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RUBIACE. CLXXXV. BORRERIA. 



and the sides between the wings are lined with parallel veins ; 

 leaves oval, acutish, beset with bristle-like hairs on both sur- 

 faces ; whorles of flowers sessile, glomerate, axillary ones nu- 

 merous, and one terminal, girded by 4 leaves ; capsule nearly 

 globose, pilose, crowned by the 4 lanceolate teeth of the calyx. 

 Q. F. Native of Mexico. Bigelowia alata, Bartl. in herb. 

 Haenke, but differs from B. alata in the wings of the stem being 

 hispid, in the leaves being hispid and much less acute, in the 

 axillary whorles, &c. 



Bartling's Borreria. PI. creeping. 



27 B. TAMPICA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) plant glabrous, diffuse, 

 branched, herbaceous; branches tetragonal, with smooth angles; 

 leaves oblong-linear, acute, 1 -nerved, scabrous on the mid-rib, 

 but not on the margins ; whorles of flowers capitate from nearly 

 all the axils, and from the tops of the stems, sessile, involu- 

 crated by 4-8 leaves ; capsules small, ovate, glabrous, crowned 

 by the 4 short subulate teeth of the calyx. I/ . G. Native of 

 Mexico, at Tampico de Tamaulipas, where it was collected by 

 Berlandier. Very nearly allied to B. parviflora, but the nuts of 

 the fruit are dissimilar, one of them bearing 3 of the calycine 

 teeth, and the other 1. 



Tampico Borreria. PI. 1 foot. ? 



28 B. DIFFU'SA (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous ; stem diffuse, dichoto- 

 mous, rather tetragonal; leaves linear, with revolute margins ; 

 stipulas setiferous ; whorles of flowers capitate, axillary, and 

 terminal, globose, rather compound ; floral leaves 4-8, reflexed ; 

 capsule oval, smoothish, crowned by the 4 short, subulate teeth 

 of the calyx. Native of Brazil, where it was collected 

 by Pohl. Spermacoce diffusa, Pohl, in litt. but not of Kunth. 

 Corollas small, smoothish, white. ? Capsule small, membranous, 

 whitish. 



Diffuse Borreria. PI. diffuse. 



29 B. REMOTIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) stem slender, tetragonal, ra- 

 ther hairy ; leaves oblong-linear, almost sessile, acute, scabrous 

 above and on the margins, but downy beneath ; bristles of the 

 stipulas downy, a little longer than the sheath, which is villous ; 

 whorles of flowers capitate, terminal ones on long peduncles, 

 a very few axillary ; lobes of the calyx 4, narrow, acute, un- 

 equal, glabrous. Native of Brazil, where it was collected by 

 Pohl, in litt. but not of Ruiz et Pav. 



Remote-leaved Borreria. PI. -J to | foot. 



30 B. DISCOLOR (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, under Bigelowia, ex- 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 545.) stem herbaceous, branched, quite gla- 

 brous, tetragonal, having the angles winged a little ; leaves oval- 

 oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, acute, scabrous above, and clothed 

 with yellowish down beneath ; bristles of the stipulas many, 

 longer than the leaves ; whorles of flowers axillary, and ter- 

 minal, small, girded by 2 leaves ; capsule nearly globose, rather 

 downy, crowned by the 4 lanceolate teeth of the calyx. 

 Native of the Island of Manilla, near Sorzogon, where it was 

 collected by Haenke. 



Discoloured-\ea\ed Borreria. PI. 1 to 2 feet.? 



31 B. ? CORNIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 545.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, tetragonal, tomentose ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acute, with 

 scabrous margins, and having the veins downy beneath ; stipulas 

 villous, of many bristles ; whorles of flowers dense, 1 axillary, 

 and 1 terminal, the latter girded by 4 leaves ; calyx villous, with 4 

 equal teeth ; anthers exserted. F. Native of Brazil. Sper- 

 macoce cornifolia, Fisch. in Nees. hor. berl. p. 50. Link. enum. 

 hort. berl. 1. p. 132. Cham, et Schlecht. Linnasa. 3. p. 313. 

 Allied to B. brachystemonoides, but the fruit is unknown. 



Dogwood-leaved Borreria. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 ft. 



32 B. ? WYDLERIA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, ascend- 

 ing, elongated, rather tetragonal, with the angles rather hairy ; 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, attenuated at both ends, glabrous above, 

 and downy on the nerves beneath ; bristles of the stipulas 7, 



shorter than the sheath ; whorles of flowers 2-3, axillary, 

 distant, almost immersed in the stipular sheaths, and terminal, 

 pedunculate, larger than the axillary ones ; involucrum of 4 

 spreading leaves. Native of Porto Rico, where it was col- 

 lected by Wydler. Flowers while young densely crowded, 

 intermixed with a number of bristles. Very like the following 

 and preceding. 



Wydler's Borreria. PI. ascending. 



33 BRACHYSTEMONOIDES (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 

 314.) stems suffruticose at the base, erect, tetragonal, scabrous 

 from retrograde hairs ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, scabrous 

 on both surfaces, and on the margins while young, but glabrous 

 above in the adult state ; bristles of the stipulas longer than 

 the sheath, which is villous ; heads of flowers terminal, girded 

 by 4 leaves ; capsule oblong-conical, villous upwards, crowned 

 by the 2 acute teeth of the calyx, and 1-2 accessory ones, fj . S. 

 Native of the south of Brazil. Flowers white ? 



Brachystemon-like Borreria. Shrub I to 2 feet. 



34 B. CAPITELLA'TA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 319.) 

 stems fistular ; leaves petiolate, ovate, lined, acuminated, rather 

 pilose on both surfaces ; bristles of the stipulas 5- 7 ; whorles of 

 flowers axillary and terminal ; capsules oblong, elliptic, hairy 

 at the top, crowned by the teeth of the calyx, which are 3 

 times shorter than it. Native of New Granada, near Santa 

 Fe de Bogota. Spermacoce capitellata, Willd. in Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 3. p. 530. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 8. 

 p. 349. but not of Sprengel. Flowers white. ? Said to be allied 

 to B. scabiosoides. Involucrum clothed with pili. 



Small-headed Borreria. PI. 1 foot. 



35 B. SCABIOSOIDES (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 318.) 

 stems fistular, terete, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acute, on short 

 petioles, with a few oblique veins, and scabrous margins ; teeth 

 of the stipulas 3-5, ending in a bristle each, shorter than 

 sheath ; heads of the flowers terminal, hemispherical, involu- 

 crated by 2-6 leaves ; capsule glabrous, oblong, crowned by the 

 2-4 hairy teeth of the calyx. Native of equinoctial Brazil. 

 The part of the involucrum girding the flowers is pilose both 

 inside and outside. 



Scabious-like Borreria. PI. ^ foot. 



36 B. CAPITA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 545.) stems shrubby at the 

 base, prostrate ; branches ascending, rather tetragonal, villous ; 

 leaves lanceolate, with scabrous margins, smoothish on both sur- 

 faces ; bristles of the stipulas longer than the sheath ; heads 

 of flowers 2, one axillary, and the other terminal and larger, 

 involucrated by 4 leaves ; corolla glabrous, tubular ; anthers 

 exserted ; capsule glabrous, turbinate, crowned by the 4 lanceo- 

 late teeth of the calyx. Pj . S. Native of Peru, on the de- 

 clivities of the mountains. Spermacoce capitata, Ruiz et Pav. 

 fl. per. 1. p. 61. t. 91. f. b. Branches purplish. Leaves ses- 

 sile. Flowers white ; anthers reddish. 



Capitate-flowered Borreria. Shrub 1 foot. 



37 B. ATURE'NSIS (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 345.) 

 plant shrubby, erect ; branchlets tetragonal, roughish ; leaves 

 narrow-linear, glabrous, with serrulated margins ; stipulas hairy, 

 ciliated with bristles ; heads of flowers terminal, rarely late- 

 ral ; capsule hairy, oblong, crowned by the 4 linear-subulate, 

 ciliated teeth of the calyx. 1? . S. Native on the banks of the 

 Orinoco, near Atures. Spermacoce Aturensis, H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 345. Flowers white, Allied to B. verti- 

 cillata. Corolla funnel-shaped, a little longer than the calyx. 



Atures Borreria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



38 B. ERYNGoloES (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 316.) 

 glabrous ; stems herbaceous, erect, tetragonal, almost simple ; 

 leaves linear, acute, with revolute margins ; bristles of the sti- 

 pulas 5, longer than the sheath ; whorles of flowers nearly 

 globose, terminal and axillary ; capsule downy, elliptic, crowned 



