Mr. J. Miers on some of the Heliotropiese. 199 



bis dichotome divisis ant simplicioribus ; ramulis spicati- 

 floris, filiformibus ; floribus mimitis ; sepalis corollseque 

 lobis longe subulatis, puberulis. — In Antillis : v. s, in herb, 

 Mus. Brit. J ins. S^ Cruz (Van Kohr). 



This appears to be a slender plant, with somewhat trailing 

 branches ^ line thick, with axils 4-6 lines apart j leaves 

 7-11 lines long, 5-6 lines broad, on a petiole lJ-2 lines long ; 

 the peduncle of the inflorescence is 3 lines long, its two 

 branches 2 lines long, the spicated branchlets 6-12 lines long; 

 the flowers 1;^ line long, on a pedicel ^ line long ; the sepals 

 somewhat shorter than the tube of the corolla, and its lobes 

 the same length as theirs. 



14. Messerschmidtia volubiUs^ E-om. & Sch. Syst. iv. 541 ; 

 Don, Diet. iv. 370 ; — Tournefortia volubilis, Linn. Sp. 201 

 {non R. & P.) ; DC. {in parte) Prodr. ix. 523 ; Lam. Diet. 

 V. 358, tab. 95. fig. 2 [non 1 nee 3) ; Gaertn. Fr. i. 365, 

 tab. 76. fig. 2 ; Fresen. {in parte) in Mart. Fl. Bras. xix. 

 53 ; — scandens, ramulis tenuissimis, fistulosis, rufo-pubes- 

 centibus ; foliis parvis, lanceolato-oblongis lanceolatisve, 

 acutis, Igete viridibus, utrinque scabridule rugulosis, supra 

 laxe pilosis vel subglabris, subtus adpresse puberulis ; pe- 

 tiolo puberulo, tenui, limbo 6-plo breviore : paniculis saepius 

 terminalibus, subpuberulis, bis vel ter dichotome divisis ; 

 ramis tenerrimis, valde divaricatis, spicatifloris ; floribus 

 breviter pedicellatis, parvis ; sepalis laciniisque corollas 

 lanceolato-subulatis ; drupis 4-gastri-globosis, centro de- 

 pressis, glabris, subdiaphanis, 4-maculatis. — In Antillis : 

 V. s. in herh. Mus. Brit, (ex hb. Miller.). 



This very slender species is probably confined entirely to 

 the Antilles ; but many plants assigned to it should be ex- 

 cluded: Gardner's No. 1785, from Ceara, referred here by 

 Prof. A. DeCandoUe, is M. Salzmanni'^ and others included 

 by Prof. Fresenius should in like manner be rejected, — for 

 instance, var. hirsuta^ from Bahia (Blanch et), and others from 

 Rio de Janeiro (Schott, 4939) (d. 1595). Its branches are 

 scarcely more than J line in thickness, with axils 6-7 lines 

 apart ; the leaves are 12-15 lines long, 6-Q lines broad, on a 

 petiole 2 lines long ; the peduncle is 3 lines long, the primary 

 and secondary branches 3 lines, the ultimate spikes 12-15 lines 

 long. In Gaertner's figure the position of the nucule is re- 

 versed: the radicle of the embryo ought to point to the 

 summit. 



15. Messerschmidtia velutina^ G. Don, Diet. iv. 370 ; — Tourne- 

 fortia velutina, H. B. K. 379, tab. 201 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 524 ; 



