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BORAGINE^E. XLIII. MESSERSCHMIDTIA. 



in botanical gardens. They are of the most easy culture, and 

 are readily increased by cuttings under a hand-glass, in heat. 

 T. Silririca, being a rare, nearly hardy plant, should be grown 

 in a pot, and placed among other alpine plants. 



XLIII. MESSERSCHMl'DTIA (in honour of Daniel Gott- 

 lieb Messerschmidt, a traveller in Siberia.) Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. li. and p. 541. Tournefortia species of authors. 



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

 rolla funnel-shaped; throat naked, swollen; segments of the limb 

 usually subulate. Stigma conicaj. Berry 4-lobed, containing 4 

 1-seeded nuts, but often fewer by abortion. Shrubs with the 

 habit of Tournefortia. This genus is principally distinguished 

 from Tournefortia by the berry containing 4 1-seeded nuts, in- 

 stead of 2 2-seeded nuts. Berries generally white. 



- 1. Segments of corolla linear-subulate. Berry 4-lobed ; each 

 lobe, containing a \-celled, 1-seeded nut. Embryo arched, 

 with the cotyledons at the back of the cell, and the radicle 

 in the front. Twining shrubs. 



1 M. VOLU'BILIS (Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 841.) branches 

 strigose ; leaves ovate, acuminated, nearly glabrous ; petioles 

 and peduncles hairy ; cymes terminal ; spikes much branched ; 

 berries hairy ; segments of corolla subulate. Jj . '"\ S. Native 

 of Jamaica, St. Thomas, and Mexico. Tournefortia volubilis, 

 Lin. spec. p. 201. WiJld. enum. 1. p. 188. Lam. ill. t. 95. 

 f. 2. Tourn. microphylla, Bert, in Spreng. syst. 1. p. 644. 

 Sloane, hist. 1. p. 234. t. 143. f. 2. Plukn. aim. 389. t. 235. 

 f. 6. Branches weak, rufescent. Leaves an inch long, and 

 3-4 lines broad. Peduncles downy. Corollas greenish- 

 yellow. 



Twining Messerschmidtia. FJ. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. 

 Shrub tw. 



2 M. SCA'NDENS (Rcem. et Schultes, 1. c. p. 542.) glabrous ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, reflexed ; calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed; segments of corolla subulate. Tj. w . S. Native of 

 Peru, in groves. Tournefortia scandens, Willd. enum. 1. p. 188. 

 Tournefortia volubilis, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 24. t. 148. 

 Tourn. Peruviana, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 425. Flowers greenish- 

 yellow, or .whitish, corymbosely dichotomous. Very nearly 

 allied to the preceding, but is 4 times the size in all its parts. 



Climbing Messerschmidtia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub climbing. 



3 M. PANICULA'TA ; branches obsoletely angled, downy at top ; 

 leaves ovate, rounded at the base, acuminated and acute at the 

 apex, rather downy on both surfaces ; panicles terminal, large, 

 bractless, pyramidal, erect, decompound. fj . S. Native of 

 tropical Brazil, Sello. Tournefortia paniculata, Cham, et 

 Schlecht, in Linnaaa, 4. p. 468. This species differs from M. 

 scandens in its downiness; in the pyrenae being 1-seeded; and 

 in the ample panicle. Calyxes downy and ciliated, acute. 



Panics-flowered Messerschmidtia. Shrub erect ? 



4 M. SUBSE'SSILIS (Cham, in Linnaea, 8. p. 118. under Tour- 

 nefortia) branches obsoletely angular, or nearly terete ; leaves 

 on short petioles, roundish or long, ovate, subcordate, acutely 

 acuminated, glabrous and smooth above, and inconspicuously 

 strigose beneath, with reflexed edges ; panicles clothed with 

 rufescent, velvety strigse, composed of short, dense-flowered 

 spikes ; calyxes sessile, somewhat immersed in the dilated 

 rachis. Tj . rx . ? S. Native of Brazil, Sello. Nearly allied to 

 M. pan:culata and M. scandens. Branches strigose at top. 

 Calycine segments narrow, acute. Drupe glabrous ; one or 

 two of the pyrenae usually abortive. 



Subsessile-ftowered Messerschmidtia. Shrub twining ? 



5 M. SEUI'CEA (Rcem. et Schultes, 1. c.) branches cinereous 

 from villi at top ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, clothed with silky 

 tomentum beneath ; spikes lateral and terminal, dichotomous, 

 panicled ; segments of corolla setaceous. Jj . w . S. Native 

 of the Islands of Mont Serrat, St. Domingo and Jamaica. 

 Tournefortia sericea, Vahl, eclog. 1. p. 17. Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 749. Tourn. incana, Lam., and Tourn. canescens, Willd. ex 

 herb. Balb. Frutex Marcgr. hist. p. 78. Habit of M. volu- 

 bilis. Leaves lg inch long, acute, glabrous above. Peduncles 

 villous. Corollas small, villous outside. 



Silky Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing. 



6 M. SYUiNGjEFOLiA (Rcem. et Schultes, 1. c.) branches, peti- 

 oles, ribs of leaves on both surfaces, veins beneath, and pedun- 

 cles villous ; leaves subcordate-ovate, acuminated, glabrous, ex- 

 cept the nerves and veins ; peduncles terminal, many times 

 forked ; spikes downy ; segments of the corolla very narrow, 

 somewhat setaceous. f; . S. Native of Cayenne. Tourne- 

 fortia syringaafolia, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 23. Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 792. Leaves 2 inches long, almost like those of Syrtnga vul- 

 garis. Corolla villous outside. 



Lilac-leaved Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing ? or erect ? 



7 M. PSILOSTA'CHYA ; twining; branches terete, glabrous, 

 but while young downy ; leaves oblong, acuminated, acute at 

 the base, strigose on both surfaces ; peduncles terminal, usually 

 of 5 spikes ; calyx strigosely downy, one half shorter than the 

 tube of the corolla ; segments of corolla subulate. ^ . / ~ > . S. 

 Native on the shores of the Pacific, near the Port of Guayaquil. 

 Tournefortia psilostachya, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 78. Tourn. tristachya, Willd. herb. no. 3433. Leaves 2 

 or 2g inches long, and 1 broad. Peduncles downy. Spikes 

 filiform, 1 to lj inch long. Corolla downy outside, with an 

 inflated throat ; stigma subconical. 



Naked-spiked Messerschmidtia. Shrub twining. 



8 M. FLORIBU'NDA ; scandent ; branches terete, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded at 

 the base, clothed with fine pubescence above, and hoary tomen- 

 tum beneath ; peduncles lateral, dichotomously multifid, of 

 many spikes ; calyx tomentose, one half shorter than the tube 

 of the corolla ; segments of the corolla linear-subulate : berries 

 glabrous. Jj . ^. S. Native of New Andalusia, near Cumana 

 and Cumanacoa ; also of Brazil. Tournefortia floribunda, H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 79. Willd. herb. no. 3434. 

 Peduncles tomentose, bearing 20-24 filiform spikes, which are 

 3-4 inches long. Calycine segments ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nately subulate. Corolla downy outside. 



Bundle-flowered Messerschmidtia. Clt. 1828. Shrub 

 climbing. 



9 M. VELUTINA ; scandent, clothed with hoary tomentum all 

 over ; branches terete ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, round- 

 ed at the base, white beneath ; peduncles terminal, dichotomously 

 panicled, of many spikes ; calyx villous, twice shorter than the 

 tube of the corolla ; berries hispid. ^ . w , S. Native of Mexico, 

 near Acapulco. Tournefortia velutina, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 3. p. 79. t. 201. Leaves about 3 inches long, with 

 an obtuse acumen. Spikes about 10 on each peduncle, filiform, 

 about 3 inches long. This is a very elegant species. 



Velvety Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing. 



10 M. PUNCTA'TA (Spreng. new entd. 3. p. 2.) stem scandent; 

 leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, ciliated, beset with white 

 dots above, but smooth beneath ; spikes panicled, axillary, 

 dichotomous. Jj . w . S. Native of Martinico. Tournefortia 

 punctata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 643. Tourn. scandens, Sieb. 

 mart. no. 63. Lobes of corolla unknown. Perhaps the same 

 as M. psilostachya. 



