calyx or slightly exceeding it; larger ene von 4 
ide: anthers about 2 mm. long: drupe much depressed, 7-8 mm. wide. 
(SM MOOTH-STRONGBAC jede DARNA Keys, Fla—( W. I. ) —AIl ur 
vata Miers. Small tree or shrub, with glabrous twigs: sey 
us M elliptic-obovate or oval-obovate, 4-12 em. long, smooth: calyx 6-7 e 
