478 BORAGINEjE. 



-Sect. 1. 'Gekascanthus, P. Br.— Calyx 10-costaie, h-Z-dentate. Corolla mareescent, 

 dextrorsely contorted with the inner margin plaited. — Corolla brown in the mareescent 

 state. 



1. C. gerascanlhus, /ac^. Down minute^ stellate ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or ellip- 

 tical-oblong, pointed, entire ; panicle expanded : ultimate flowers glomerate ; calyx clavate- 

 cylindrioal, hoary-tomentpse with stellate down: teeth 5, minute, equal; corolla white, 

 salver-shaped ; limb 6-partite, as long as (or half as long as) the tube : loies spathulafe- 

 oilong ; stamens lemg-exserted, inserted near the throat. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 259./. 12: 

 the flower. Mich. Cub. t. 59 ^m.— C. gerascanthoides. Rich, {non Kth.). — ^Variable in 

 the size and proportions of the flower, and in the leaves glabrescent or steHato-pubescent 

 beneath : more hairy forms, comprising probably several so-caUed species, occur in South 

 America. A tree, 30' high ; leaves 3"-6'', calyx a"'-4"'lon_g ; corolla-lobes 3"'(-li"') long. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., rare ; Antigua !, Nichols., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Anders., 

 Trinidad!, Sieb. 2V, 121, Or., common in dry localities ; [Cuba! and Guatemala! to Brazil]. 



2. C. gerascanthoides, Eth. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, entire, gla- 

 brous ; panicle many-flowered : ultimate flowers fascicled-glomerate ; calyx campanulate- 

 cylindrical, mth simple down, hirsute or rusty -pubescent or glabrescent : teeth 3-5, imequal, 



(^ deltoid; corolla white, infundibular, h-fid, little beyond the middle of the exserted part of 

 the tube : lobes obovate, subretuse ; stamens shortly exserted, inserted below the middle of the 

 coroUa-tnbe. — Br. Jam. t. 29. /. 3 : the flower. — 0. gerascanthus, Sw. {non Jacq). C. 

 tinifolia, W.—K tree, 30'-30' high ; leaves 3"-8", calyx 4"'-5"', coroUa 8"'-]0"' long : its 

 lobes 3"'-4"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, aU coll., common in the lowlands and mountains ; 

 [Cuba!; Mexico!]. 



Sect. 2. Vakeonia, DC. — Calyx \0-\%costate, irregularly circumscissile below the closed 

 fop. Corolla plaited-imbricaiive, deciduous. 



/^ 3. C. alba, PL. S. Scabrous or glabrescent ; leaves elliptical-ronndish, dentate-repand, 

 concolor,; panicle corymbiform : ultimate flowers subsessile ; corolla whitish, infundibular, 

 shortly b-hbed, thrice as long as the turbinate calyx : lobes emafginate-roujidish ; drupe 



,^ ellipsoidal, white. — Deless. Ic. 5. t. 97. Desc. Fl. 7. t. 529. — Varrouia, Jacj, V. calyp- 

 trata, BO. C. dentata, V. ! C. calyptrata, Berter. ! — A tree, 30' high ; leaves variable, 

 3"-4", corolla 6"', drupe 5"'-8"' long. — Hab. Jamaica 1, March ; Antigua I, Wullschl. ; 

 [Cuba ! and Mexico I to New Granada ! and Venezuela !]. 



Sect. 3. SebbstEWA, Bill. — Calyx smooth, rupturing at the closed top, enlarged and often- 

 "feshy" around the drwpe. Corolla large, imbricative, deciduous: tube exserted. 

 The character of the calyx growing fleshy is taken from Jacquin, but is not universal, as 

 is shown by ripe drupes of the Cordia which yields the Anacuito-wood of Mexico (probably 

 C. dodecandra, BC.) 



4. C. Sebestena, Jacq. Scabrous ; leaves ovate, subentire ; cyme corymbiform : 

 flowers pedicellate ; calyx cylindrical, rusty-scabrous, unequally 3-5-dentate, about half as 

 long as the cylindrical corolla-tube ; corolla tawny-scarlet, saJver-shaped : limb 6(5-8)-fid, 

 lobes ovate-roundish ; drupe ovate-subglobose, bluntly pointleted. — SI. t. 164. Catesb. 2. 

 t. 91. Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 44. Besc. Fl. 4. t. 277.— C. speciosa, W.—k shrub, 8'-12' 

 high; leaves 5"-8", caljx 8"'-6"' long; diameter of the corolla-limb l"-2", of the white 

 fruit 8"'-12"'.— Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica!, Bist., Wat., Port Koyal; S. Kitts!, 

 Antigua!, Wullschl., Barbadoes; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Cuba! to Guiana! and New Granada}. 



Sect. 4. MiXA, Endl, — Calyx rupturing at the closed top or regularly 5-A-dentate. 

 Corolla imbricafive, deciduous : tube usually equalling the calyx. 



* Cymes or panicles corymbiform. 



5. C. CoUococca, L. {ex SI.). Glabrescent ; leaves obovate-oblong or elliptical, re- 

 pand-entire, glabrous above, puberulous beneath; cymes corymbiform, rusty-pubescent: 

 flowers subsessile or very shortly pedicellate by the calyx being contracted at the base ; 

 calyx globose, pubescent, smooth,' at length 3-5-dentate ; corolla white : lobes elliptical. 



