Mr. J. Mier.s on the Ehretiaceaj. IIX 



apice Ibificlo, stigmatibiis parvis, obtusis ; drupa pislformi, 

 nuciilis 2 generis strnctura. — In Mexico : v. s. in lierh. Mus. 

 Brit.^ Kio Grande (Berlandier, 2330) ; in herh. Hook.^ 

 Matamoras (Berlandier, 939, 2369 in flore, 2320 in fructu, 

 900 in flore et fruct.). 



A very rougli-looking plant, Avitli cano-scabrid approximated 

 leaves, 1^-2^ inches long, f-lj inch broad, on a petiole 1^-2 

 lines long. The panicle is little more than an inch long ; the 

 calyx is 1^ line long ; the tnbe of the corolla is H, the lobes 

 If line long ; the drupe is 2 lines in diameter, enveloped by 

 the calyx ; the style is cleft for one-sixth of its length. 



5. Ehrelia scabrcij Kth. et Bon. in "VValp. Ann. i. p. 524 ; — ■ 

 ramulis teretibns, hispidulo-scabris ; foliis oblongis, mucro- 

 nato-acutis, imo in petiolo decnrrentibus, integris, supra 

 scabris, subtus glabris, petiolo limbo 12-plo breviore : 

 corymbis terminalibus, subdichotomis, scabro-hispidulis ; 

 calyce 5-partito, laciniis lanceolato-subulatis, hispidulis ; 

 corollas lobis patentibus, staminibus exsertis ; stylo apice 

 biiido. — E Mexico? [non vidi). 



This description is given by Kunth of a plant cultivated in 

 Berlin, supposed to be of Mexican origin : it is very near the 

 preceding species, a^jparently diftering only in the shape and 

 size of its leaves, which are 4-4^ inches long, 19-20 lines 

 broad, on a petiole 4 lines long. 



6. Ehretia ciliafa, nob. ; — raniis nudiusculis, nitidis, lenticel- 

 latis, subcompressis, ramulis ultimis brevibus, divaricatis, 

 foliiferis ; foliis ellij^ticis, imo obtusis, apice subacutis, niu- 

 cronatis, integris, planis, supra pallide viridibus, opacis, 

 utrinque scabridule pilosis, nervis immersis, subtus panic 

 pallidioribus, in axillis nervorum subbarbatis ; petiolo tenui, 

 piloso, limbo 10-plo breviore : corymbis in ramulis ultimis 

 terminalibus, folio longioribus, pilosulis, alternatim pluri- 

 ramosis ; floribus subapproximatis, pedicellatis ; calyce pro- 

 funde 5-partito, laciniis acutissimis, erectis, extus aspero- 

 pilosis, intus pilosulis; corolla? lobis oblongis, tuboque calyci 

 aiquilongis ; staminibus medio tubi insertis, exsertis ; stylo 

 breviter bifido, ramis crassiusculis. — In Texas : v, s. in herb. 

 Hook. (Lindheimcr, GQ5). 



In this species the leaves are lf-l| inches long, 7-9 lines 

 broad, on a petiole 2 lines long : the panicle is about 7 inches 

 long ; the calyx, tube, and lobes of the border are each 2 lines 

 Ions-. 



