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Penantium. Monophyllum in qui nquc partes lanceolaias ad medietatemfen d, 



faniy incifuris & laciniis aliquando incqualibus 

 Corolla. Monopetala tubulata ; tubus Cylindraceus calice duph kngior % 



qainque lacim'as equales oblongas obtufas patentes fec7u 



limbu 



Stamina. Filamentq quinque, inferne tubo corolla adnata, crctfa £? tubo floris /on- 



giora , anthers fagit l t 'at 'a . 

 I . Piftillum. Germen ovato-quadrigonum, ftilus longitudine Jlaminum ad aficem bi- 



Jidus ; ftigmata cr ajjiufcula . 

 Pericarpium. Bacca fucculenta, quatuor nucleis bilocularibus, quadantes fpharo 



mentientibus referta. 



biloculares bifpermes,, externe fulcis ?nembranaceis five lame I- 





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Semina. iVwc/< 



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lojis paralklis oblique difpofr 



lateribus glabri 



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This tree grows in the Savannas, and feldom rifes above fourteen or fifteen feet 

 from the ground -, its leaves are generally of an inverted oval form, and its berries 

 of afaffron colour. I have called it after Mr. Bourer, an apothecary of Nuremberg, 

 who was a great promoter of natural hiftory. 



TOURNEFORTIA 





1 . Scandens foliis hirtis rugofis ovatis Jpicis ramo/is. 

 Tournefortia.' Foliis ovato-lanceolatis Jpicis ramofis pendulis. L. Sp. PI. 

 Heliotropii Flore frutex baccifer, folio rugofo fatido maximo fubrotundo 



hirfuto, fruftualbo. Slo. Cat. 173. 5c H. t. 212. 





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The larger Scandent Toumefc 





This plant raifes itfelf generally by the help of the neighbouring trees, and moots 



conilderable height in the woods ; every plant of the whole genus 



fometimes 

 feems to 



have 



great analogy with the turnfole, for they generally bear th 



flowers, and throw out their fpikes in the fame manner. Plumier has always 



founded the 



thefe plants ; 



with two feeds and a covered berry, but continues the 



of the Chionodus, (which we have already defcribed) with 

 and this confiifion has impofed on Linnceus, who defcribes this genus 



they 

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ke the oth 



are however very diftinc\ for in this the flower is perfectly the fame as that < 

 Heliotrope, the fpikes and difpofition nearly the fame, but the fruit is a pulpy ben 



g four feparate feeds, and is always lodged upon 



TOURNEFORTIA 



2. 



Frutefcens humilis, foliis maximis oblong 



ru- 





gofis, jpicis pendulis 

 fulcatis 



ibus 



amulis crajli 



Tournefortia Foliis ovatis integerimis nudis, fpicis cymofis. L. Sp. PI 

 Heliotropii Flore frutex folio maximo, &c. Slo. Cat. 173, & H. t. 



The large leaf 'd Shruby 





ournefortia. 



This plant is fometimes obferved in the woods, and may be reckoned rather a pi 



of a few years ftanding than a fhrub 



fes generally from five to feven 



ght 



feet in height, and is remarkable for the thicknefs of its upper branches, and the 

 length of its pendulous flower-fpikes : the leaves are very large, fometimes a foot 

 more in length. 



TOURNEFORTIA 3. Reclinata diffuja, & hirfuta, foliis ovatis, r amulis reBh 



validis. 



The Bafket-Withe. 



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