BOKAGINE^. 481 



exserted ; lobes short, rounded ; drupe subglobose, includad by the calyx. — Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 42. — Varrcuia, Jaoq.—k shrub, 6' high ; leaves 3"-5", calyx 2'." long.— HaB. 

 Jamaica!, Wright; S.Lucia!, Anders.; Triaidad I, Sch.; [S. Croix!, Martinique !, &'«J. 

 Mart. 60]. 



**** Flowers in simple heads; calyx-teeth distinct from the beginning. 



\y^ 18. C. globosa, Kth. Hispid ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, obtusely 

 serrate; A««<& ^/ofiose, peduncled ; calyx Z -fid: loies subulate-filif orm, iexuo&e, hispi, as 

 long as the strigose tube; corolla infiuidibnlar, twice as long as the calyx : lobes very short ; 

 drupe ovate-obtusate, shortly exserted. — Br. Jam. 1. 13./. 2.— Varronia, L. V. bullata, Sw. 

 (non Jacq.). V. humilis, Jacq. (V. lineata, Sw.) : the form with short peduncles, figured 

 by P.Br. C. bullata, DC. {exclus. syn. Sieb.).—A shrub, 6'-10' high; leaves a''-!"; 

 white corolla 2'", red drupe 2'" long! — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in dry soil along the coast ; 

 [Cuba ! to French islands ; Mexico !, Panama I] . 



19. C. dasycephala, Kth. Hispid ; leaves ovate, acuminate, sharply serrate ; heads 

 globose, pedunoled; calyx 5-fid: lobes filiform to the base, flexuose, long-hispid-ciliate, 

 twice as long as the pilose or glabrescent, connivent tube ; coroUa infundibular, twice as 

 long as the calyx-tube : lobes very short ; drupe subglobose, subincluded. — Varronia, Besv. 

 — A shrub ; leaves 4"-2", calyx-lube 1'", corolla 2'" long ; heads 6'" diam. — Hab. An- 

 tigua !, Wullsehl., Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. Z4,Z ; [Venezuela !, Guiana !]. 



20. C. lima, E. S. Branchlets hispid ; leaves elliptical, lanceolate-(/blong or lanceolate, 

 subentire or few-serrate; hispid above, pilose along the veins beneath ; heads small, globose, 

 peduncled ; calyx ^-dentate, pubescent : teeth blunt, deltoid or shortly oblong, erect, one- 

 third as long as the turbinate-globose tube ; corolla infundibular, shortly exserted : lobes 

 roundish ; drupe subglobose, included. — C. Badula, Spreng. C. asperrima, DC. ? — A 

 shrub; leaves 10"'-30'", calyx l"'long. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains. f [Haiti], 



a. EHRBTIA, L. 



Calyx 5-fid, imbricative. Corolla rotate or salver-shaped. Stamens exserted. Style 

 2-fid. t)rupe 2-pyrenous : pyrenaa 3-celled. — Woody plants ; flowers in. a terminal panicle. 



21 . E. tinifolia, L. Arboreous, glabrous ; leaves eUiptical-oblong, obo^ste (or obovate- / 

 roundish), entire ; Corolla rotate. — SI. t. 203./. 1. Br. Jam. t. 16./. 1. — A tree, often of 

 large size ; leaves 3"-6", calyx 4'" long ; corolla white, 3"'-4"', drupe 2"'-3"' diam., the 

 latter yeUow, at last blacK. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coU,, common in the lowlands; [Cuba! to 

 Swedish islands ; Mexico !, Yucatan I]. 



3. BEURERIA, P. Br {p. 492), Jacq. 



Calyx closed in the bud, 5-2-valved : teeth or lobes valvate. Corolla salver-shaped. 

 Stamens exserted. Style 2-fid.' Fruit drupaceous, 4-pyrenon3, rarely dry, 4-coccous. Co- 

 tyledons oblong, flat. — ^Woody plants ;' leaves entire ; flowers usually in corymbiform cymes,. 



Sect. 1. EuBEXTEERiA. — Stamcns inserted below the corolla-throat. Drupe globose or 

 ovoid, i-pyrenous ; pyrence tardily separating .- distinct carpophore none. 



22. B. succulenta, Jacq. Glabrous; leaves obovate-oblong, oblong, or obovate- 

 roundish, petioled; corymbs spreading, usually paniculate;, corolla-tube as long as the 

 obovate lobes, little longer than the glabrous calyx ; drupe globose or at length obtusely 

 4-angnlar, twice-thrice as long as the calyx. — Jacq: Amer. Pict. t. 45. — ^Ehretia Bourreria, 

 L.—h. small tree or shi-ub, IS'-S' high ; leaves 2"-5", calyx 2"'-3"', coroUa-tube 3'" long; 

 drupe yeUow, 3"'-6"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., cominon in savannahs ; Antigua !, 

 Nichols., Wullsehl., Dominica !, Imr., S. Lucia !, Anders., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba ! to 

 French islands ! ; Curayao]. 



23, B. tomentosa, G.Don. Velvety -pubescent or glabrescent; leaves elliptical, f 

 oblong, lanceolate-oblong, or oval, blunt, taperina; into the petiole, often hispidulous- i 

 tubercled above, softly pubescent beneath ; corolla-tube twice as long as the roundish 



