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toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube length of calyx ; limb 

 5-parted, spreading, with rounded lobes. Stamens 5, exserted ; 

 anthers ovate. Style bipartite at top ; stigmas peltately globose. 

 Drupe ovate, containing 2 1-seeded? nuts. A much branched 

 shrub, with alternate, sessile, cuneiform, glabrous leaves, which 

 are trifid at apex ; and terminal, sessile, solitary flowers. Calyx 

 surrounding the drupe at the base. 



1 C. CVSEIFOLIA (Cav. I. c.) Tj . G. Native of Buenos 

 Ayres, in the plains called Pampas. Leaves tubercular; tu- 

 bercles white, with a deciduous white liair rising from the 

 centre of each. Calyx villous, turbinate, hemispherical in the 

 fruit-bearing state. Flowers yellowish white. 



Wedgc-leated Cortesia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



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



VI. CARMO'NA (named by Cavanilles, after Brunond Sal- 

 vatori Carmona, a painter, and companion of Loefling in his 

 travels up the Orinoco.) Cav. icon. 5. t. 438. Ehretia species 

 of Roxb. 



Lix. SYST. Pentandria, Monog^nia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla campanulate, or rotate ; limb 5-6-cleft. Stamens 5-6, 

 inclosed, shorter than the corolla. Styles capillary ; stigmas 

 simple. Drupe succulent, small, containing a 5-6-celled nut. 

 Branched shrubs. Leaves alternate, on the older branches 

 fascicled, coriaceous, stiff. Peduncles rising from the fascicles 

 of leaves, 2-6 flowered; flowers pedicellate, small, white. 



1 C. HETEKOPHY'LLA (Cav. icon. 5. t. 438.) leaves alternate 

 or in fascicles, cuneiform, tridentate at the apex, sessile, very 

 scabrous from callous dots ; peduncles racemose ; flowers on 

 short pedicels ; calycine segments lanceolate, as long as the 

 corolla. f; . S. Native of the East Indies, in barren lands 

 and forests. Ehretia heterophylla, Spreng. svst. 1. p. 648. 

 Cordia retusa, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 42. Ehretia buxifblia, Roxb. 

 cor. 1. p. 4.'. t. 57.? Plukn. aim. p. 159. t. 31. f. 1. Bapana- 

 booree of the Telingas. Leaves very hard, shining above, \ to 

 1 inch long, and \ to | inch broad. Corolla campanulately 

 rotate, 5-6-cleft. Stamens 5-6. Drupe size of a pea, red, 

 containing a 5-6-celled nut. Ehretia btucifblia, Roxb. is proba- 

 bly a true species of Beurreria. 



Variable-kared Carmona. Clt. 1823. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



2 C. MICROFHY'LLA ; leaves cuneiform, obtuse, quite entire, 

 scabrous above, dotted, 4-5 in a fascicle ; peduncles short, 

 axillary, 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves; calycine seg- 

 ments linear, scabrous. \ . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Ehretia micropby'lla, Lam. ill. 1. p. 425. no. 1921. Plukn. 

 phyt. t. 31. f. 1. ? Plant glabrous. Berry dry? globose, size 

 of a grain of pepper, somewhat mucronate. 



Small-leaved Carmona. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 

 5 to 8 feet ? 



3 C. LYCIOI'DES ; branches numerous, short, ending in a 

 spine ; leaves in fascicles, small, obovate-lanceolate, entire, glab- 

 rous. 1?.S. Native of Pegamew. Ehretia lycioides, Wall. 

 mss. 



Lycium-like Carmona. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



4 C. viMisEA ; leaves alternate, cuneate-lanceolate, entire, 

 mucronate, downy, as well as the branches and peduncles, which 

 are terminal, few-flowered, corymbose ; segments of the calyx 

 long, linear, acuminated. h . S. Native of Martaban, on the 

 banks of the Attran, and on the Pundua mountains. Ehretia 

 viminea, Wall. cat. no 906. 



Trriggy Carmona. Shrub. 



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



not combined at the base as the other genera belonging to the 

 present order.) Ehretia species of authors. 



LIK. SYST. Penttindria, Moaogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, ? 5-cleft. Stamens a "little shorter than 

 the corolla. ? Styles 2, short ; stigmas sub-capitate. Drupe 

 globose, usually containing 4 1-seeded nuts. Much branched, 

 glabrous shrubs. Leaves rather coriaceous, fascicled. Corymbs 

 terminal, dichotomous. Flowers. small, white, or yellowish. 



1 L. IXE'RMIS ; glabrous, unarmed ; leaves fascicled, obo- 

 vate-oblong, obtuse, quite entire, finely ciliated ; corymbs 

 terminal, dichotomous ; calyxes ciliated. Ij . S. Native of 

 America, near Cumana. Ehretia fasciculata, H. B. et Kuntb, 

 nov. gen. amer. S. p. 66. Shrub much branched ; branches 

 terete, white. Leaves usually 3 in a fascicle, on the tops of 

 very short branches, petiolate, acute at the base, deep green 

 above, pale beneath, 2 inches long. Corymbs downy, with 

 angular branches. Flowers sessile. Segments of the calyx 

 ovate, acute, ciliated. Corolla and stamens hardly seen. Drupe 

 size of a grain of pepper, somewhat tetragonal. 



Unarmed Lutrostylis. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



2 L. SPISOSA ; spinose, glabrous ; leaves fascicled, oblong, 

 attenuated at the base, sometimes sub-repand ; corymbs race- 

 mose, short, terminal ; calycine segments lanceolate, acute, 

 fj . S. Native of South America. Ehretia spinosa, Jacq. 

 amer. 46. t. 80. f. 18. edit. pict. t. 259. f. 14. Spines on the 

 branches short, and sub-axillary ; those on the trunk strong, 

 woody, and very thick. Leaves 3-4 inches long, usually 5-6 in 

 a fascicle. Stipulas subulate, rising from the centre of the tu- 

 bercles in the branches. Flowers small, numerous, yellowish. 

 Corolla length of calyx ; segments of the limb ovate, obtuse, 

 reflexed, length of tube. Stamens a little shorter than the 

 corolla. Styles subulate ; stigmas simple. Drupe red, small. 



Spinose Lutrostylis. Shrub 4 to 10 feet. 



3 L. ? MONTEVIDE'NSIS ; leaves oblong, bluntish, quite entire ; 

 when young serrated a little at the apex, coriaceous, shining 

 above, and of a different colour beneath, having the axils 

 of the veins villous ; spines opposite the branches, supra-axil- 

 lary ; racemes lateral, simple, opposite the leaves. Jj . S. 

 Native of Montevideo, Sello. Ehretia Montevidensis, Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 647. 



Monte-tideo Lutrostylis. Shrub. 



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



VIII. RHA'BDIA (pa/3&>c, rhabdos, a twig ; in reference to 

 the shrub being twiggy.) Mart. pi. bras. 2. p. 136. t. 195. 



LYN. SYST. Pentandria, Moiwgynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla campanulate, 5-cleft, with a naked throat. Stamens 5, 

 from the base of the corolla, inclosed. Style simple ; stigma 2- 

 lobed. Berry or drupe usually containing 4 1-seeded pyrenae. 

 Branches downy. Leaves alternate, sessile. Flowers axillary, 

 or in few-flowered, bracteate corymbs. 



1 R. LYCIOI'DES (Mart. 1. c. p. 137. t. 195.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, undulated, adpressed to the stem, downy be- 

 neath, and pale green ; inflorescence corymbose ; peduncles 

 trifid, 3-flowered, or bifid, 2-flowered ; drupe ovate, globose, 

 scarlet. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, on 

 the inundated banks of the river St. Francisco, near Joa Siero. 

 Leaves sessile, green above, and glaucous beneath. Corolla 

 small, of a rose-purple colour, with a white tube. 



Lycium-like Rhabdia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



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



VII. LUTRO'STYLIS <Ti\m Xvrpwo-ic, lutrosis, a freeing; 

 and (rrvXoc, ftylot, a column ; the styles are free to the base, 



IX. MORELO'SIA (meaning unknown to us.) La Lave et 

 Lexarza, nov. veg. mex. p. 1. 



