112 Mr. J. Miers on the Ehretiaceae. 



7. Ehretia latifolia, DC. Prodr. ix. 503 ; — ramis tenuibus, sub- 

 teretibus, rugoso-lenticellatis, striatis, glabris ; ramulis sub- 

 compressis, subpubescentibus ; foliis late ovatis, imo sub- 

 rotundis et circa pctiolum breviter subito attenuatis, apice 

 brevissime et obtusule apiculatis, planis, margine serratis aut 

 serrulatis, dentibus mucronulatis, submembranaceis, supra 

 subnitidis, lsete viridibus, tenuiter nervosis, e tuberculis mi- 

 nimis sparsis adpresse scabridulo-pilosis, subtus pallidiori- 

 bus, subglabris aut in ncrvis venisque transversis promi- 

 nulis tantum pilosulis, reticulars, in axillis nervorum paulo 

 barbatis ; petiolo subtereti, subtenui, fere glabro, limbo 6-plo 

 breviore : panicula corymbosa, terminali, folio dimidio bre- 

 viore, ramis divaricatis, scabrido-hirtellis ; calyce profunde 

 5-partito, extus ruguloso, intusque glabro, lobis oblongis, 

 obtusis, margine ciliatis ; corolla} lobis oblongis, rotundatis, 

 tuboque calyci sequilongis ; staminibus medio tubi insertis, 

 longe exsertis ; stylo apice breviter bifido ; ovario drupaque 

 pisiformi structura generis. — In Mexico : v. s. in herb. Hook., 

 Sangolica (Broteri 1022) ; Oaxaca (Galeotti, 3099). 



A very distinct species, with leaves 3-4| inclies long, 1^-3 

 inches broad, on a petiole 6-9 lines long ; the calyx is 1 line 

 long, the tube and lobes each of the same length. 



8. Ehretia exasperata, nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, rugoso-lenti- 

 cellatis, junioribus scabridis ; foliis oblongis, utrinque 

 sensim obtusis, a medio ad basin paulo angustioribus, mar- 

 ginibus remotiuscule sinuatis aut irregulariter grosse cre- 

 natis, fragiliter coriaceis, supra viridibus, subnitentibus, tu- 

 berculis albis piligeris crebre asperatis, in nervis longe intra 

 marginem arcuatim nexis sulcatis, subtus pallidioribus, 

 rigide scabridis, nervis prominentibus, in axillis barbatis ; 

 petiolo latiusculo, sulcato, hispido-pilosulo, limbo 18-plo 

 breviore : paniculis terminalibus, divaricato-ramosis, rigi- 

 dule hirsutulis ; calyce ad basin 5-partito, laciniis oblongis, 

 acuminatis, scabride hirsutulis ; drupa 2-pyrena. — In Texas : 

 v. s. in herb. Jfooh:, San Felipe (Drummond, 29G). 



A species approaching E. elliptica, but very distinct from it. 

 The axils are about f inch apart ; the leaves arc 3-3 \ inches 

 long, lf-2 inches broad, on a petiole 2 lines long ; the panicle 

 is 2| inches long, the calyx lj line long, the drupe 2j lines 

 in diameter. 



[To he continued.] 



