Mr. J. Miers on some of the Heliotropiex. 203 
supra sparse pilosis, subtus conferte fulvo-sericeo-villosissi- 
mis, petiolatis : paniculis terminalibus, divaricato-dichotomis, 
aut m ramis axillaribus 1- -foliosis, divaricato-dichotomis, 
fulvo-hirsutissimis ; sepalis laciniisque corolla longe subu- 
latis, villosis, tubi ‘apice villosissimo.—In Bahia (Blanchet, 
215, 821, 1151, 2202) (non vid?). 
The ane are 13-22 inches long, 1-13 inch broad, on a 
petiole 3 lines long ; “sepals 2 lines long ; tube of corolla 3 lines 
long. 
21. Messerschmidtia subsessilis, Don, Dict. iv. 370 ;—Tourne- 
fortia subsessilis, Cham. Linn. viii. "119: DO. Prodr. ix. 521; 
Fresen. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xix. p. 53 ;—scandens, ramulis 
tenuiter rectiusculis, teretibus, rigidule ferrugi ineo-tomentosis ; 
foliis divergentibus, elongato- -obovatis, acute acuminatis, 
imo subrotundatis, utringue ruguloso-punctatis, e tuberculis 
sparsim adpresse pilosis, nervis supra impressis, subtus cos- 
taque prominulis, fulvo-pilosis; petiolo tenui, rufo-piloso, 
limbo 15-plo breviore: panicula terminali, subpyramidata, 
alternatim breviter laxe ramosa, ramis inferioribus rufo- 
pilosis, imo pluribracteatis, superne ramulos 4 alternos spi- 
catifloros ebracteatos gerentibus, superioribus cum ramulis 
conjugatis floriferis, aut simpliciter spicatifloris; floribus 
pedicellatis; sepalis corollaque laciniis longe subulatis, 
pilosulis, tubo fauce contracta.—In Brasilia: v. s. in herb. 
Mus. Brit., Pernambuco (Gardn, 1076). 
The above plant agrees with Chamisso’s description of this 
species : it is nearly allied to M. Pohliz. The slender branches 
have the axils 6-9 lines apart; the leaves are 2-23 inches 
long, 11-14 lines broad, on a petiole 2 lines long. The ter- 
minal inflorescence is 3 inches long ; the alternate branches, 
2-4 lines apart, are about an inch long: ; the pedicels are 4 line 
long; the sepals 1 line long; the tube of the corolla 13, the 
segments 3 line long. 
22. Messerschmidtia Pohlit, nob.;—Tournefortia Pohlii, Fresen. 
in Mart. Fl. Bras. xix. p. 52 ;—scandens, ramis subcom- 
pressis, fistulosis, rufo-pilosis ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis, 
acute acuminatis, imo rotundatis, supra tomentosis, nervis 
flavo-pubescentibus, subtus rufescenti-tomentoso-velutinis ; ; 
petiolo tomentoso, limbo 10-plo breviore: panicula_ termi 
nali, pyramidata, alternatim divaricato-ramosa, ramis sim- 
plicibus et spicatifloris, aut iterum brevissime ramulosis, 
ramo inferiore seepe 1-folioloso ; floribus sessilibus, dense vil- 
losis; sepalis corolleeque laciniis longe subulatis ; drupis 4- 
gastris, glabris—In Brasilia: in herb. Imp. Vindob. (Pohl, 
