312 Mr. J. Miers on the Ehretiacege. 



17. Crematomia Andrieuxii, nob. ; — Ehretia Andrieuxii, DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 510; — ramulis teretibus, flexuosis, rugosis, cinereo- 

 tomentosis ; foliis ovatis, imo rotimdiusculis, apice obtusis 

 aut obtusissimis, naviculari-recurvis, marginibus plicato- 

 undulatis, utrinque canescenti-pubescentibus, nervis paral- 

 lelis, divergentibus ; petiolo cano-velutino, limbo 8-plo bre- 

 viore : panicula subcorymbosa, terminali, breviuscula, di- 

 chotome ramosa, cano-velutina ; floribus majusculis, capi- 

 tato-aggregatis, brevissime pedicellatis ; calyce breviter 

 campanulato, 5-dentato, utrinque velutino ; corollge tubo 

 calycem vix excedente, late infundibuliformi, lobis rotundis, 

 imo late cordato-auriculatis, patentibus, tubo duplo longiori- 

 bus ; filamentis imo villosis, sub fauce insertis, exsertis ; 

 stylo pro tertia parte bifido. — In Mexico : v. s. in herb. 

 Hook., Puebla (Andrieux, 200). 



A veiy distinct species, apparently of low growth, with very 

 rough, flexuose, tomentous branchlets, with axils 3 lines apart ; 

 leaves 1-1 \ inch long, ^-f inch broad, on a patent or reflected 

 petiole 1^-2 lines long: panicle 1£ inch long, with crowded 

 flowers ; calyx 2 lines long and broad ; tube of corolla 2 lines 

 long, lobes 4 lines long. 



18. Crematomia fascicidata,nob.', — Ehretia fasciculata,i7. J Z?.iv. 

 iii. 66; DC. Prodr. ix. 508; — Lutrostylis inermis, Don, 

 Diet. iv. 391 ; — ramosissima, ramulis teretibus, albescenti- 

 bus, glabris ; foliis in summo ramulorum brevissimorum 3 

 vel 4, pseudo-fasciculatim approximatis, obovato-oblongis, 

 obtusis, basi acutis, subcoriaceis, nervosis, reticulatis, utrin- 

 que glabris, margine ciliatis, supra lsete viridibus, subtus 

 pallidioribus ; petiolo canaliculato, tenuissimo, ciliato, limbo 

 5-6-plo breviore : paniculis corymbosis, terminalibus, bre- 

 vissimis, dichotome ramosis, ramis angulatis, pubescentibus ; 

 calyce 5-fido, dentibus acute ovatis, margine tomentosis ; 

 ovario depresse globoso, sub-4-gono, glabro ; stylo fere ad 

 basin diviso, laciniis erectis, stigmatibus subcapitatis ; drupa 

 globosa, piperis mole, pyrenis 4, monospermis. — Prope Cu- 

 mana (non vidi). 



The above characters, from Kunth's description, conform 

 with this genus, only that the style is more deeply divided 

 than usual : the specimen from which they were taken, how- 

 ever, was stated to be incomplete, and apparently without 

 flowers and with immature fruit. We find a parallel of the 

 almost fasciculate leaves in C. Guildingiana and in some spe- 

 cies of Bourreria. The leaves are 2 inches long, on a petiole 

 4-5 lines in length ; the panicle is 1 inch long ; the placenta- 



