Mr. J. Miers on the Ehretiacese. Ill 



apice bifido, stigmatibus parvis, obtusis ; drupa pisiformi, 

 nuculis 2 generis structura. — In Mexico : v. s. in kerb. Mus. 

 Brit n Rio Grande (Berlandier, 2330) ; in herb. JIooJc., 

 Matamoras (Berlandier, 939, 2369 in flore, 2320 in fructu, 

 900 in flore et fruct.). 



A very rongh-looking plant, with cano-scabrid approximated 

 leaves, 1^-2^ inches long, f-l^ inch broad, on a petiole H-2 

 lines long. The panicle is little more than an inch long ; the 

 calyx is lj line long; the tube of the corolla is 1^, the lobes 

 If line long ; the drupe is 2 lines in diameter, enveloped by 

 the calyx ; the style is cleft for one-sixth of its length. 



5. Ehretia scabra, Kth. et Bon. in Walp. Ann. i. p. 524 ;— 

 ramulis teretibus, hispidulo-scabris ; foliis oblongis, mucro- 

 nato-acutis, into in petiolo decurrentibus, integris, supra 

 scabris, subtus glabris, petiolo limbo 12-plo breviore: 

 corymbis terminalibus, subdichotomis, scabro-hispidulis ; 

 calyce 5-partito, laciniis lanceolato-subulatis, hispidulis ; 

 corolla? lobis patentibus, staminibus exsertis ; stylo apice 

 bifido. — E Mexico? (non vidi). 



This description is given by Kunth of a plant cultivated in 

 Berlin, supposed to be of Mexican origin : it is very near the 

 preceding species, apparently differing only in the shape and 

 size of its leaves, which are 4-4^ inches long, 19-20 lines 

 broad, on a petiole 4 lines long. 



6. Ehretia ciliata, nob. ; — ramis nudiusculis, nitidis, lenticel- 

 latis, subcompressis, ramulis ultimis brevibus, divaricatis, 

 foliiferis ; foliis ellipticis, imo obtusis, apice subacutis, mu- 

 cronatis, integris, planis, supra pallide viridibus, opacis, 

 utrinque scabridule pilosis, nervis immersis, subtus paulo 

 pallidioribus, in axillis nervorum subbarbatis ; petiolo tenui, 

 piloso, limbo 10-plo breviore : corymbis in ramulis ultimis 

 terminalibus, folio longioribus, pilosulis, alternatim pluri- 

 ramosis ; floribus subapproximatis, pedicellatis ; calyce pro- 

 funde 5-partito, laciniis acutissimis, erectis, extus aspero- 

 pilosis, intus pilosulis; corolla) lobis oblongis, tuboque calyci 

 aequilongis ; staminibus medio tubi insertis, exsertis ; stylo 

 breviter bifido, ramis crassiusculis. — In Texas : v. s. in herb. 

 Hook. (Lindheimer, 6G5). 



In this species the leaves are If -If inches long, 7-9 lines 

 broad, on a petiole 2 lines long : the panicle is about 7 inches 

 long ; the calyx, tube, and lobes of the border are each 2 lines 

 long. 



