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Northwestern species F. ligustrina ; but it is certainly F. acuminata. 

 I suppose that the habitats of the two species are transposed in 

 Michaux's herbarium and Flora, 



* * Folia coriacea impunctata. 



3. F. SPH^ROCARPA (Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 168): 

 tomentoso-puberula ; foliis parvis (semipollicaribus) oblongis vel ellip- 

 ticis obsolete crenulatis coriaceis subpetiolatis ; drupa globosa pedicello 

 subsequilonga. — Dry ravines of the Rio Limpio, Dr. Bigelow. 



* * * Folia coriacea, adulta subtus porulosa-punctata. 



4. F. RETICULATA (Torr. 1. c.) : glabra ; foliis ovatis seu ovato- 

 oblongis SEepe acuminatis (1 - 2-pollicaribus) serrulatis utrinque reti- 

 culato-venosis supra nitidis basi obtusis vel rotundatis ; drupa ovali- 

 globosa breviter pedicellata. — W. Tex^s, along the Limpio, Pecos, 

 &c., Wright, no. 627, 565, Bigelow, Schott. 



5. F. PORULOSA (Poir.) : glabra; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis seu 

 anguste oblongis plerumque obtusis integerrimis (1 - 2-pollic.) basi 

 subpetiolatis, venulis baud conspicuis ; drupa ovoideo-oblonga pedi- 

 cellata. — Myrica segregata, Jacq. Ic. Par. 3, t. 625. Adelia 

 porulosa, Michx., Fl. 2, p. 224. Borya porulosa, Willd. Spec. 4, p. 

 711. Forestiera porulosa, Poir. Diet. Suppl. 2, p. 664. F. Jacqui- 

 niana, Didrichson in Ind. Sem. Hort. Haun. 1838, ex Zdnncea, 27, 

 p, 737. — West Indies ? Jacquin. Coast of Florida, Michaux, Dr. 

 Leitner. Eastern part of Cuba, Wright, no. 411. 



Var. /3. PHILLYREOIDES : foliis ovato-oblongis parvulis (subpollic.) 

 subtus tomento laxo pubescentibus ; floribus nonnullis (ut in sp. fere 

 omnibus) hermaphroditis. — Piptolepis phillyreoides, Benth. PL Hartw., 

 p. 29. Forestiera phillyreoides, Torr. in Bot. Mex. Bound. Surv., 

 p. 167. Guanaxuato, Mexico, Hartweg, no. 259. 



Var. y. ? ANGUSTIFOLIA : foliis glabris lineari-spathulatis oblongo- 

 linearibus lanceolatis vel anguste linearibus obtusissimis plerumque 

 aveniis. — F. angustifolia & F. phillyreoides, var. spathula^folia, Torr. 

 I. c. — Lower parts of Texas and Northern Mexico ; common. Coll. 

 Berlandier, no. 3024. Lindheimer, no. . Wright, no. 566. 



Jacquin's figure, so long overlooked, but recently brought to notice 

 by Didrichson, exactly represents the West Indian plant, as it occurs 

 in Wright's collection (flowering specimens in coll. 1856-57, and fine 

 fruiting ones in coll. 1859 - 60) ; and these accord pretty well with a 



