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BORAGINEjE. XLII. TOURNEFORTIA. 



amer. 3. p. 78. Messerschmidtia species, Lin. Pittonia, Plum. 

 gen. 5. icon. 227. f. 2. 



LIN. SYST. Penttindria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla salver-shaped, or somewhat rotate, with a naked throat. 

 Stamens inclosed. Stigma peltate, somewhat conical. Berry 

 containing 2 nuts; nuts 2-seeded. Twining, scandent, or erect 

 shruhs. Leaves scabrous or tomentose, scattered, rarely by 

 threes, petiolate. Peduncles usually terminal, rarely axillary or 

 lateral, generally bearing many spikes, which are usually cy- 

 mose. Spikes secund, revolute at top, bractless. Embryo in- 

 verted. 



SECT. I. PITTONIA (see genus for derivation). H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 80. Limb of corolla plicately 5-cleft. 

 Berry more or less globose, containing 2, 2-celled, 2-seeded 

 nuts. 



* Species natives of America. 



1 T. CYMOSA (Lin. spec. 202.) branches compressed, angu- 

 lar, glabrous ; leaves ovate, acuminated at apex, and attenuated 

 at the base, naked, glabrous ; peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 glabrous ; spikes cymose. fj . S. Native of Jamaica. Jacq. 

 coll. 1. p. 96. icon. rar. t. 31. Swartz, obs. p. 57. Sloane, 

 jam. hist. 2. p. 109. t. 212. f. 2. T. macrophylla, Lam. ill. p. 

 416. no. 1874. Poir. diet. 5. p. 356. Pers. ench. 1. p. 165. 

 Leaves 6 inches long, and 1-2 broad, veiny. Spikes long, pen- 

 dulous. Calycine segments narrow, acute. Corolla flesh-co- 

 loured, or pale red, short, rusty or greenish-white. Berries 

 white. 



Cymose-fiowered Tournefortia. Fl. July. Clt. 1777. Shrub 

 8 to 10 feet. 



2 T. FOZTIDI'SSIMA (Lin. spec. 201. hort. cliff, p. 48.) branches 

 angular, hairy ? leaves ovate-lanceolate ; peduncles axillary and 

 terminal ; spikes pendulous, cymose. ^ . S. Native of Mexico, 

 Jamaica, and other West India Islands. Willd. spec. 1. p. 792. 

 T. cymosa, var. /3, Poir. diet. 5. p. 336. Pittonia racemosa, 

 nicotianae foliis foetidissimis, Plum. gen. 5. icon. 220. Plukn. 

 aim. 182. Leaves 5 inches long and 2 broad, hairy on the 

 under side, fetid when bruised. Peduncles bearing 2-3-4, or 

 5 pendulous spikes. Flowers dirty white, crowded. It differs 

 principally from T. cymbsa in the leaves being hairy or villous 

 beneath. 



Very fetid Tournefortia. Fl. July. Clt. 1739. Shrub 10 

 to 12 feet. 



3 T. BI'COLOR (Swartz, prod. p. 40. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 344.) 

 branches glabrous, compressed, rather angular; leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, glabrous, veiny, wrinkled above ; peduncles termi- 

 nal, glabrous ; spikes erect, cymose. 1? . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica, Martinico, and Guadaloupe. Willd. spec. 1. p. 793. 

 T. Isevigata, Lam. ill. no. 1875.? Poir. diet. 5. p. 357. 

 Leaves rarely rather hairy above, smooth and pale beneath, 3-4 

 inches long. Flowers dirty white, or greenish white, crowded ; 

 tube of corolla hairy. 



Two-coloured-leaved Tournefortia. Fl. July. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



4 T. UNDULA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 25. t. 149. f. b.) 

 branches angular, downy ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, lined, wrin- 

 kled, rather downy, undulated ; peduncles dichotomously corym- 

 bose, lateral and terminal ; spikes short, numerous, recurved. 

 Jj . S. Native of Peru, on hills in the province of Cumana. 

 Shrub rather downy. Corolla white, downy outside. Berry 

 white. Nuts cornute at the base. 



Undulated-\eaved Tournefortia. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



5 T. ANGUSTIFLORA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 25.) gla- 



brous ; branches angular ; leaves ovate, unequal at the base, 

 with an oblique acumen ; peduncles bifurcate, terminal and ax- 

 illary, therefore the spikes are conjugate ; flowers somewhat pe- 

 dicellate ; corollas narrow. Ij . S. Native of Peru, in woods. 

 Spikes 2 inches long, hardly recurved. Calyx small. Corolla 

 white, very long, rather downy outside ; tube swollen at the 

 base ; limb spreading, reflexed. Stigma nearly sessile. An- 

 thers linear. Berry white, globose, 2-seeded. Perhaps a spe- 

 cies of Messerschmidtia, 



Narrorv-jlonered Tournefortia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



6 T. VIRGA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 25. t. 50. f. a.) 

 stems terete, and are, as well as the branches, which are angu- 

 lar, hispid ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, hardly petiolate, 

 hispid; peduncles terminal, subdichotomous, cymose; spikes 

 few ; flowers crowded. I? . S. Native of Peru, in woods. 

 Branches attenuated. Leaves alternate, or 3 in a whorl, rather 

 wrinkled. Corolla white. 



Twiggy Tournefortia. Shrub. 



7 T. MACULA'TA (Jacq. amer. p. 47. Lam. ill. no. 416. 

 Poir.- diet. 5. p. 357.) glabrous; branches twiggy, rather an- 

 gular ; leaves ovate, acuminated, petiolate ; peduncles of many 

 spikes ; spikes pendulous ; flowers few, in a single row. J? . S. 

 Native of Carthagena, among bushes, and in hedges. Leaves 4 

 inches long, and 2 broad. Spikes short. Corolla yellow, with 

 a long slender tube, and acute segments, ex Poir. Fruit yel- 

 low, with 4 roundish dark spots at the base. 



Spotted-fruited Tournefortia. Shrub. 



8 T. CARACCASA'NA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 80.) branches terete, hairy when young, angular ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, narrowed at the base, strigose above, and 

 clothed with hair-like, canescent tomentum beneath ; peduncles 

 lateral, dichotomously multifid, usually bearing 8 spikes ; calyx 

 strigosely downy, 4 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. 

 Jj . S. Native near the town of Caraccas, on the banks of the 

 river Anauco. T. acutifolia, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 540. Leaves 4 inches long, and 2 broad. Pedun- 

 cles downy. Spikes diffuse. Segments of calyx ovate, acute. 

 Corolla with a green, downy, angular tube, and a white, blunt 

 limb. Stigma sessile. 



Caraccas Tournefortia. Shrub. 



9 T. FULIGINOSA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 81. t. 203.) 

 branches compressedly tetragonal, clothed with rusty tomentum ; 

 leaves oblong, acute at both ends, wrinkled, hispid above, and 

 clothed with rusty tomentum beneath ; peduncles lateral, dicho- 

 tomously multifid, of many spikes ; calyx clothed with rusty to- 

 mentum, much shorter than the tube of the corolla; corolla also 

 clothed with rusty tomentum ; drupes glabrous. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive near Cumana and Bordones. T. rugosa, Willd. rel. ex 

 Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 540. Leaves 4-5 inches long, and 

 lg to 2 broad. Peduncles clothed with rusty tomentum. Spikes 

 narrow, 4 inches long. Calycine segments ovate, acute. Limb 

 of corolla obtuse. 



Sooty Tournefortia. Shrub. 



10 T. SUAVE' OLENS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 81.) branches 

 angular, hispid ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute at both ends, beset 

 with adpressed hairs above, and soft hair-like tomentum be- 

 neath ; peduncles terminal, somewhat dichotomously multifid, of 

 many spikes; calyx, peduncles, and petioles hispid ; calyx a little 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla. Tj . S. Native of Peru. 

 Leaves canescent beneath, 3 inches long, and \\ inch broad. 

 Spikes numerous, corymbose, short. Calycine segments linear. 

 Corolla beset with adpressed hairs outside ; lobes ovate, acute. 

 Fruit not seen. 



Srveet-scented-fio\\ered Tournefortia. Shrub. 



11 T. LOXE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) branches terete, 



