306 Mr. J. Miers on the Ehretiacese. 



corollae tubo calyce longiore, lobis ovalibus, imo auriculatis ; 

 filamentis medio tubi insertis, parce scabridule pilosiilis, 

 exsertis ; antheris coriaceis, fuscis, rugosis, submucronatis, 

 oscillatoriis ; stylo pro tertia parte bifido. — In Antillis : v. s. 

 in herb. Hooh.^ Jamaica (Dr. Alex. Prior). 



The branches are 1 or 2 lines in thickness, their axils are 

 i-| inch apart ; the leaves are 3 j-3f inches long, 2 inches 

 broad, on a petiole 5-10 lines long. The terminal, very 

 spreading panicle is 5 inches long (including the peduncle of 

 If inches) and equal in breadth: the flowers are in bud, the 

 calyx being 3 lines long. 



7. Crematomia calophylla, nob. ; — Ehretia calophylla. Rich, in 

 La Sagra, FL Cub. ii. 112, tab. 61 ; Walj). Ami. v. 541 ; — 

 Bourreria reticulata, Oriseb. Gat. PI. Cub. 210; — ^ramulis 

 angulato-compressis, glabris ; foliis oblongis, apice rotun- 

 datis, imo obtuse attenuatis et paulo ingequilateris, rigidis, 

 subcoriaceis, utrinque glaberrimis, supra leete viridibus, 

 lucidis, aut interdum maculis albis crebris pustulatis (nullo 

 modo scabris), costa rubella, nervis valde divaricatis reti- 

 culatis, subtus pallidioribus, flavide glaucis, costa crassa 

 nervisque valde prominentibus, marginibus paulo revolutis ; 

 petiolo subvalido, sulcato, rigido, glabro, limbo 3-5-plo 

 breviore : panicula terminali, valde expansa, dichotome ra- 

 mosa, glaberrima, ramis longis, validis, striato-compressis ; 

 calyce crasso-coriaceo, glabro aut obsolete piloso, acute 5- 

 dentato, dentibus margine tomentosis, imo bractea linear! 

 sequilonga decidua donato ; corollae tubo calycem gequante, 

 intra pubescente, lobis oblongis, rotundatis, imo brevissime 

 aui'iculatis, tubo paulo longioribus ; filamentis imo dilatatis 

 et pubescentibus, sub fauce insertis, cum costis totidera 

 pilosulis continuis, exsertis ; antheris mucronatis, lobis ob- 

 longis, superne adnatis, ad medium divaricatis, in sinu 

 oscillatoriis ; stylo hos attingente, ad medium bifido 5 drupa 

 majuscula, globosa ; pericarpio coriaceo, utrinque nitido, 

 pulpa paucissima; acheniis 4 dorso spongiosis, columella 

 centrali affixis. — In Antillis : v. s. in herb. Hook., Cuba (spe- 

 cim. typ. a La Sagra commim.) ; Cuba (Wright, 3124) ; in 

 herb. Mus. Brit.^ Cuba (Wright, 3124, sub nom. B. reticu- 

 lata) . 



I can perceive no essential difference between La Sagra's 

 typical specimen and Wright's plant, which Dr. Grisebacli 

 made a separate species, both (es})ecially the ]\Iuscum specimen) 

 agreeing admirably with Richard's drawing. It is described 

 as a small tree, the branches being fnvnished witli large shining 



