TOURNEFORTIA. 



3. T. h'trfut'ijfma. Hairy Tournefortia. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 aoi. Willd. n. 2. Poiretn. I. Swartz Obf. 56. (Pit- 

 tonia hirfutiffima et ramofiffiraa, baccis albis ; Plum. Ic. 

 226. t. 228. Heliotropii flore, frutex baccifer racemofus, 

 folio rugofo foetido maximo fubrotundo hirfuto, fruftu 

 albo ; Sloane Jam. v. 2. 108. t. 212. f. I.) — Native of 

 buftiv places in Jamaica, and other Well Indian iflands, as 

 well as of Mexico, from whence it was fent by Mutis to 

 Linnaeus. This is ^ Jhrub, three or four feet high, fome- 

 what twining, its branches, ftalks, foliage, and calyx clothed 

 with rufty down. The corolla is ftill more denfely covered 

 externally with filky hairs. Leaves fcetid, ftalked, ellip- 

 tical, entire, pointed at each end, tranfverfely ribbed, three 

 inches long, and an inch and half broad ; moft hairy, and 

 rather filky, at the back. Spikes aggregate, on long, hairy, 

 axillary and terminal ftalks, about the ends of the branches. 

 Flowers, as well as berries, white ; the latter rough and 

 hairy, Swartz fays of two cells, with two feeds in each, 

 which does not agree with Mr. Brown's account, given 

 above. 



4. T . fatidijfima. Tobacco-leaved Tournefortia. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 201. Willd. n. 5. Ait. n. 2. Swartz Obf. 58. 

 ( Pittonia racemofa, nicotianae foliis, foetidilfimis ; Plum. 

 Ic. 226. t. 230. ) — Leaves ovato-lanceolate, rough ; downy 

 and paler beneath. Flower-ftalks branched. Spikes pen- 

 dulous. Calyx ihorter than the ftyle. — Native of Jamaica. 

 Dr. l-Vright. The leaves vary in fi'ze ; but are not unlike 

 thofe of 7'. hirfutiffima in Ihape. Their upper furface is 

 more minutely rough than in that fpecies, and their under 

 one more foftly and denfely downy. The fpikes are very 

 remarkable for their extremely long linear form, and pendu- 

 lous pofition. They meafure frequently eight or ten inches, 

 and are from fix to eight on each axillary forked ftalk. 

 The jloijoers are fmall, feflile, in a fimple unilateral hne. 

 Calyx hairy, with lanceolate upright fegments. Tube of 

 the corolla hairy upwards, about thrice as long as the calyx ; 

 its limb in five ovate, obtufa, keeled, reflexed fegments. 

 Style projefting beyond the permanent calyx, after the co- 

 rolla is fallen, with a very large puUey-fhaped pointed 

 ftigma. This is united, by Lamarck and Pciret, to the 

 following, under the name of macrophylla ; Poiret n. 2. 



5. T. cymofa. Drooping Cymofe Tournefortia. Linn. 

 Sp. PI.202. Willd. n. 8. Ait. n. 4. Jacq. Coll. v. i . 96. 

 Ic. Rar. t. 31. (Heliotropii flore, frutex, foho maximo 

 oblongo acuminate glabro ; Sloane Jam. v. 2. 109. t. 212. 

 f. 2.) — Leaves elliptic -lanceolate, pointed, fmooth. Flower- 

 ftalks much branched. Spikes drooping. Calyx as long 

 as the ftyle. — Native of the Weft Indies. This js certainly, 

 as Linnaeus obferves, nearly related to the foregoing, but 

 differs in the fmoothnefs, and more elongated points, of the 

 leaves, as well as in its more numerous, Ihorter, and lefs di- 

 reftly pendulous, ^i/fcj. The Jloivers are fimilar, but the 

 fiyle in our fpecimens does not projeft beyond the calyx. 



The corolla, at firft white, turns tawny, and dark red, 

 before it falls. Berry the fize of a fmall pea, white, with 

 black dots. 



6. T. fyringefolia. Lilac-leaved Tournefortia. Vahl 

 Symb. v. 3. 23. Willd. n. 4. Poiret n. 17. — Leaves 

 ovate, fomewhat heart-fhaped, pointed, fmooth. Spikes 

 terminal, divaricated, hairy, as well as the ftalks. — Native of 

 Cayenne, and, if we miftake not, of Jamaica, where our fpe- 

 cimen, precifely anfwering to Vahl's defcription, was ga- 

 thered by Dr. Wright. The young branches, as well as the 



footjlalks, the main rib of the leaves on both fides, and the 

 trarjfverfe ribs underneath, are all more or lefs hairy, like 

 the jloiuer-flalks, fpikes, ealyx, and outfide of the corolla. 

 Leaves two inches long, deftitute of fine intermediate veins, 



quite fmooth, except the ribs. Floiuer-Jlati terminal, ereft, 

 forked, with i^rtz6mg fpikes above an inch long. Flowers 

 alternate. Segments of the corolla with long taper points. 



7. T. bicolor. Pale-backed Tournefortia. Swartz Ind. 

 Occ. V. I. 344. Willd. n. 7. (T. laevigata ; Poiret n. 3 ?) 

 — Leaves elliptical, pointed, fmooth ; fiightly rugged on the 

 upper fide. Spikes terminal, cymofe, crowded, ereft, re- 

 curved, fomewhat hairy. — Native of buftiy places in Jamaica. 

 A.Jhrub fix feet high, witli fmooth branches. Leaves three 

 or four inches long, elliptical rather than ovate, acute at each 

 end, finely reticulated with veins between the ribs, occa- 

 fionally minutely hairy, as well as the branches and foot- 

 jlalks ; paler beneath. Flonverflalks feverjil, terminal, al- 

 ternate, ratlier hairy, ereft, each bearing fix or eight fub- 

 divided, cymofe, denfe^(7'c\r. Segments of the calyx ovate, 

 fcarcely hairy, except when the leaves are fo. Corolla 

 greenifh-white, externally covered with filky hairs. T. 

 glabra, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 141, is perhaps a variety of 

 this. 



8. T. maculata. Four-dotted Tournefortia. Jacq. 



Amer. 47. Poiret n. 4 Leaves ovate, pointed, fmooth 



on both fides. Spikes much branched, pendulous, lax, re- 

 curved. Stalks fiightly hairy Native of thiekets in 



South America. Jacquin found it near Carthagena. He 

 defcribes it as aJJorub, with weak branches. Leaves ftalked, 

 entire, fcentlefs. Berry yellow, with four round black dots 

 at the bafe. Poiret fays the leaves are at leaft four inches 

 long, and two broad. Corolla yellow, with a long narrow 

 tube, and five acute fegments. 



9. T. orientalis. Twining Oriental Tournefortia. Br. 



n. I " Stem twining. Leaves broadly ovate, fomewhat 



pointed, fmooth. Cymes forked. Limb of the corolla 

 five-cleft, with plaited finufes. Nuts cellular." — Gathered 

 by fir Jofeph Banks, in the tropical part of New Holland. 



10. T . farmentofa. Traihng Tournefortia. Poiret n. 5. 

 — " Leaves ovate -oblong, acute. Spikes branched, very 

 fhort, two-ranked. Stem twining." — Native of the Mauri- 

 tius. Sonnerat. A fpecimen gathered by Commerfon in 

 the Philippine iflands, anfwers very nearly to the following 

 defcription of Poiret. The_y?fmj are climbing, with long, 

 diftant, trailing fhoots, ftriated, nearly cyhndrical, clothed 

 with fhort whitifh hairs. Leaves alternate ; downy, and 

 whitifh beneath, efpecially when young ; rounded and di- 

 lated at the bafe ; almofl fmooth on the upper furface ; 

 three or four inches long, and an inch and half wide. 

 Footjlalks fhort, very downy. Flowers terminal, in fhort, 

 clofe, branched, downy fpikes, and difpofed in two rows, 

 feffile. Calyx fhort, with blunt fegments. 



11. T. brafdienjis. Brafil Tournefortia. Poiret n. 6 — 

 " Leaves ovato-lanceolate, harfh, fomewhat fmuated ; 

 whitifh beneath. Stem round, acutely ftriated." — Sent to 

 Lamarck from Brafil. Allied to the laft, but the leaves are 

 of a different fhape, and the whole plant nearly deftitute of 

 pubefcence. Leaves two or three inches long, an inch or 

 more in breadth, contrafted at their bafe, harfh on both fides, 

 whitifh and downy beneath when young. Flowers in fhort, 

 reflexed, downy, hoary, branched fpikes, compofing a ter- 

 minal cyme. Segments of the calyx downy, very acute, 

 fiightly recurved. Poiret. 



12. T. arborefcens, Arborefcent Tournefortia. Poiret 

 n. 7 — " Leaves ovato-lanceolate ; fomewhat downy when 

 young. Spikes branched, very fhort. Stem arborefcent." — 

 Gathered by Sonnerat, in the Eaft Indies. Branches woody, 

 angular, rough and rugged, particularly the young fhoota. 

 Leaves oval-lanceolat£, contrafted at each end, veiny, rib- 

 bed, harfh, four or five inches long, an inch and half broad; 

 white and downy beneath when young. We have nothing 



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