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ramosus , foliis altcrnis brevi-petiolatis oyato-oblongis 

 integerrimis obtusis, paniculis terminalibus corymbo- 

 sis, floribus albis leviter suaveolentibus, drupa globosa 

 aurantiaca succulenta. 



IV. Tournefortia Spr: syst: I. yo5. = Tournefortice et 

 Messerschmidice sp: L. = Lam: ill: t. 95. f. 1. pro 

 Tournefortia , f. 2. pro Messerschmidia. 



» Cah 5 - partitus. Cor: bypocrateriformis , fauce 

 » nuda , limbo 5 - fido. Stam: inclusa. Stjl: simplex. 

 » Drupa 4-locularis 2~4-sperma (drupa 2-pyrena os- 

 » siculis 2-spermis in Tourneforlia; drupa 4-pyrena 

 » ossiculis i-spermis in Messerschmidia^. » 



Obs: Genus constans ex Spr: 56. stirpibus , in 2. 

 sectiones divisum ex structura fructus modo supra 

 indicato, sc: Messerschmidice et Pittonia? (Tournefor- 

 tia L.). Frutices, rarius arbores vel rarissime herbae, 

 erectse vel volubiles , fere omnes sequinoctiales , foliis 

 sparsis rarissime sub-ternis integris , pedunculis ter- 

 minalibus rarius axillaribus ssepe polystacbyiis, spicis 

 apice revolutis , floribus plerumque secuiidis. 



• Sect: I. 



Messerschmidiaz (Drupa 4-py reQa )* 



1. T. fruticosa — Spr: syst: I. 6^3. ( Teneriffa). 

 Fruticulus erectus hirtus rarnosissimus , folia alterna 

 vel sparsa petiolala ovato-Ianceolata basi sub-obliquaj 

 partirul.T terminalcs dicbotomae. 



