196 Mr. J. Miers on some of the Heliotropieae. 



hairs upon raised tubercles ; tube of corolla 1 line long, with 

 segments of equal length j anthers cohering in the mouth by 

 their acuminated papillose summits ; style glabrous, with a 

 turbinated fringed summit, crowned by a short, oblong, pilose 

 stigma. 



6. MesserscJimidtia Vauthiertj nob. ; — Tournefortia Vauthieri, 

 D C. Prodr. ix. 526 ; Fresen. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xix. 55 ; — 

 scandens ?, glaberrima, ramis angulato-sulcatis ; foliis ellip- 

 ticis, acuminatis, imo obtusis, petiolatis : paniculis axillari- 

 bus, ferrugineo-subvelutinis, folio dimidio brevioribus ; se- 

 palis corollseque lobis subulatis, tubo subvelutino dimidio 

 brevioribus. — In Brasilia, in montibus Organensibus {non 

 vidi). 



From the above brief character, this species differs from 

 M. Organensis in its always axillary panicles, of only half 

 their length, and which are ferruginously velutinous ; its 

 leaves, somewhat smaller, have a comparatively longer petiole ; 

 and the flowers are pubescent. It is said to be near M. macro- 

 lohaj but I have seen neither of them. Its leaves are stated to 

 be 2\ inches long, 8-12 lines broad, on a petiole 3-5 lines long j 

 the coroUa is 2 lines long. 



7. Messerschmidtia fioribunda^ G. Don, Diet. iv. 370; — Tour- 

 *nefortia floribunda, H. B. K. iii. 79 ; Rom. ds Sch. Syst. iv. 



541 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 527 {non Fresen. in Mart. Fl.Bras. xix. 

 51) ; — scandens, ramis teretibus, cano-tomentosis ; foliis ob- 

 longis aut ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, imo rotundatis, supra 

 tenuissime pubescentibus, subtus cano-tomentosis ; petiolo 

 teretiusculo, cano-tomentoso : paniculis axillaribus, dicho- 

 tome multifidis, cano-tomentosis ; spicis 20-24, filiformibus, 

 diffusis ; floribus unilateralibus, distantibus ; sepalis corollae- 

 que lobis acuminato-subulatis ; drupis glabris, 4-gastris. — 

 In Cumana [non vidi). 



Kunth does not state the length of the inflorescence or the 

 size of the leaves ; but their petioles are said to be 3 or 4 lines 

 long. Fresenius has confounded with this species the M.mem- 

 hranacea^ Gardn., which is a very different plant. 



8. MesserscJimidtia macrohha ; — Tournefortia macroloba, D C, 

 Prodr. ix. 527 ; Fresen. in Mart. FL Bras. xix. p. 55 ; — 

 scandens ?, glaberrima, ramis teretibus, superne obtuse an- 

 gulatis ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, imo 

 subobtusis ; petiolo limbo 12-plo breviore : paniculis axil- 

 laribus et terminalibus, puberulis, folio multo brevioribus ; 

 sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, coroll^e tubo dimidio brevioribus. 



