BORAGINE.E. XLII. TOURNEFORTIA. 



369 



twining? branches angular, scabrous; leaves ovate, acme, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, and obovate, equal, and rounded at the base, or 

 unequal and subcordate ; cymes bractless, many times dichoto- 

 mous ; limb of corolla 5-cleft, with plicate sinuses. \j , r ^. S. 

 Native of the Island of Lucon. This species differs from 

 T. Or'tentalis in the leaves being pilose or scabrous ; from 

 T. tetrdndra in the flowers being pentamerous ; and from 

 T. arborescens, Link, in the leaves being shorter and broader, 

 and never tomentose beneath. Spikes or branches of cyme 

 elongated, pilose. Calycine segments ovate, acute. Drupes 

 glabrous. 



D'Urville's Tournefortia. Shrub twining? 



40 T. OVA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 908.) branches striated, downy; 

 leaves ovate-elliptic, acuminated, rather strigose ; cymes termi- 

 nal, branched ; flowers on short pedicels, tubular. I? . S. Na- 

 tive of Rangoon. Very nearly allied to Heliotrbpium ciridl- 



Jlorum, Lehm. ; the T. viridifldrum, Wall. ; and Lithospermum 

 tiridiflbrum, Roxb. 



Ocate-lcaved Tournefortia. Shrub. 



41 T. HEYXEA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 910.) rather strigose, or 

 nearly glabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate, acuminated ; 

 cymes axillary, on long peduncles ; flowers on short pedicels, 

 unilateral ; corollas tubular. ^ . S. Native of the East Indies. 



ffeyne's Tournefortia. Shrub. 



SECT. II. MESSERSCHMI'DTI.E ANTIQV.E. The following spe- 

 cies have been formed by Linnaeus and others into a distinct 

 genus. Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb swollen towards the top. 

 Berry round, depressed, girded by 5 prominent teeth in a circle, 

 divisible into 2, 2-seeded nuts. 



42 T. FRUTICOSA (R. Br. prod. p. 496. Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 539.) scabrous, branched, hairy; leaves ovate, lan- 

 ceolate, petiolate ; calyx short. ^ . G. Native of TenerifFe, 

 in sterile places. Messerschmidtia fruticosa, Lin. syst. 190. 

 suppl. 132. Lher. stirp. 2. t. 1. Willd. spec. 1. p. 789. 

 Desf. arbr. 1. p. 175. Hairy in every part. Spikes cymose, 

 dichotomous, terminating the branches and stem. Corolla fun- 

 nel-shaped, or salver-shaped, with a flat limb, ex Lin. Corollas 

 white. 



Shrubby Tournefortia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 5 to 6 feet. 



43 T. ANGUSTIFOLIA (R. Br. 1. c. Rcem. et Schultes, 1. c.) 

 stems nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, narrow- linear-lanceo- 

 late, glabrous; spikes as in T. fruticosa. f; . G. Native of 

 the Canary Islands. Messerschmidtia anjrustifolia, Lam. ill. no. 

 1872. Poir. suppl. 1. p. 449. Habit of T. fruticosa ; but dif- 

 fers in the stems being nearly glabrous. Leaves scabrous on 

 both surfaces. Flowers bluish. 



Karron-leaved Tournefortia. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 5 to C feet. 



44 T. TCBERCULOSA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 4. p. 

 467.) herbaceous, erect, branched, very scabrous from strigae 

 all over ; leaves lanceolate, sinuately undulated, acute, opaque, 

 attenuated into the short petioles ; cymes terminal, bifid, or 

 spikes twin ; calyx small. "U. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, at Gamka river, where it was collected by Mundt and 

 Maire. Stems angular, a little dilated towards the ramifica- 

 tions. Spikes filiform, few-flowered. Calycine segments ovate, 

 acute, callously ciliated. Corolla tubularly salver-shaped ; seg- 

 ments of the limb triangular, long-acuminated. Drupe nearly 

 dry, tubercled ; pyrenae tuberciilarly ecliinated on the back. 

 Habit of a species of Chenopbdium or A* triplex. It differs from 

 all other species in the tubercled fruit. 



Tuberc/ed-fruhed Tournefortia. PI. 2 to 3 feet ? 



45 T. SIBI'RICA (Lin. spec. 202. act. petrop. 1763. p. 315. t. 



VOL. IV. 



1 1 .) root creeping ; stems herbaceous, branched ; leaves sessile, 

 ovate-oblong, hoary from tomentum ; corymbs or fascicles usu- 

 ally twin. y. . H. Native of Dahuria, and Tauria, in gravelly 

 places ; and of China, about Pekin, and from that to the northern 

 limits of the empire. Messerschmidtia Arguzia, Lin. svst. p. 

 190. suppl. 132. mant. 42. 334. hort. ups. p. 36. Arguzia 

 montana, Amm. ruth. 38. Corolla white, funnel-shaped, with a 

 naked throat. Calyx shorter than the tube of the corolla. 

 " Corollas larger than those of T. fruticosa, with a plicate limb, 

 and membranous sides," ex Lin. 



Siberian Tournefortia. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1780. PI. i to 

 1 foot. 



SECT. III. HELIOTROPIOI'DES. The species contained in this 

 section have been referred by authors to Heliotropium, from their 

 habit, but they have nothing peculiar in character. 



46 T. GNAPHALTOIDES (R. Br. prod. p. 496.) frutescent ; the 

 whole plant white from tomentum ; leaves linear, obtuse ; pe- 

 duncles terminal ; spikes bifid or twin, short. J? . S. Native 

 of Barbadoes, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Island, &c., by the sea 

 side. Heliotropium gnaphalioides, Lin. spec. 189. Jacq. 

 amer. p. 25. t. 173. f. 11. pict. t. 264. f. 97. Mor. hist. 3. 

 sect. 11. t. 28. f. 6. Plukn. aim. 182. t. 193. f. 3. Shrub 

 erect. Leaves crowded at the tops of the branches. Spikes 

 secund, usually bifid. Corolla white, small. 



Gnaphalium-like Tournefortia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



47 T. MICROSTA'CHYA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 538.) 

 stems herbaceous, procumbent; leaves ovate-oblong, flat, downy, 

 hoary beneath ; lateral spikes nearly sessile ; terminal ones pe- 

 dunculate, usually by fours, short. Q. H Native of Peru, in 

 arid places about Tarma. Heliotropium microstachyum, 

 Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 3. t. 110. f. b. Lehm. 

 asper. 40. Stems angular, downy. Calyx pilose, with lanceo- 

 late, acute, equal segments. Leaves petiolate. Corollas small, 

 white. Berry containing 2 2-celled, 2-seeded nuts, as in the 

 other species. 



Small-spiked Tournefortia. PI. procumbent. 



48 T. SYJJZYSTA'CHYA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 539.) 

 plant herbaceous, procumbent ; branches angularly furrowed ; 

 leaves opposite and alternate, ovate, wrinkled, pilose ; lateral 

 spikes solitary, very long : terminal ones twin, shorter. Q. S. 

 Native of Peru, in fields about Lima. Heliotropium synzysta- 

 chyum, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 3. no. 6. t. 109. f. a. b. ? 

 Plant villous. Leaves petiolate. Spikes 2-3 inches long : ter- 

 minal ones 1-2 inches. Calycine segments linear, acute. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, white ; tube longer than the calyx, villous 

 inside above. Fruit as in the preceding species. 



Tmin-spiked Tournefortia. PI. procumbent. 



f Species hardly knorrn. 



49 T. RCFE'SCENS (Willd. rel. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 541.) leaves ovate-oblong, rugosely veined, clothed with 

 rufous tomentum beneath. Ij . S. Native of South America. 

 Humb. et Bonpl. 



Rufesceni Tournefortia. Shrub. 



50 T. GLA'BRA (Aubl. guiana. 1. p. 118.) much branched, 

 glabrous ; berries white. Ij . S. Plum. mss. t. 6. f. 53. ex 

 Vittm. summ. pi. 1. p. 402. ? 



Glabrous Tournefortia. Shrub. 



N.B. What are Tourneforlia lucida, and T. anguldsa, Desf. 

 tabl. de 1'Ecole de hot. 1815. p. 85. ? 



Cult. None of the species of Tournefortia are worth culti- 

 vating for ornament ; therefore the species are only to be seen 

 3 B 



