204 Mr. J. Miers on the Eliretiacea?. 



corolla 4 lines, the lobes 3 lines long ; the anther-cases arc 

 rngose and subcoriaceous. 



5. Bourreria clariuscula, nob. ; — Bourreria succulenta, Griseh. 

 {non Jacq.)^ Flor. Cub. 209; — ^raraulis subangulatis, sub- 

 niticlis, glabris ; foliis late ovatis, apice rotnndatis, brevis- 

 sime acmninatis vel emarginatis, imo petiohim versus ob- 

 tusato-attennatis, subina3quilateris, coriaceis, glaberrimis, 

 snpra la^te viridibus, nitidis, valde reticulatis, subtus pal- 

 lidioribns, nervis divaricatis, arcuatim nexis, glaucis, pro- 

 minentibus ; petiolo canaliculate, glabro, limbo 8-plo bre- 

 viore : paniculis in ramulis alaribus terminalibus, dichotome 

 ramosis, ramis compressis, glabris, paucifloris ; calyce co- 

 riaceo, glabro, 5-dentato, ina?qualiter rupto ; corolla tubo 

 caljce a3quilongo,lobos oblongos a?quante; drupa pisomajore, 

 4-pyrena ; pyrenis generis. — In Cuba : ?'. s. in herb. Mus. 

 Brit., Cuba (Wright, 3119). 



As previously mentioned {siq^ra, p. 202), Prof. Grisebach 

 has confounded, under the same name and number of Wright's 

 plants, this and another (a species near Patagonula) ; but 

 neither of them have the smallest resemblance to Bourreria 

 succulenta of Jacquin, to which he referred them : the above 

 plant has much broader, far more coriaceous, more reticulated, 

 brighter, and more shining leaves, upon stouter petioles ; they 

 are 2-2f inches long, l|-2j inches broad, on a petiole 2-3 lines 

 long ; the corymb is 2^ inches long, its peduncle 1-^ inch long, 

 the branches 3-6 lines long ; the calyx is 3 lines long, the 

 drupe 4 lines in diameter. 



6. Bourreria rigida, nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, pallide glaucis ; 

 foliis elongato-ellipticis vel lanceolato-oblongis, apice ob- 

 tusis ant rotundatis, imo cuneatim attenuatis, coriaceis, 

 marginibus sa^pe valde revolutis, supra convexiusculis, viri- 

 dibus, in nervis sulcatis, fidvidis, minute tuberculato-rugu- 

 losis et scabride pilosis, subtus flavido-glaucis, pulvcrulento- 

 tomentellis, nervis valde prominulis ; petiolo rigido, canali- 

 culato, cum costa flavide pulverulento, limbo 7-plo breviore: 

 panicula corymbosa, terminali, dichotome ramosa, tomen- 

 tella ; calyce extus rigide tomentoso, dentibus 5 intus pu- 

 berulis ; corollas tubo crassiusculo, calyce longiore, lobis 

 rotundato-oblongis ; staminibus medio tubi insertis, antheris 

 osciUatoriiSjCxsertis ; stylo apice breviter bi- (rarius tri-)fido. 

 — In Antillis : v. s. in herb. Mas. Br if., .lamaica (Houston), 

 ib. (Shakespear) ,• in herb. JIooJc, Jamaica (Bancroft), ib. 

 (M'Fadyen). 



A very distinct species, witli braiichlets H line in diameter 



