204 Mr. J. Miers on the Ehretiaceas. 



corolla 4 lines, the lobes 3 lines long ; the anther-cases are 

 rugose and subcoriaceous. 



5. Bourreria clariuscula, nob. ; — Bourreria succulenta, Griseb. 

 {iion Jacq.), Flor. Cub. 209; — ramulis subangulatis, sub- 

 nitidiSj glabris ; foliis late ovatis, apice rotundatis, brevis- 

 sime acuminatis vel emarginatis, imo petiolum versus ob- 

 tusato-attenuatis, subina?quilateris, coriaceis, glaberrimis, 

 supra laste viridibus, nitidis, valde reticularis, subtus pal- 

 lidioribus, nervis divaricatis, arcuatim nexis, glaucis, pro- 

 minentibus ; petiolo canaliculate, glabro, limbo 8-plo bre- 

 viore : paniculis in ramulis alaribus terminalibus, dichotome 

 ramosis, ramis compressis, glabris, paucifloris ; calyce co- 

 riaceo, glabro, 5-dentato, inasqualiter rupto ; corollas tubo 

 calyce a3quilongo,lobos oblongos requante; drupa pisomajore, 

 4-pyrena ; pyrenis generis. — In Cuba : v. s. in herb. Mus. 

 Brit., Cuba (Wright, 3119). 



As previously mentioned (supra, p. 202), Prof. Grisebach 

 has confounded, under the same name and number of Wright's 

 plants, this and another (a species near Patagonula) ; but 

 neither of them have the smallest resemblance to Bourreria 

 succulenta of Jacquin, to which he referred them : the above 

 plant has much broader, far more coriaceous, more reticulated, 

 brighter, and more shining leaves, upon stouter petioles ; they 

 are2-2f inches long, l|-2j inches broad, on a petiole 2-3 lines 

 long ; the corymb is 2\ inches long, its peduncle 1^ inch long, 

 the branches 3-6 lines long ; the calyx is 3 lines long, the 

 drupe 4 lines in diameter. 



6. Bourreria rigida, nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, pallide glaucis ; 

 foliis elongato-ellipticis vel lanceolato-oblongis, apice ob- 

 tusis aut rotundatis, imo cuneatim attenuatis, coriaceis, 

 marginibus sa?pe valde revolutis, supra convexiusculis, viri- 

 dibus, in nervis sulcatis, fulvidis, minute tuberculato-rugu- 

 losis et scabride pilosis, subtus flavido-glaucis, pulverulento- 

 tomentellis, nervis valde prominulis ; petiolo rigido, canali- 

 culato, cum costa flavide pulverulento, limbo 7-plo breviore : 

 panicula corymbosa, terminali, dichotome ramosa, tomen- 

 tella ; calyce extus rigide tomentoso, dentibus 5 intus pu- 

 berulis ; corolla? tubo crassiusculo, calyce longiore, lobis 

 rotundato-oblongis ; staminibu? medio tubi insertis, antheris 

 oscillatoriis, exsertis ; stylo apice breviter bi- (rarius tri-)fido. 

 — In Antillis : v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit., Jamaica (Houston), 

 ib. (Shakespear) ,• in herb. Hook., Jamaica (Bancroft), ib. 

 (M'Fadyen). 



A very distinct species, with branchlets 1^ line in diameter 



