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ritius. E. internodis, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 34-3. This, as 

 well as the species, are very doubtful from the form of the 

 stigma. 



Interknotted Ehretia. Fl. ? Clt. 1819. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



12 E. GRAXDIFLORA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 3.) leaves alternate, 

 ovate, smooth, with unequal sides, glabrous, quite entire, ob- 

 tuse ; flowers corymbose ; calyx rather tubular, downy, grey, 

 with 5 acute teeth ; segments of corolla roundish, spreading. 

 > . S. Native of St. Domingo. Branches terete. Leaves on 

 short petioles, 2 inches long, and lj inch broad. Tube of 

 corolla red, length of calyx. Stigma bifid, obtuse. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Great-jtoitered Ehretia. Shrub or tree. 



13 E. ? DU'BIA (Jacq. obs. 1. p. 19. Gmel. syst. 1. p. 394. 

 Vittm. surnm. 2. p. 15.) leaves alternate, oval-oblong, acute, 

 quite entire, glabrous ; peduncles 1 -flowered, aggregate ; calyx 

 bilabiate : lower lip campanulate : superior one roundish, 

 concave, spreading, at length not half the size of the lower 

 one ; segments of the limb of the corolla flat, orate, obtuse. 



fj. S. Native of Jamaica, about Kingston. Leaves 3-6 

 inches long, petiolate. Tube of corolla funnel-shaped, hairy 

 inside.- Stamens short, inserted in the upper part of the tube. 

 Anthers didymous. Style subulate, semi-bifid at apex ; seg- 

 ments bifid, inflexed. Stigmas acute. This is probably a 

 species of Cordia, from the twice bifid style, or a new genus 

 belonging to section Cordiacece. 



Doubtful Ehretia. Clt. 1825. Tree 20 feet. 



14 E. TOMEKTOSA (H. B. et Kuntb, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 64. 

 t. 208.) branches angular, clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves 

 opposite, elliptic-oblong, acute, entire, glabrous above, and 

 clothed with downy tomentum beneath, and hoary ; flowers 

 axillary, corymbose, about equal in length to the petioles ; 

 calyx clothed with hoary tomentum, almost entire, rather angu- 

 lar, loose. ^ . S. Native of New Granada, near Santa Fe 

 de Bogota. Ehretia Bogotensis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 64-8. 

 Leaves running into the petioles at the base, 5 inches long. 

 Peduncles axillary, short, many-flowered. Calyx turbinately 

 campanulate. Corolla campanulate, glabrous ; tube twice as 

 long as the calyx ; limb spreading, with ovate, oblong, obtuse 

 segments. Stamens a little exserted, glabrous. Anthers 2 

 lobed at the base. Stigmas acute. Drupe depressed, globular, 

 smooth, size of a sloe, surrounded by the calyx, which is 

 warted at the base, and irregularly lobed, 4-celled : cells 1- 

 seeded. 



Tomenlose Ehretia. Shrub or tree. 



15 E. TERNIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 66.) 

 branches nearly terete, smoothish ; leaves 3 in a whorl, oblong, 

 obtuse, quite entire, glabrous, rather powdery : corymbs axil- 

 lary, about equal in length to the petioles ; calyx clothed with 

 hoary powder, irregularly 4-lobed. fj . S. Native of the pro- 

 vince of Venezuela, near Los altos de San Pedro, at the altitude 

 of 850 hexapods. Branches white. Leaves petiolate, furnished 

 with minute, canescent atoms, pale beneath, 4-5 inches long, 

 and 2^ broad. Petioles powdery. Flowers the size of those 

 of Lyciutn barbartim. Calyx turbinately campanulate. Corollas 

 white, funnel-shaped, glabrous ; tube hardly equal in length to 

 the calyx : limb spreading, with ovate-oblong, obtuse segments ; 

 throat puberulous. Stamens exserted. Stigmas acute. Drupe 

 like that of the preceding. 



Tern-Uared Ehretia. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



Cult. N.B. The following names occur in Salt. trav. abyss. 

 append, p. 475, but without any definition. 1 E. obovata, R. 

 Br. 2 E. Abyssinica, R. Br. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Cordia, p. 387. 



IV. BEURRE'RIA (named by P. Browne, after Mr. Beurrer, 

 an apothecary of Nuremberg, who was a great promoter of 

 natural history.) Brown, jam. p. 168. t. 15. f. 2. Jacq. amer. 

 45. t. 173. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 67. Ehretia 

 species of other authors. 



LIN. STST. Penl6ndria, Monogyitia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed, or 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb 5-parted ; 

 throat naked. Stamens a little exserted. Style usually bifid, 

 rarely undivided ; stigmas 2, sub-capitate. Drupe containing 

 4 pyrenae or nuts ; nuts 2-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. Small trees 

 or shrubs. Leaves alternate, nearly entire, or quite entire. 

 Corymbs sub-terminal. Flowers white. 



* Specie-t natives of America. 



\ B. EXSI/CCA (Jacq. amer. p. 45. t. 1 73. f. 1 7. ed. pict. t. 

 259. f. 13.) branches and leaves downy ; leaves ovate, acute, or 

 obovate and obtuse, quite entire ; corymbs dichotomous ; calyx 

 downy, irregularly bifid or trifid ; fruit dry, tetragonal, divisi- 

 ble into 4 parts. T; . S. Native of South America, in hot 

 places near Curoana, St. Thomas de la Guyana, and New Bar- 

 celona ; and of Mexico, near Actopan, &c. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 67. Ehretia exsucca, Lin. spec. p. 275. 

 Lara. diet. 1. p. 527. Rhamnus Cumanensis, Loefl. itin. p. 182. 

 Guatacare of the natives of Cumana. Branches terete, hoary, 

 glabrous, when young rather downy. Leaves \\ to 2 inches 

 long, petiolate, clothed with strigae on both surfaces, sometimes 

 nearly glabrous ; petioles downy, glabrous, or ciliated. Flowers 

 white, sweet-scented. Corolla white, salver-shaped ; tube 

 longer than the calyx ; limb spreading, with roundish, cordate 

 segments. Stamens length of corolla, villous at the base. 

 Style bifid. Jacquin mentions his plant as glabrous, while 

 that of Kunth is downy. They are, however, probably identical. 



Z)ry-fruited Beurreria. Clt. 1804. Tree 20 feet." 



2 B. REVonfrA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 67.) 

 branches and leaves glabrous, ovate, obtuse, with entire revo- 

 lute margins ; corymbs dichotomous ; calyx downy, 5-toothed. 



I? . S. Native of New Spain, in temperate places near Haci- 

 enda de Regla. Shrub much branched. Branches terete. 

 Leaves acute at the base, 1-2 inches long, petiolate. Corymbs 

 terminal, downy. Calyx tubularly campanulate. Drupe red, 

 size of a sloe, nearly globose, the rest as in the genus. 

 Revolute-leaved Beurreria. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



3 B. DIVARICA'TA ; leaves oblong, entire, scabrous above, and 

 downy beneath ; flowers terminal, corymbosely racemose ; calyx 

 5-cleft, downy, fj . S. Native of Cuba, about the Havana. 

 Ehretia divaricata, D. C. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 108. icon. ined. 

 t. 4. Branches divaricate. Leaves firm. Flowers white. 

 Drupe orange-coloured, globose ; the rest as in the genus. 



Divaricate Beurreria. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



4 B. VIRGA'TA ; branches filiform ; leaves oblong, entire, 

 obtuse, hardly petiolate, scabrous above, and downy beneath ; 

 peduncles terminal, scattered, 1-flowered; calyx tubular, hairy, 

 with 5 short, ovate, acuminated segments, fj . S. Native of 

 New Spain, in deserts. Ehretia virgata, Swartz. prod. p. 47. 

 fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 463. This plant differs from B. succulenta, 

 in being more twiggy, in the leaves being more scabrous, and in 

 the inflorescence. Corolla white, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Berry roundish, red ; the rest as in the genus. 



Twiggy Beurreria. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



5 B. SUCCVLE'NTA (Jacq. amer. p. 44. ed. pict. p. 28. t. 45. 

 obs. 2. p. 2. t. 26.) leaves oblong, quite entire, obtuse, or acute, 

 smooth, or rather scabrous to the touch ; corymbs loose, termi- 

 nal, composed of irregular dichotomous cymes ; calyx tubular, 



