BORAGINEJE. XLIII. MESSERSCHMIDTIA. 



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Doited-leaved Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing. 



11 M. CMBELLA'TA : young branches angular, downy ; leaves 

 lanceolate-oblong, acute, narrowed at the base, undulated, beset 

 with fine strisa? on both surfaces ; peduncles terminal, of about 

 7 spikes : spikes subumbellate ; calyxes downy, about equal in 

 length to the tube of the corolla ; segments of corolla linear, re- 

 volute. Jj . ,_,. S. Native of Mexico, near Campeachy, along 

 the shore. Tournefortia umbellata, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 3. p. 79. Leaves 2-4 inches long. Peduncles downy. 

 Spikes linear, 2-3 inches long, spreading. Calycine segments 

 linear-lanceolate. 



6 T m6e//o/e-spiked Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing. 



12 M. LAURIFOLIA (Rosin, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 543.) 

 twining, glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, 

 repand, glabrous ; petioles geniculated ; peduncles terminal, 

 bifurcate ; spikes cymose ; calyx glabrous, twice shorter than 

 the tube of the corolla ; segments of the corolla ovate, elongated 

 at top, very acute. Jj . ^. S. Native of Porto Rico, and the 

 Island of St. Thomas. Tournefortia laurifolia, Vent, choix, t. 



Poir. suppl. 4. p. 425. Leaves deep green above, but 

 paler beneath, finely dotted, 4-6 inches long and 2 broad. 

 Flowers pale yellow. Calycine segments very acute. Hairs 

 on the corolla manifest. Berry glabrous, 4-furrowed. 



Laurel-hated Messerschmid'tia. Fl. July. Clt. 1819. Shrub 

 twining. 



13 M. MILLE'RI (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 544.) twin- 

 ing ; leaves cordate, hairy ; spikes racemose, reflexed. ^ . '\ 

 S. Native of Jamaica. Tournefortia scandens, Mill. diet. no. 4. 

 Poir. diet. 5. p. 360. Pittonia scandens racemosa, flore fusco, 

 Houst. mss. Leaves rather thin, 3 inches long, and 1^ broad, 

 acute, on short petioles. Spikes slender. Flowers dirty brown. 

 Berry small, fleshy, containing 4 1 -seeded nuts. 



^tiller's Messerschmidtia. Shrub twining. 



14 M.E'LEGAXS; leaves petiolate, from ovate-elliptic to lan- 

 ceolate, attenuated at both ends, long-acuminated, downy from 

 short scattered hairs on both surfaces ; panicles terminal, with 

 cymose branches ; lower cymes generally bifid ; the common 

 peduncles furnished with a leaf; limb of corolla 5-cleft, ex- 

 panded. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, Sello. Tournefortia ele- 

 gans, Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 4. p. 469. and 8. p. 118. 

 Branches obsoletely angular, downy at top. Calyx minute, with 

 narrow, acute, pilose, and erectly ciliated segments. Corolla 

 tubularly salver-shaped, downy outside, with a slender tube and 

 expanded segments, which are narrow-acute, from a broader 

 base : having the sinuses intraplicate. Anthers a little exserted. 

 Drupe 4- sided, depressed ; pyrenae spheroid, chartaceous, 1- 

 seeded. 



Elegant Messerschmidtia. Shrub. 



15 M. PILIOCHROS ; stem scandent ; leaves lanceolate, petio- 

 late, rather villous above, and clothed with white wool beneath ; 

 spikes terminal, dichotomously panicled, divaricate ; fruit sca- 

 brous. 1? . w . S. Native of Jamaica. Tournefortia piliochros, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 644. Flowers white ? 



1 ellow-haired Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing. 



16 M. TOMEKTOSA ; stem twining; leaves cordate, oblong, 

 green above, and very soft, but clothed with white stellate to- 

 mentum beneath ; spikes short, dichotomous, divaricate, tomen- 

 tose. H . /> . S. Native of America, about Carthagena. Tour- 

 nefortia tomentosa, Mill. diet. no. 4. Leaves 2 inches long. 

 Flowers small, dirty white ; lobes of corolla unknown. Berry 

 containing 2-3, but usually 4 nuts. 



Tomentose Messerschmidtia. Shrub twining. 



17 M.CORTMBOSA; stem scandent ; leaves oblong, attenuated 

 at both ends, veiny, glabrous ; spikes paniculately corymbose, 

 coarctate, elongated, many-flowered ; tube of corolla elongated : 



segments of the limb acuminated. 1? . w . S. Native of tro- 

 pical America. Tournefortia corymbosa, Willd. rel. ex Roem. 

 et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 540. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 644. 

 Corymbose Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing. 



18 M. FERRUGI'NEA ; stem twining a little; leaves subcor- 

 date, ovate, acuminated, acute, entire, thickish, rather villous on 

 both surfaces, green above ; spikes terminal, branched, corym- 

 bose, clothed with rusty villi : branches short ; corolla short, 

 tubular : segments unknown. ^ . r *. S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo. Tournefortia ferruginea, Lam. ill. no. 1882. Branches 

 terete, striated, beset with rusty stiff hairs. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long, and an inch broad. Peduncles much branched, villous ; 

 spikes short. Flowers unilateral. Calyx scabrous, villous. 



Rusty Messerschmidtia. Shrub twining. 



2. Segments of the corolla short. Berry even, roundish, con- 

 taining 4 1 -celled, 1 -seeded nuts. Embryo straight, with a 

 superior radicle. Erect trees or shrubs. 



19 M. HIRSCTI'SSIMA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 541.) 

 branches terete, hispid ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, nar- 

 row at the base, hispid above, strigosely pubescent beneath ; 

 peduncles terminal and axillary, dichotomous, of many spikes ; 

 calyx one half shorter than the tube of the corolla, and are, as 

 well as the berries, hispid ; limb of corolla plicate, having the 

 segments short, ovate, and acute. Ij . S. Native of America, 

 especially near Cumana and Bordones ; and of the Island of St. 

 Thomas. Tournefortia hirsutissima, Swartz, obs. p. 56. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 791. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 80. 

 Tourn. corymbosa, Sieb. pi. trin. no. 439. Cordia pellita, 

 Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 800. Ehretia 

 cymosa, Willd. herb. no. 4529. Pittonia hirsutissima et ramo- 

 sissima, baccis albis, Plum. gen. 5. icon. 209. Heliotropii flore 

 frutex baccifer ramosus, folio rugoso fbetido, &c. Sloane, jam. 

 173. hist. 2. p. 108. t. 212. f. 1. Leaves about 4 inches long. 

 Peduncles hispid. Spikes linear, diffuse. " Berry 4-celled, 

 bipartible ; cells 1-seeded," ex Kunth, 1. c. " Ovate, contain- 

 ing 4 1-seeded nuts," ex R. Br. prod. p. 496. Embryo 

 straight, with a superior radicle. 



Var. p, minus (Lam. ill. no. 1 873.) smaller, hairy ; spikes 

 shorter, fy . S. Native of South America. Stems nearly 

 terete. Leaves pale green, nearly glabrous; fruit roundish, 

 containing 4 oval-oblong nuts. 



fery hairy Messerschmidtia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. 

 Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



20 M. POLYSTA'CHYA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 542.) 

 branches angular, compressed while young ; leaves ovate, 

 acute, wrinkled, hairy ; peduncles terminal and lateral, corym- 

 bosely dichotomous, composed of loose spikes. Ij . S. Native 

 of Peru. Toumefortia polystachya, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 

 24. t. 149. f. a. Leaves 4-5 inches long, and 3 broad. Corollas 

 white ; tube green, exceeding the calyx. Berry white, contain- 

 ing 4 1-seeded nuts. 



Many-spiked Messerschmidtia. Shrub. 



21 M. LONGIFOLIA (Rosm. et Schultes, syst 4. p. 543.) 

 branches angular, channelled ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, oblique, 

 very veiny, with subrevolute edges ; peduncles corymbose, ter- 

 minal ; spikes few-flowered, fj . S. Native of Peru, in woods. 

 Tournefortia longifblia, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 25. t. 150. f. 

 b. Shrub glabrous, very like in habit a large species of Sym- 

 phytum. Leaves a foot long. Berry containing 4 trigonal 

 nuts. 



Long-leaved Messerschmidtia. Shrub or tree. 



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