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BORAGINEjE. XLII. TOURNEFORTIA. 



as those of the species. Perhaps a proper species, ex Poir. 

 I.e. 



Scabrous Tournefortia. Shrub. 



25 T. MICROPHY'LLA (Desv. herb, ex Ham. prod. p. 24.) 

 stem erect, mutic, branched, quite glabrous ; leaves small, 

 ovate, obtuse, quite entire, almost glabrous ; flowers spicate, 

 sub-bifid. fy . S. Native of the Antilles. 



Small-leaved Tournefortia. Shrub. 



26 T. SESSILIFOLIA (Poir. 1 diet. 5. p. 360.) stems terete, beset 

 with stiff hairs ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, .linear, villous on both 

 surfaces ; flowers crowded, terminal. Ij . G. Native of Buenos 

 Ayres, Commerson. Leaves obtuse, half stem-clasping at the 

 base, an inch and more long, and 3 lines broad. Peduncles 

 divided into 2 branches, having the flowers densely glomerate 

 on the top of each branch. Corolla tubular ; limb short, dilated, 

 obtuse. Peduncles and calyxes beset with numerous glandular 

 pili, 



Sessile-leaved Tournefortia. Shrub. 



27 T. INCA'NA ; hoary, villous ; stems herbaceous ; leaves 

 sessile, linear, with revolute edges. I/ . S. Native about Esse- 

 quibo. Messerschmidtia incana, Meyer, esseq. p. 92. Stems 

 angular, woody, and rather naked at the base ; branches simple, 

 spreading; corymbs racemose, terminal, having the branches 

 twice bifid. Corolla hairy, coloured, funnel-shaped ; throat 

 naked. Berry corky, containing 2, 2-seeded pyrenae. Said by 

 Meyer to be the same as the preceding. 



Hoary Tournefortia. PL 5 to 1 foot. 



28 T. ? FERRUGI'NEA (Lam. ill. no. 1882.) branches terete, 

 striated, climbing a little, beset with numerous, stiff, straight, 

 rust-coloured hairs while young, as well as the petioles and 

 nerves of leaves ; leaves subcordate, acute, villous beneath ; pe- 

 duncles much branched, villous ; spikes short ; calyx villous, 

 scabrous. Tj . w . S. Native of St. Domingo. Leaves sca- 

 brous above, a little ciliated, deep green, 2-3 inches long, and 1 

 broad. Corolla short, tubular. Said to be very nearly allied 

 to T. vol-ubilis,\>ut is less sarmentose. 



Rusty Tournefortia. Shrub climbing. 



29 T. SCHIEDEA'NA ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 attenuated at the base, glabrous ; peduncles 3-4 times dichoto- 

 mous, puberulous, as well as the calyxes ; tube of corolla 4 

 times as long as the calyx ; fruit not seen. Tj . G. Native of 

 Mexico, in the woods of Jalapa. Tourn. spec. nov. Cham, in 

 Linnsea, 8. p. 514. 



Scliiede's Tournefortia. Shrub. 



30 T. ? TOMENTOSA (Mill. diet. no. 4.) stems twining ; 

 branches flexile ; leaves cordate, tomentose beneath ; spikes 

 short, racemose. 17 . ^. S. Native of South America, near 

 Carthagena. Leaves 2 inches long, and 1 5 lines broad, on very 

 short petioles. Flowers small, dirty white. Berry 2-3-4-seed- 

 ed. Pittonia scandens racemosa, foliis subrotundis, subtus in- 

 canis, Plum. Perhaps a species of Messerschmidtia. 



Tomentose Tournefortia. Shrub 10 to 12 feet, twining. 



31 T. ? CARNOSA (Mill. diet. no. 6.) leaves ovate, wrinkled, 

 petiolate ; spikes racemose, axillary. ^ . S. Native about 

 Carthagena. Pittonia frutescens, folio carnoso hirsuto et obtuso, 

 Plum. gen. p. 5.? Stem and branches strong; branches pale 

 brown. Leaves thick, 4 inches long, and 3 broad, scabrous, 

 dark green, paler beneath. Flowers small, white. Berry con- 

 taining 2-3 oblong nuts. Perhaps a species of Misser- 

 schmidtia. 



Fleshy-leaved Tournefortia. Tree 20 feet. 



* * Species natives of the East Indies, New Holland, and Isle 



of France. 



32 T. MUTA'BILIS (Vent, choix. t. 3.) branches roughish, 



densely tomentose towards the tops ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, 

 scabrous, downy ; cymes terminal, narrow, dichotomous, downy 

 as well as the calyxes ; lobes of corolla crenulated. 1? . S. 

 Native of Java, Lahaye. Leaves 4 inches long, and 2 broad. 

 Peduncles terminal, solitary, bifurcate. Calycine segments lan- 

 ceolate, acute. Corolla greenish white, with a cylindrical tube, 

 and obtuse limb. Berry white, containing a nut which is divided 

 into 2, 1 -seeded cells. 



Changeable Tournefortia. Shrub. 



33 T. SARMENTOSA (Lam. ill. no. 1877. Poir. diet. 5. p. 

 835.) branches terete, striated, beset with adpressed, white 

 hairs ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, villous, white beneath ; 

 spikes branched, very short. ^ . ^. S. Native of the Isle 

 of France, Sonnerat. Leaves nearly glabrous above, but white 

 and villous beneath, 2-3 inches long, and 1 broad. Flowers 

 terminal, hairy. Calycine segments acute. 



Sarmentose Tournefortia. Shrub climbing. 



34 T. ARBORE'SCENS (Lam. ill. no. 1878. Poir. diet. 5. p. 

 357.) branches angular, rough, or hispid ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, attenuated at both ends, scabrous, but rather tomentose be- 

 neath while young ; peduncles roujzh, white ; spikes branched, 

 very short. Tj . S. Native of India, Sonnerat. Leaves 4-5 

 inches long, and If broad; petioles rather villous. Calyx 

 divided nearly to the base, into broad, acnte, firm, permanent 

 segments. Corolla tubular, with obtuse segments. 



Arborescent Tournefortia. Tree. 



35 T. ARGE'NTEA (Lin. suppl. p. 133. R. Br. prod. p. 497. 

 Blum, bijdr. 844.) erect, clothed with velvety, silky tomentum ; 

 leaves ovate, approximate at the tops of the branches : ultimate 

 ones obovate ; cymes decompound ; corolla campanulately ro- 

 tate ; stigma sessile, semi-bifid. Tj . S. Native of Ceylon, 

 Java, &c., on the sea shore ; Island of Carnicobar ; Isle of 

 France, and New Holland, within the tropic. Wall. fl. ind. 2. 

 p. 4. Buglossum lanuginosum, Rumph. amb. 4. p. 119. t. 55. 

 Branches spreading, hairy. Leaves crowded in a rosulate man- 

 ner at the tops of the branches, in the same way as those of 

 Sempervwum Canaritnse and its allies, sessile, white on both 

 surfaces from silky hairs. Flowers white, with a short tube and 

 a recurved limb. This is the prettiest species of the genus. 



Silvery Tournefortia. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1822. Shrub 5 

 to 6 feet. 



36 T. BIFIDA (Lam. ill. no. 417. Poir. diet. 5. p. 360.) 

 leaves ovate, glabrous, petiolate ; peduncles axillary, bifid ; 

 spikes divaricate. T? . S. Native of the Isle of France, Com- 

 merson. Bark cinereous, wrinkled. Leaves coriaceous, with 

 yellowish nerves. Peduncles bearing 2 horizontal spikes. 

 Calyx short, with 5 blunt teeth. Corolla tubular, elongated, 

 cream-coloured. 



Bifid Tournefortia. Shrub. 



37 T. ORIENTALS (R. Br. prod. p. 497.) twining ; leaves 

 broad, ovate, subacuminated ; cymes dichotomous ; limb of 

 corolla 5-cleft, with plicate sinuses ; nuts cellular, fj . ^. S. 

 Native of New Holland, within the tropic. 



Eastern Tournefortia, Shrub twining. 



38 T. TETRA'NDRA (Blum, bijdr. p. 843.) stem sarmentose, 

 scabrous ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, quite entire, gla- 

 brous above, but rather roughish beneath ; cymes terminal, 

 dichotomous, or mnltifid ; flowers secund, sessile, tetrandrous ; 

 tube of corolla tetragonal ; stigma sessile, bifid, J? y S. 

 Native of Java, among bushes on the mountains, where it is 

 called Ojot Sisier. 



Far. /3, hirsuta (Blum. 1. c.) branches, leaves, and peduncles 

 hairy. I? . S. Native of the Moluccas. 



Tetrandrous Tournefortia. FL Dec. Shrub rambling. 



39 T. URVILLEA'NA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 4. p. 465.) 



