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CORDIACEjE. IV. BEURRERIA. V. CORTESIA. 



glabrous, with ovate, acute segments, f? . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica and Antilles, &c. Ehretia Beurreria, Lin. spec. 275. 

 Mill. diet. no. 2. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1078. Desf. ann. mus. 1. 

 p. 279. Cordia Beurreria, Lin. amcen. acad. 5. p. 395.' 

 Brown, jam. p. 168. t. 15. f. 2. Sloane, jam. 2. p. 96. t. 204. 

 f. 1. 'Comm. hort. 1. p. 153. t. 79. Pittonia similis, Catesb. 

 carol. 2. p. 79. Leaves S inches long, running into the short 

 white petioles. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Segments of 

 corolla obovate, with deflexed sub-undulated margins. Stigma 

 green, depressed, S-lobed. Drupe globose, smooth, size of a 

 pea, orange-coloured, 4-angled ; the rest as in the genus. The 

 berry being sweet and succulent is eaten by children and 

 natives. In Jamaica it is called Poison-berries. The French 

 name is Bois Cabril Batard. 



Succulenl-fruhed Beurreria. Clt. 1758. Tree 20 to 45 feet. 



6 B. TOMENTOSA ; leaves ovate, scabrous above, and tomen- 

 tose beneath, obtuse, tapering into the short petioles at the 

 base ; calyx short, with 5 deep obtuse segments ; tube of 

 corolla twice as long as the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Jamaica 

 and St. Domingo. Ehretia tomentosa, Lam. ill. no 1919. Poir. 

 suppl. 2. p. 1. no. 7. Sloane, jam. hist. 2. t. 204. f. 1. ? 

 Branches striated, rather nodose. Flowers white. Berry yel- 

 lowish, roundish, containing 4 nuts; but the nuts are not said to 

 be 2-celled and 2-seeded. 



Tomentose Beurreria. Tree. 



7 B. RA'DULA ; leaves coriaceous, obovate, obtuse, scabrous 

 from dots ; corymbs loose, terminal ; calyx whitish grey, with 

 dilated segments, fy . S. Native of St. Domingo. Ehretia 

 radula, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 2. Leaves quite entire, attenuated 

 at the base, 1-2 inches long, and 6-9 lines broad, beset with 

 white dots above, and cinereous beneath : uppermost ones nar- 

 rower, and nearly lanceolate. Corolla white, a little longer than 

 the calyx. Berry containing 4 nuts; but it is not said whether 

 these nuts are 1 or 2-celled, or 1 or 2-seeded. 



Rasp-leaved Beurreria. Shrub. 



* * A species native of the Isle of Bourbon. 



8 B. LA'XA ; branches reclinate ; leaves ovate, obtuse, or 

 acutish, quite entire, or a little sinuated, glabrous ; panicles 

 corymbose, loose, terminal ; calyx 5-cleft : segments of corolla 

 ovate, obtuse, with reflexed margins. T? . S. Native of the Island 

 of Bourbon. Ehretia laxa, Jacq. hort. schcenbr. t. 41. fragm. 

 no. 31. t. 5. f. 2. Leaves petiolate, scattered, dark green, about 

 4 inches long. Flowers greenish white. Corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx, with ovate, obtuse, reflexed segments. Berry 

 fleshy, red, size of a pea, containing 4 nuts ; but the nuts are 

 not said to be 2-celled or 2-seeded. 



Loose-Rov/ered Beurreria. Clt. 1826. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



* * * Species natives of Asia. Drupe containing 4 I- celled, 

 \-seeded nuts. Perhaps a distinct genus. 



9 B. L*'vis ; arboreous ; leaves ovate, smooth, entire, or some- 

 times scalloped ; corymbs lateral and axillary, composed of di- 

 chotomous, recurved, secund spikes ; drupe containing a 4 parti- 

 ble nut, or 4 1-seeded, 1 -celled nuts. Jj . S. Native of the Cir- 

 car mountains, and Bengal, and on the banks of the Irawaddy. 

 Ehretia affinis, Wall. cat. no. 900. Ehretia lae'vis, Roxb. cor. 1. 

 p. 42. t. 56. Seregada of the Telingas. Branches erect. Leaves 

 on short petioles, pretty smooth, 3-4 inches long, and 2-3 broad. 

 Flowers small, white. Nuts wrinkled outside. The wood of 

 this tree is used by the hill people for many purposes. 



Smooth Beurreria. Clt. 1823. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



10 B. A'SPERA; shrubby; leaves ovate, scabrous above, and 



spec. p. 126. 

 p. 532. Bark 

 shoots downy. 



downy below, entire ; corymbs terminal, dichotomous ; calycinc 

 segments ovate ; drupe containing a 4-celled nut, or a nut 

 divisible into 4 1-celled 1-seeded parts. Tj . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Ehretia aspera, Roxb. cor. 1. p. 41. 

 t. 55. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1077. E. tomentosa, Roth, nov. 

 Ehretia Heynii, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 of the larger branches rust coloured ; young 

 Corymbs globular, composed of dense, recurved, 

 naked, secund spikes of pedicellate flowers. Flowers very 

 small, white. Stigmas simple. Drupe red, size of a grain of 

 pepper, somewhat tetragonal. Nuts smooth outside. 

 Rough Beurreria. Clt. 1795. Shrub. 



11 B. SETOSA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 342.) tender parts bristly ; 

 leaves ovate-cordate, acuminated, entire ; panicles terminal, 

 composed of dichotomous, secund, recurved spikes ; calycine 

 segments lanceolate, as long as the corolla ; drupe containing 4 

 1-celled, 1-seeded nuts. f? . S. Native of the Island of 

 Hamoa. 



Bristly Beurreria. Shrub or tree. 



12 B. RETU'SA ; leaves small, obovate, retuse or acute, downy, 

 as well as the young branches and peduncles ; peduncles simple, 

 terminating the short stiff branches, few-flowered. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive on the banks of the Irawaddy. Ehretia retusa, Wall. cat. 

 no. 903. A stiff, stunted, branched shrub. Nut containing 4 

 1-seeded nuts. 



Retuse-\ea.\e& Beurreria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



13 B. UNIFLORA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 312.) shrubby, twiggy; 

 leaves crowded, nearly sessile, oblong, entire, hairy ; flowers 

 solitary, nearly sessile ; drupe containing 4 1-celled, 1-seeded 

 nuts. Jj . S. Native of the Moluccas. 



One-Jlonicred Beurreria. Shrub. 



14 B. PUNCTA'TA ; leaves oval, entire, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, beset with dots towards the margins, which are ex- 

 cavated beneath, but elevated, and rather wrinkled above ; 

 corymbs terminal, dichotomous, divaricate, downy, composed 

 of secund spikes of flowers. T? . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 E. punctata, Roth, nov. spec. p. 126. Dots at the margins of 

 the leaves, as in Coffea Ardbica, but more copious, and appear 

 like secreting pores. It differs from B. Ice vis, in dots only 

 being on the margins of the leaves, not throughout its surface 

 as in it, and the leaves themselves are less coriaceous, and the 

 corymbs and calyxes more hairy. 



Dotted-leaved Beurreria. Shrub or tree. 



15 B. DICHOTOMA (Rottl. herb. Blum, bijdr. 842, under Ehre- 

 tia,') leaves oblong, acuminated, quite entire, coriaceous, glab- 

 rous ; corymbs terminal, dichotomous ; flowers secund ; seg- 

 ment of calyx bluntly toothed. Tj . S. Native of Java, in the 

 higher woods on mount Burangrang. 



Dichotomous-corymbed Beurreria. Fl. June, July. Tree. 



16 B. GLA V BRA ; leaves oval-roundish, glabrous, quite entire ; 

 corymbs terminal, dichotomous, divaricate, composed of secund 

 racemes or spikes of pedicellate flowers ; calyx membranous 

 in the fruit-bearing state, obovate, sub-inflated, 5-cleft, downy 

 inside. T? . S. Native of the East Indies. E. glabra, Roth, 

 nov. spec. p. 126. This species differs from all others in the 

 calyx being membranous and somewhat inflated, and less 

 divided. 



Glabrous Beurreria. Shrub or tree. 



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



V. CORTE'SIA (so named in honour of Ferdinando Corte- 

 sio, of New Spain, who collected many specimens of plants, 

 which he sent to Cavanilles.) Cav. icon. 4. p. 53. t. 377. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx truncate, 10- 



