Mr. J. Miers on some of the Heliotropiee. 199 
bis dichotome divisis aut simplicioribus ; ramulis spicati- 
floris, filiformibus; floribus minutis; sepalis corolleque 
lobis longe subulatis, puberulis—In Antillis: v. s. in herd. 
Mus. Brit., ms. S* Cruz (Van Rohr). 
This appears to be a slender plant, with somewhat trailing 
branches 4 line thick, with axils 4-6 lines apart; leaves 
7-11 lines long, 5-6 lines broad, on a petiole 13-2 lines long ; 
the peduncle of the inflorescence is 3 lines long, its two 
branches 2 lines long, the spicated branchlets 6-12 lines long; 
the flowers 1} line long, on a pedicel $ line long; the sepals 
somewhat shorter than the tube of the corolla, and its lobes 
the same length as theirs. 
14. Messerschmidtia volubilis, Rim. & Sch. Syst. iv. 541; 
Don, Dict. iv. 370 ;—Tournefortia volubilis, Linn. Sp. 201 
(non R. & P.); DC. (in parte) Prodr. ix. 523; Lam. Dict. 
v. 3098, tab. 95. fig. 2 (non 1 nec 3); Gaertn. Fr. 1. 365, 
tab. 76. fig. 2; Hresen. (tn parte) in Mart. Fl. Bras. xix. 
53 ;—scandens, ramulis tenuissimis, fistulosis, rufo-pubes- 
centibus; foliis parvis, lanceolato-oblongis lanceolatisve, 
acutis, lete viridibus, utrinque scabridule rugulosis, supra 
laxe pilosis vel subglabris, subtus adpresse puberulis; pe- 
tiolo puberulo, tenu1, limbo 6-plo breviore : paniculis seepius 
terminalibus, subpuberulis, bis vel ter dichotome divisis ; 
ramis tenerrimis, valde divaricatis, spicatifloris; floribus 
breviter pedicellatis, parvis; sepalis laciniisque corolle 
lanceolato-subulatis ; drupis 4-gastri-globosis, centro de- 
pressis, glabris, subdiaphanis, 4-maculatis—In Antillis: 
v. 8. in herb. Mus. Brit. (ex hb. Miller.). 
This very slender species is probably confined entirely to 
the Antilles; but many plants assigned to it should be ex- 
cluded: Gardner’s No. 1785, from Ceard, referred here by 
Prof. A. DeCandolle, is MW. Salzmanni; and others included 
by Prof. Fresenius should in like manner be rejected,—for 
instance, var. hdrsuta, from Bahia (Blanchet), and others from 
Rio de Janeiro (Schott, 4939) (bp. 1595). Its branches are 
scarcely more than } line in thickness, with axils 6—7 lines 
apart; the leaves are 12-15 lines long, 5-6 lines broad, on a 
petiole 2 lines long; the peduncle is 3 lines long, the primary 
and secondary branches 3 lines, the ultimate spikes 12-15 lines 
long. In Gaertner’s figure the position of the nucule is re- 
versed: the radicle of the embryo ought to point to the 
summit. 
15. Messerschmidtia velutina, G. Don, Dict. iv. 370 ;—Tourne- 
fortia velutina, H. B. K. 379, tab. 201; DC. Prodr. ix. 524 ; 
