483 BOEAGINBiE. 



lobes, exceeding the softly pubescent calyx ; drupe globose, or at length obtusely 4-angular, 

 thrice as long as the calyx. — SI. t. 204./'. 1. Br. Jam. t. 15./. 3. — Ehretia, Lam. — A 

 small tree or shrub, 10'-15' high ; leaves 4"-2", calyx 2"'-3"', corolla-tube 4"'-6"' long ; 

 drupe yellow, 4"'-3"' diam. 



o. Leaves pubescent, or upper side glabrate ; coroUa-tube twice as long as the hoary- 

 pubescent calyx. 



/3. velviina. Leaves hispidulous-scahrous or glabrate above, velvety beneath ; corolla- 

 tube little longer than the hoary-pubescent calyx. — Ehretia velutina, DO. 



y. havanensis. Leaves glabrous or glabres^nt ; corolla-tube twice as long as the pu- 

 bescent (or glabrate) calyx. — Catesb. Carol. 2. i. 79. — Ehretia havanensis, W. 



Hab. Bahamas 1, Swains. ; Jamaica !, all coU., (o, /3, 7) ; [Cuba ! (7) ; Key West ! (7)]. 



34. B. domingensis, Gr. Branchlets pnbemlous or glabrate; leaves leathery, obo-^ 

 vate or oval, rounded-blunt or with a bluntish point, tapering into the petiole, glabrous ; 

 cymes terminated with glomerate flowers, sericeous; corolla-tube twice as long asthe 

 roundish lobes, as long as the hoary-sericeous caZyic.— Ehretia exsucca, Berter. I {non 

 Jacq.). — Leaves 4"-li", calyx 3"'-4"'long. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Al., Albion pen; [Haiti!]. 



Sect. 3. Teteacoccus. — Stamens inserted into the lower pari of the corolla-tube, hispid 

 below. Fruit dry, tetracoccous : nutlets seceding from a l-partite, filiform carpophore. 



25. B. exsucca., Jacq. Branchlets hispidulous ; leaves elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, 

 pointed or bluntish, tapering into the short petiole, glabrous (or glabrescent), archveined ; 

 cymes corymbiform, hispidulous ; calyx puberulous, mucronate in the bud, at length 2-3- 

 dentate ; corolla-tube twice as long as the ovate-roundish lobes and as the calyx ; fruit 

 subulate-pyramidal: nutlets spongious, concave on the hacit..— Jacg. Amer. Fict. t. ^59. 

 /. 13: analyt.—Msi-etisL, L.—A low tree, 15' high; leaves 3"-2", SoroUa-tube 8'" long; 

 fruit 6'" high and broad ; nutlets contracted above the middle. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 [New Grranada !, Venezuela], 



• 4. ROCHEFORTIA, Sw. 



Calyx 5-partite ; segments imbricate. Corolla rotate. Stamens exserted,- inserted into 

 the corolla-throat. Style 3-partite. Berry 4-pyrenous : pyrense early separating. Co- 

 tyledons ilat. — Shrubs, often spiny ; lexnes fascicled along the branches; flowers yellowish- 

 white, in small corymb^orm or solitary, terminating the fascicles of the leaves. 



36. R. cuneata, Sw. I Unarmed or with small spines ; leaves obovate, blunt, or 

 emarginate, tapering into the petiole, glabrous, shining above ; corymbs glabrescent, ex- 

 ceeded by the leaves ; calyx-segments ovate-roundish, cHiate, equalling the coroUa-tube ; 

 corolla-segments ovate-oblong, blunt, twice as long as the tube ; berry globose. — E. ovata, 

 Sw. Fl. (ex descr. floris, non Sw. herbar.). — 3'-4' high; leaves 3"-] , calyx 1'" long; 

 corolla 4"'-5"', yellow berry S"'-4t" diam. ; stigmas thiokeued. — Hab. Jamaica !, March ; 

 [Guadeloupe !, in woods]. 



37. R. acanthophora, Gr. Wholly spinose ! leaves small, spathulate (or oval), 

 emarginate, subsessile or shortly petiokte, pubescent beneath or glabrate, usually twice as 

 long as the spines ; flowers 1-2, subsessile ; calyx-segments ciliate or pubescent, deltoid or 

 roundish, half as long as the corolla-tube ; coroUa-segments ovate-oblong, blunt, about as 

 long as the tube ; berry globose. — Sw. Fl. 1. 11. inf. : analyt. — Ehretia, DO. I E. spinosa. 

 West I, Berter. ap. Spreng. I (non Jacq.). R. ovata, Sw. herbar. I : but the analysis of the 

 flowers of both species was probably changed in his Flora, so that their description in iJ. 

 cuneata, and the figure belong- to this, and that of B. ovata to the foregoing species. — 

 Leaves 4"'-]0"', calyx 1'" long; berry yellowish, 3"'-3"' diam. — Hab, Jamaica!, Sw., 

 March, on arid, rocliy hUls ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [Haiti !, S. Croix !]. 



5. TOURNEFORTIA, i. 



Calyx 5(-4)-partite. Corolla salver-shaped : lobes short. Stamens included, or the 

 points of the anthers exserted. Style simple : stigma supported by a ring, undivided or 

 Z-lobed. Fruit usually drupaceous, 2-pyrenous with 2-celled, 2-8eeded pyrense, or 4(-l)- 



