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is in reality B. Havanensis ; but he referred both erroneously 

 to B. virgata. 



10. Bourreria Havanensis, nob. ; — Ehretia Havanensis, Willd. 

 in Rom. Sch. iv. 805 ; HBK. vii. 206 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 508 ; 

 — Bourreria tomentosa, var. Havanensis, Griseb. Fl. Br. W. 

 Ind. 482 ; — Bourreria virgata (non Don), Griseb. in parte 

 Cat. PI. Cub. 209; — Pittonia similis, Catesb. Car. ii. tab. 79; 

 — fruticosa, ramosissima, rainis sparsis, cinereo-glaucis, 

 glabris, ramulis subpubescentibus ; foliis ellipticis aut obo- 

 vato-oblongis, apice subobtusis aut acutis et mucronatis, 

 saspe emarginatis, basi sensim attenuatis, subcoriaceis, supra 

 nitidis, reticulate nervosis, vix tuberculatis, glabris, rarius 

 in nervis sparsim adpresse pilosulis, subtus pallidioribus, 

 in nervis venisque pilosulis, planis ; petiolo semitereti, 

 subglabro, limbo 6-plo breviore : paniculis corynibosis, 

 sa?pius in ramulis novellis terminalibus, subdichotome 

 ramosis, ramulis compressis, pilosulis ; floribus brevissime 

 pedicellatis, pedicellis articulatis ; calyce coriaceo, cinereo- 

 velutino, acute 5-dentato, dentibus intus puberulis ; corolla? 

 tubo calyce fere duplo longiore ; lobis orbicularibus extus 

 tomentellis ; staminibus medio tubi insertis, exsertis, an- 

 theris coriaceis, rugulosis ; stylo apice bifido ; drupa pisi 

 mole, carnosa, 4-pyrena, pyrenis generis. — In Antillis ; ins. 

 Cuba, Regla prope Havana (Bonpland) : v. s. in herb. Mus. 

 Brit., Cuba (Wright, 3121, in parte) ; in herb. Hook., Ha- 

 bana (La Sagra, sub nom. E. revoluta). 



The above plants correspond with Kunth's diagnosis, except 

 that the leaves are a trifle larger ; in La Sagra's plant they 

 vary from f to 2\ inches long, 7-12 lines broad, on a petiole 

 2-3 lines long ; in Wright's specimen they are paler, more 

 pointed, and more glabrous ; the panicle is 1 inch long, with 

 dichotomous branchlets 2-3 lines long ; the calyx is 3 lines long, 

 the tube of the corolla 4£ lines ; the drupe 3 lines in diameter. 



11. Bourreria cassinifolia, Griseb. PI. Wright. Cub. 528 ; — 

 Ehretia cassinifolia, A.Rich, in La Sagra Fl. Cub. ii. 113; 

 Walp. Ann. v. 541 ; — ramis saepius glabris, ramulis vix 

 pilosulis ; foliis parvulis, saspius obovatis, obtusis aut sub- 

 acutis, imo angustioribus, marginibus apiceque revolutis, 

 crassis, coriaceis, utrinque glaberrimis, supra canaliculars, 

 nitentibus, nervis immersis, subtus pallidioribus ; petiolo 

 glabro, limbo 10-plo breviore : panicula terminali, sub- 

 dichotome ramosa, pauciflora, sajpius 3-5-flora ; calyce mi- 

 nute puberulo, acute 5-dentato, extus subsericeo, dentibus 

 intus puberulis ; corolla? tubo calyce paulo longiore, lobis 



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