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3. Bourreria recurva^ nol). ; — Elnctia Boiirreria, Defif. (noii 

 Lin7i.) Ann. Mus.\. 27d : — ramulis compressis, g-labris ; foliis 

 late ovatis, naviciilari-recurvis et canaliciilatis, apicc brevi 

 obtusulo attenuatis, imo rotundatis, iiiaH|uilateris ct in ])C- 

 tlolo yubito brcvissinic decurventibiis, utrinquc glabcrrimis, 

 supra subiiitidis, rcticulatis, subtus paiilo })alli<li()ribii.s ; ])e- 

 tiolo canaliculate, glabro, limbo 10-plo brcviorc : panicula 

 terminali, a basi dichotoma, laxe et late cxpansa, ramis 

 compressis, glabris ; calyce carnoso, acute 5-dentato, fusco, 

 extus glabro, intus pallido et subjnibcndo ; corolla? tubo 

 calyce paulo longiore, lobis rotundatis ; staminibus medio 

 tubi insertis, cum costis totidem tubo adnatis continuis, ex- 

 scrtis ; stylo exserto, supcnic incrassato, valde dilatato, 2- 

 sulcato, emarginato, indiviso, stigmatibus 2 distinetis sessi- 

 libus terminato. — In Antillis : v. s. in lierh. Hooh.^ Prince 

 Rupert's Head, ins. Domenico. 



A species differing from the two preceding in the very deeply 

 channelled recurved leaves rounded at base, in its inflorescence, 

 and particularly in the agglutinated divisions of the style. 

 The axils are |-1 inch apart, the leaves 3^-4 inches long, 

 \\-2\ inches broad, on a slender petiole 4—5 lines long. The 

 spreading panicle is 3 inches long, 5 inches broad ; tlie calyx 

 is 3 lines long, the tube of the corolla 4 lines, the lobes 2 lines 

 in diameter. 



4. Bourreria ovafa, nob.; — ramulis teretibus, violaceis, cinereo- 

 glaucis, glabris ; foliis rotundato-ovatis aut oblongo-ovatis, 

 apice suborbiculatis, imo brcviter acutis aut obtusis, sa^pe 

 ina^rpiilateris, planis, utrinque glaberrimis et valde opacis, 

 nervis tenuibus venis({ue reticulatis subimmersis, fusco- 

 viridibus, subtus paulo pallidioribus, nen-is vix prominulis, 

 nitentibus ; petiolo tenuissimo, canaliculato, recto, limbo 

 4-plo breviore : panicula corymbosa, tenninali, dichotome 

 divisa, ramis interdum 1-foliolosis, ramulisque tenuibus, 

 compressis, glabris ; floribus brcvissime pcdiceUatis ; calyce 

 obconico, crassiusculo, glal)ro, dentibus intus velutinis ; 

 corolla? tubo calyce paulo longiore, crassiusculo, lobis ro- 

 tundato-oblongis, paulo brevioribus ; staminibus medio tubi 

 insertis, paulo exsertis ; stylo brcviter bifido. — In Antillis : 

 V. s. in herb. Mus. Brit., l^ahamas (ex hoit. Cliff.) ; J7i herb. 

 Hook., Bahamas (anon.), Jamaica (Wilson). 



The axils are ^-1 inch apart ; the leaves are 2-2J inches 

 long, 1^-1 1 inch broad, on a stiff slender petiole 6-9 lines 

 long. The terminal panicle is 3 inches long, much divided ; 

 the pedicels are i line long, the calyx 3 lines, the tube of the 



