112 Mr. J. Miers on the Eliretiaceffi. 



7. Ehretia latifulia, DC. ProcTr. ix. 503 ; — ramis tenulLns, sub- 

 teretibus, rngoso-lenticellatis, striatis, glabris ; ramulis siib- 

 compressis, subpubescentibiis ; foliis late ovatis, imo sub- 

 rotimdis et circa petiohim breviter subito attenuatis, apice 

 brevissime et obtnsule apiculatis, plaiiis, margine serratis ant 

 serrulatisj dentibus mucronulatis, submembranaceis, supra 

 subnitidis, lajte viridibns, tenuiter nervosis, e tubercnlis mi- 

 nimis sparsis adpresse scabridnlo-pilosis, subtus pallidiori- 

 bus, subglabris aiit in nervis venisque transversis promi- 

 nulis tantmn pilosiilis, reticulatis, in axillis nervormn paulo 

 barbatis ; petiolo subtereti, subtenui, fere glabro, limbo 6-plo 

 breviore : panicula corymbosa, terminali, folio dimidio brc- 

 viore, ramis divaricatis, scabrido-liirtellis ; calyce profmide 

 5-partito, extns ruguloso, intusque glabro, lobis oblongis, 

 obtusis, margine ciliatis ; corollas lobis oblongis, rotundatis, 

 tuboque calyci ajqnilongis ; staminibus medio tubi insertis, 

 longe exsertis ; stylo apice breviter bifido ; ovario drupaque 

 pisiformi structura generis. — In Mexico : v. s. in herh. Hool\j 

 Sangolica (Broteri 1022) ; Oaxaca (Galeotti, 3099). 



A very distinct species, with leaves 3-4| inches long, 1^-3 

 inches broad, on a petiole 6-9 lines long ; the calyx is 1 line 

 long, the tube and lobes each of the same length. 



8. Eltreila exasperata^ nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, rugoso-lenti- 

 cellatis, junioribus scabridis ; foliis oblongis, utrinque 

 sensim obtusis, a medio ad basin paulo angustioribus, mar- 

 ginibus remotiuscule sinuatis aut irregulariter grosse cre- 

 natis, fragiliter coriaceis, supra viridibus, subnitcntibus, tu- 

 bercnlis albis piligeris crebre asperatis, in nervis longe intra 

 marginem arcuatim nexis sulcatis, subtus pallidioribus, 

 rigide scabridis, nervis promincntibus, in axillis barbatis ; 

 petiolo latiusculo, sulcato, hispido-pilosulo, limbo 18-plo 

 breviore : paniculis terminalibus, divaricato-ramosis, rigi- 

 dule hirsutulis ; calyce ad bashi 5-partito, laciniis oblongis, 

 acuminatis, scabride hirsutulis ; drupa 2-pyrcna. — In Texas : 

 V. s. in herb. Hook., San Felipe (Drummond, 296). 



A species approaching E. ellijHica, but very distinct from it. 

 The axils are about f inch apart; the leaves are 3-3 1 inches 

 long, l|-2 inches broad, on a petiole 2 lines long ; the panicle 

 is 2g- inches long, the calyx 1^ line long, the drupe 2j lines 

 in diameter. 



[To Le coii'iinued.] 



