840 CXII. BORAGINE^. - [Cordk(e. 



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4. Auxetnma, Miers in Trans, Linn, Soc. ser, 2, i. 23, L 5. — Calyx caHQpanulatus, apice 

 5-dentatus, post anthesin valde auctus, fructifer cordato-pyramidatuSj 5-alatuSj alia basi 

 in lobos rotundatos productis, ore coniiivente breviter 5-fido, CorolbB tubus brevis, fauco 

 lata, lobis 5 patentibns imbricatis, interioribns subinvoluto-plicatis. Stamina 5, tubo 

 corollse affixa, inclusaj filamentis brevissimis ; anthers© ovat^. Ovarium Junius imperfecta 

 per anthesin perfecte 4-loculare ; stylus 2-fidus v, fere 2-partitns5 ramis 2-fidisj stigmatibus 

 parvulis ; OTula juxta basin lateraliter aflSxa, ereeta, Drupa calyce maximo arete incbisa, 

 ovoideaj exocarpio camoso, endocarpio crasso osseo» Semina abortu ssepius 2-3^ testa 

 crassiuscula ; cotylcdones carnosfle, valde intricato-plicat^^. — Arbor mediocris v. procera. 

 Folia alterna, petiolata, integerrima v* sinuato-dentataj x>ennivenia, reticulata, glabra. 

 Inflorescentia pubescens- Flores hand magni, ad apices ramonim ample coryniboso-cymosij 

 secua ramos ultimos scorpioideos sessiles. Calyx fructifer 2-pollicaris v- longior. 



Species 1, Brasilianaj AUem, Trab, Comm. Sc, ExpL Bras, Boi,_^ 11, cum ic, (Cordia). 



Miers be. ordinem proposuit Auxemmcariim. g^nor-d. Auxemmam^ Patagonidayni Saccdliwr/i^ cum 

 Bpeciebus nonnuUis Cm-dim pro gcneribus propriis descriptis, includentem, quae a Cordieid 3isti»icta 

 credit imprimis ovulis basifisis orthotropis. Hie character tamen ex observationibus nostris haud 

 confirmatur ; ovula invenimus, ut in pluribus speciebus Cordis ima basi quidem, sed semper laterali- 

 ter affixa, ascendentia v, suberecta, micropyle supera, quare fere at uon revera othotropa sunt. 



Tkibus II. Ehketie^, 



5. Sonrreria, P. Br. Hist, Jam. 168, t. 15, (BeiuTeria, Jacq, Siirp, Amer. 44 et Ohs, 

 t, 26, Bourreria et Crematomia, Miers, Contrib. Bot. ii. 230 et 242, t, 86, 87.)— Calyx in 

 alabastro globosus v. ovoideus, clausus, per anthesin in dentea v. lobos 2-5 valvatos fissiis. 

 Corolla tubus brevis v. elongato-cylindraceus, fauce sa^pius ampliata ; lobi 5, ovati v. lati, 

 imbricati. Stamina 5, tubo affixa, inclusa v. exserta, filamentis filiformibus brevibus ; 

 antherse ovat^e v* oblongse. Ovarium sub anthesi 4-loculare ; stylus terminalis 2-fidus, 

 stigmatibus truncatis capitatis v, clavatis ; ovula lateraliter supra v. infra medium affixa. 

 Drupa Bubglobosa, endocarpio plus minus 4-gono, in pyrena^ 4 duras nunc osseas tri- 

 quetras secedente, columna centrali 4-partita, ramis nunc in medio fructu erectis pyrenis 

 ab apicibus demum suspensis, nimc angulo interiori pyrenarum plus minus adnatis partim 

 V. oranino obaoleta. Semina lateraliter affixa ; albumen carnosum, sat copiosum v- par- 

 cum; cotylcdones planaa.—Arbores v. frutices glabri v. tomentoso-pubescentes. Folia 

 alterna v, rarius subverticiUata^ obovato-oblonga v. rarius acuminata, la^via v. supra sca- 

 berrima. Cymsc dichotomy, corj-mbosie, terminales, nunc laxe multiflor^e, nunc ad 

 florea paucos confertos rarius ad florem unicum reductse. Floras albidi, parvi v. ma- 

 jusculi, Fructus soepius quam in Ehretia majores. 



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Species 16-18, India; occidentalis, Mexlci, AmcricEe centralis et Columbiae incolfe; a Grisebachio 

 Fl. Brit, W. Ind. 481, et Cat. PI. Cub. 209, confusie, a Miersio 1, c. inordinate mukipllcatie. Jaoq[ 

 Stirp, A^ner. t 173,/ 17- HorL Schcenbr, t 41 (Ehretia). H, B, et K. Nov, Gen, et Sp, t, 208 209* 

 {Ehretia). A, liich. Fl. Cub. t, 61 {Ehretia). 



MoRELOSiA, Llav, et Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr, I 1, a Miersio rite ut vidotur Bourreria refortur, 

 Auctores calyccm adhterentem sensu. persisienie^n (nee superum) disemnt. 



Ehretia sect. Bourreria, DC. Prod, ix, 504, c Bourreriis vcris cum speciebus pluribus Ehrefice 

 componitur. 



IlYMiiNESTHES, Mters in Trans. Liim. Soc. ser. 2, I 26, /. 6, genus stabilitum est ad specimina 

 florida Cubensia a Wrightio distributa sub nomine Bourreria &u€cuhnt(B, n. 3119, Speeimina nostra 

 tamen ad Bourreriam riterelata videntur, etsi specifice a 5, succulenta, Jacq., distincta 



6. Ehretia, Linn. Gen. n. 257.— Calyx parvus, S-pai-titus, segmentis linearibiia latisve 

 imbricatis v. apertis. CoroUfe tubus brevis v. cylindraceus, fauce a^uali v. ampliata ; 

 lobi 5, imbricati, obtuai, patentes. Stamina 5, tubo affixa, exserta v. rarius inclusa, fila' 

 mentis filiformibus ; anthera; ovatiu v. oblongee. Ovarium sub anthesi 2-loculare, loculis 

 imperfecte 2-locellatis v. 4-loculare ; stylus tenninalis, breviter v. alte 2-fidus, stigmatibus 

 terminalibus capitatis v. clavatis ; ovula lateraliter medium versus v. s.^pius supra me- 



