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3. Bourreria recurva, nob. ; — Ehrctia Bourreria, Desf. [non 

 Linn.) Ann. Mus.i. 27 9: — ramulis compressis, glabris; foliis 

 late ovatis, naviculari-recurvis et canaliculars, apice brevi 

 obtusulo attenuatis, imo rotundatis, insequilateris et in pe- 

 tiole- subito brevissime decurrentibus, utrinque glaberrimis, 

 supra subnitidis, reticulatis, subtus paulo pallidioribus ; pe- 

 tiolo canaliculato, glabro, limbo 10-plo breviore : panicula 

 terminali, a basi dichotoma, laxe et late expansa, ramis 

 compressis, glabris ; calyce carnoso, acute 5-dentato, fusco, 

 extus glabro, intus pallido et subpuberulo ; corolla? tubo 

 calyce paulo longiore, lobis rotundatis ; staminibus medio 

 tubi insertis, cum costis totidem tubo adnatis continuis, ex- 

 sertis ; stylo exserto, superne incrassato, valde dilatato, 2- 

 sulcato, emarginato, indiviso, stigmatibus 2 distinctis sessi- 

 libus terminate — In Antillis : v. s. in lierb. Hook., Prince 

 Rupert's Head, ins. Domenico. 



A species differing from the two preceding in the very deeply 

 channelled recurved leaves rounded at base, in its inflorescence, 

 and particularly in the agglutinated divisions of the style. 

 The axils are f-1 inch apart, the leaves 3^-4 inches long, 

 If— 2^ inches broad, on a slender petiole 4-5 lines long. The 

 spreading panicle is 3 inches long, 5 inches broad ; the calyx 

 is 3 lines long, the tube of the corolla 4 lines, the lobes 2 lines 

 in diameter. 



4. Bourreria ovata, nob.; — ramulis teretibus, violaceis, cinereo- 

 glaucis, glabris ; foliis rotundato-ovatis aut oblongo-ovatis, 

 apice suborbiculatis, imo breviter acutis aut obtusis, saepe 

 inajquilateris, planis, utrinque glaberrimis et valde opacis, 

 nervis tenuibus venisque reticulatis subimmersis, fusco- 

 viridibus, subtus paulo pallidioribus, nervis vix prominulis, 

 nitentibus ; petiolo tenuissimo, canaliculato, recto, limbo 

 4-plo breviore : panicula corymbosa, terminali, dichotome 

 divisa, ramis interdum 1-foliolosis, ramulisque tenuibus, 

 compressis, glabris ; floribus brevissime pedicellatis ; calyce 

 obconico, crassiusculo, glabro, dentibus intus velutinis ; 

 corolla? tubo calyce paulo longiore, crassiusculo, lobis ro- 

 tundato-oblongis, paulo brevioribus ; staminibus medio tubi 

 insertis, paulo exsertis ; stylo breviter bifido. — In Antillis : 

 v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit., Bahamas (exhort. Cliff.) ; in herb. 

 Hook., Bahamas (anon.), Jamaica (Wilson). 



The axils are -jr-1 inch apart ; the leaves are 2-2f inches 

 long, 1 j-lf inch broad, on a stiff slender petiole 6-9 lines 

 long. The terminal panicle is 3 inches long, much divided ; 

 the pedicels are ^ line long, the calyx 3 lines, the tube of the 



