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CORDIACEJS. III. EHRETIA. 



drupe containing generally more than one nut. Mart, in pi. 

 bras. 1. p. 134. has made a distinct order of Ehretiacece. 



III. EHRE'TIA (so named in memory of the ingenious 

 artist and botanist, G. D. Eliret, in French Cabrillet.) Browne, 

 jam. t. 16. Lin. gen. no. 275. Schreb. gen. no. 352. 

 Jacq. amer. 45. Juss. gen. p. 128. ed. Usteri, p. 143. R. 

 Br. prod. p. 497. Lam. ill. t. 96. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx deeply 5-parted. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a naked throat, and a 5-cleft limb. 

 Stamens exserted. Style semi-bifid ; stigmas obtuse. Berry 

 containing 2 2-celled, 2-seeded pyrenae or nuts. Trees or 

 shrubs. Leaves petiolate, alternate, opposite, or 3 in a whorl, 

 entire or serrated. Flowers terminal or axillary, panicled or 

 corymbose. 



* Species natives of Asia. 



I E. SERRA'TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 240.) leaves alternate, 

 broad-lanceolate, serrated, 5-pointed, glabrous ; panicles ter- 

 minal, and from the upper axils, with numerous short, spreading, 

 compound, and simple ramifications. ^ . S. Native of the 

 East Indies, at Bhotan ; it is also a native in the eastern part 

 of Bengal. Leaves 2-5 inches long, and 1-2| inches broad ; 

 petioles short. Flowers small, numerous, collected into small, 

 somewhat remote, nearly sessile fascicles, some of them hexan- 

 drous. Bracteas small, ovate, pressed to the calyx. Corolla 

 having the tube as long as the calyx, and the segments of the 

 limb oblong and spreading. Stamens inserted in the mouth of 

 the tube of the corolla, rather shorter than the limb. Drupes 

 round, pulpy, about the size of a pea, red when ripe. This 

 is one of the commonest trees in Nipaul, where it is called 

 Nulshima. The flowers spread a honey-like, powerful smell. 

 In Silhet, where it is indigenous, and there called Kala Oja. 

 The fruit is not esteemed like those of most of the species, 

 there being little pulp. 



Serrated-leaved Ehretia. Fl. ? Clt. 1823. Shrub or Tree. 



2 E. MACROPHY'LLA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 343.) arbo- 

 reous ; leaves alternate, coriaceous, ovate, acute, sharply- tooth- 

 ed, harsh, strigose above, and downy beneath ; panicle terminal, 

 composed of racemose branches. Jj . G. Native of Nipaul, 

 on Chundragiri. Branches terete, with ash-coloured, dotted 

 bark, rather villous while young. Leaves 5-10 inches long; 

 nerves uniting in sub-marginal arches. Drupes round, ovate, 

 obscurely 4-furrowed, slightly clothed, the size of a gooseberry, 

 supported at the base by a 5-cleft calyx, whose segments are 

 lanceolate, ciliated, and spreading. Embryo erect. ? Coty- 

 ledons parallel. 



Long-leaved Ehretia. Tree large. 



3 E.? UMBELLULA'TA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 344.) arbo- 

 reous ; leaves ovate, nearly entire, glabrous ; umbellets scat- 

 tered, round, small, downy ; stigma deeply and almost equally 

 4-lobed. Ij . S. Native of Silhet, where it is called Kunuka. 

 Branches like those of E. macrophylla. Leaves repand, slightly 

 undulated, 3-5 inches long, generally with a retuse apex ; 

 nerves uniting into sub-marginal arches, elegantly reticulate. 

 Flowers very small, white, fragrant, crowded together in lateral, 

 simple, or corymbose heads. Calyx supported by an oval 

 bractea ; segments of the calyx round, ciliated. Corolla rotate, 

 with reflexed lobes, shorter than the stamens. This seems to 

 connect Ehretia with Cordia, from the short style and deeply 

 4-lobed stigma, but the fruit is unknown. 



Umbellate-fiowereA Ehretia. Shrub. 



4 E. WIGHTIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 7013.) glabrous; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, or obovate-oblong, entire, coriaceous ; pedun- 

 cels terminal, corymbose ; flowers secund, pedicellate. Ij . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Nearly allied to E. umbellulata. 



Wight's Ehretia. Shrub. 



5 E. PYRIFOLIA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 102.) leaves ovate, 

 acute, serrated, glabrous, rounded at the base : floral ones 

 oblong ; panicles terminal ; flowers crowded. V] . G. Native 

 of Nipaul. Flowers small, disposed in an ample, crowded 

 panicles. Nearly allied to E. serrdta, Roxb., but the leaves of 

 that plant are acute at the base. 



Pear-leaved Ehretia. Tree or shrub. 



6 E. JAVA'NICA (Blum, bijdr. p. 842.) leaves alternate, oval, 

 attenuated at both ends, quite entire, glabrous ; corymbs lateral 

 and terminal, divaricate ; calyx deeply 5-cleft, with acuminated 

 segments. ^ . S. Native of Java, on the declivities of moun- 

 tains on the west side, where it is called Sikup Burrum. 



Java Ehretia. Fl. Nov. Tree 60 feet. 



* * Species natives of New Holland. 



1 E. ACUMINA'TA (R. Br. prod. p. 497.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated, serrated, quite "labrous ; panicles decompound, having 

 the branches and branchlets quite glabrous. Jj . G. Native of 

 New South Wales, about Port Jackson. 



Acuminated-leaved Ehretia. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. Tree 

 15 feet? 



8 E. SALIGNA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves linear-lanceolate, sub- 

 falcate, elongated, quite entire, glabrous, 3-5 inches long ; 

 cymes panicled, dichotomous ; flowers polygamous. f; . G. 

 Native of New Holland, within the tropic, on the sea-shore. 



Willony -\eaveHi Ehretia. Shrub or tree. 



9 E. MEMBRANIFOLIA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves long-lanceolate, 

 quite entire, and quite glabrous, strict, membranous, 1^ to 2^ 

 inches long ; cymes dichotomous. I? . S. Native of New 

 Holland, within the tropic. The fruit being unknown the 

 genus is doubtful. 



Membrane-leaved Ehretia. Shrub or tree. 



* 



Species natives of America, 



10 E. TINIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 273. amcen. acad. 5. p. 595. 

 Jacq. amer. p. 45. Swartz. obs. p. 87.) leaves oblong-ovate, 

 or ovate, obtuse, quite entire, glabrous ; panicles terminal, 

 oblong ; calyx 5-cleft, obtuse. I? . S. Native of Jamaica, 

 and Cuba. Trew. ehret. t. 24. Browne, jam. p. 168. t. 16. f. 

 1. Sloan, jam. 2. p. 94. t. 203. f. 1. A tree with a dense, 

 oblong head. Leaves about 4 inches long, on short petioles. 

 Flowers numerous, small, white, strong-scented. Corolla a 

 little longer than the calyx ; with obovate, acute, reflexed seg- 

 ments, which exceed the tube in length. Stamens a little 

 longer than the corolla. Stigma bifid. Drupe containing 4 

 nuts, ex. Jacq., 2 nuts, ex Lin., globular, at first yellow, then 

 black, size of currants. They serve to feed poultry, and are 

 sometimes eaten by the poorer sort of people. The tree is 

 known in Jamaica by the name of Bastard Cherry-tree. 



Tinus-leaved Ehretia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1734. Tree 1 6 

 to 28 feet. 



11 E. ? INTERNODIS (Lehr. stirp. 1. p. 47. t. 24.) leaves 

 alternate, oblong-ovate, quite entire, acute, glabrous ; panicles 

 intra-foliaceous ; flowers corymbose, panicled ; corolla campa- 

 nulate, with reflexed segments. ^ . S. Native of the Antilles. 

 E. petiolaris, Lam. diet. 1. p. 527. no. 5. ex Poir. suppl. 2. p. 

 1. Cordia petiolata, Desf. hort. par. Branches loose, grey, 

 tubercled. Leaves 4 inches long. Style simple. Stigma 2- 

 lobed. Berries round, containing 4 1 -seeded nuts. 



Var. j3, Subria (Commers. herb, ex Lam. diet. 1. c.) very like 

 the species ; flowers hardly a line long, with acute segments ; 

 stamens inserted in the tube of the corolla ; stigma capitate ; 

 panicles terminal and axillary. Jj . S. Native of the Man- 



