TOURNEFORTIA, 



anfwering to this deicription, nor is the fpecific charafter 

 fuch as to afFord much affiftancc in determining the plant. 



13. T. •velutitia. Velvet-leaved Tournefortia Leaves 



elliptic -lanceolate, acute, filky on both fides. Spikes denfe, 

 aggregate, cymofe, from the forks of the branches, filky. 



Stigma (lightly two-lobed Gathered by Commerfon in 



mountainous vi'oods of the ific of Bourbon. The branches, 



flails, haves, calyx and corolla are entirely clothed with fine 

 filky filvery pubefcence, the globofe bafe, and obtufe limb 

 of the latter, on its upper fide, being the only fmooth parts, 

 except the berr'ifs, which are fnow-vvhite. The leaves are 

 four or five inches long, fomewhat undulated, various in 

 breadth. We have from the Mauritius what may poffibly 

 be a variety, with very narrow, and nearly fmooth, leaves. 

 Its inflorefcence betrays no difference. 



14. T. argenlea. Blunt-leaved Silvery Tournefortia. 

 Linn. Suppl. 135. Willd. n. 9. Poiret n. 8. Brown 

 n. 2. (BuglofTum lanuginofum ; Rumph. Amboin. v. 4. 

 119. t. 55.) — Leaves obovatc, bluntifii, filky on both fides. 

 Spikes in repeatedly compound cymes. Tube of the coroUa 



very Ihort Native of the fea-coaft, in Ceylon, Amboyna, 



Banda, and other parts of the Eaft Indies. This Jhriib is 

 hardly fo tall as a man ; its main Jlem very Ihort, the bari 

 full of deep filTiu-es ; the branches widely fpreading, hairy. 

 Leaves crowded about the ends of the branches, alternate, 

 ftalked, about three inches long, entire ; tapering at the 

 bafe ; rather flelhy, beautifully clothed all over with the 

 fineft filky pubefcence, which appears to vary in degree, 

 and in one of our fpecimens, from the ifle of Bourbon, excels 

 in fplendour every plant of our acquaintance. The floiuer- 



Jlalks, longer than the leaves, are at firft terminal, but the 

 branch is foon protruded at each fide beyond them. They 

 are fubdividcd into tufts of denfe recurved /pikes, above an 

 inch in length. All the Jlalis, like the broad obtufe calyx, 

 are filky. Corolla white, v\'ith a fhort tube, and a recurved 

 limb, altogether not extending beyond the calyx. Mr. 

 Brown defcribes the Jllgma as feffile and two-lobed. Rum- 

 phius fays the haves are eatable, and much efteemed in 

 Amboyna for their faltifh flavour. 



15. T. gnaphaloichs. Cud-weed Tournefortia. See 

 Brown 496. ( Heliotropium gnaphaloides ; Linn. Sp. PI. 

 188. Willd. Sp. PI. V. I. 74;. H. gnaphaloides lit- 

 toreum fruticcfcens americanum ; Pluk. Phyt. t. 19^. f. 5.) 

 — Leaves linear, obtufe, denfely downy on both fides. 

 Spikes denfe, downy, recurved, on cymofe ftalks. — Native 

 of the fea-coaft in the Weft Indies. We follow Mr. Brown 

 in removing to the prefent genus this elegant JJirub, whofe 

 fnow-white downy covering is rather more cottony than 

 filky, and yet partakes of the filvery beauty of the laft de- 

 fcribed. The haves are crowded, thick, about two or three 

 inches long, and hardly a quarter of an inch wide. Flowers 

 fmall, white, in fhort, thick, woolly, folitary or twin, re- 

 curved fpikes. Berries fmooth, the fize of a currant. 



16. T . fuff'rutico/a. Hoary -leaved Tournefortia. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 202. Willd. n. II. Ait. n. 5. (T. fubfruti- 

 cofa, foliis fubincanis oblongis, fronde comofa ; Browne 

 Jam. 170, excluding the fynonym of Sloane, which belongs 

 to Suriana maritima. T. incana ; Poiret n. 9 ? Lamarck 

 Illuftr. n. 1880. t. 95. f. 3?) — "Leaves nearly lanceolate, 

 hoary. Stem fomewhat fhrubby." — Native of Jamaica, by 

 the fea-fide, near the borough of St. James's. Seldom rifes 

 above three or four feet from the ground. Brozune. This 

 is a very uncertain fpecies, for which Dr. Browne feems the 

 only authority, nor is there any fpecimen to reprefent it in 

 the Linnsean herbarium. The Thymehit facie frutex, Sloane 

 Jam. V. 2. 29. t. 162. f. 4, is certainly Suriana maritima, 

 for which it was fubfequently quoted by Linnaeus. Confe- 



quently Willdenow cites it under both, it is fufficient td 

 read Sloane, to fee that his plant can be no Tournefortici. 

 Poflibly it may, neverthelefs, have been what Browne in- 

 tended. If fo, the plant of Lamarck and Poiret has nothing 

 to do with it, and may perhaps be the fericca of Vahl, here- 

 after defcribed. Miller is recorded as having cultivated the 

 T. fiijfnit'uofa, whence it has found a place in Mr. Aiton's 

 work, but apparently without being known at tlie prefent 

 day. 



17. T. vohibilis. Climbing Rough Tournefortia. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 201. Willd. n. 3. Ait. n. i. Poiret n. 10. 

 Lamarck Illuftr. n. 1884. t. 95. f. 2. G^rtn. t. 75. 

 Bryonia nigra fruticofa, racemi ramulis vari^ imphcitis, 

 atque caudx fcoi-pionis inftar in fe contortis, baccis albis una. 

 vel altera nigra macula notatis ; Sloane Jam. v. i. 234. 

 t. 143. f. 2. Virga aurea americana frutefcens glabra, foliis 

 fubtils caefiis. Sec; Pluk. Phyt. t. 235. f. 6.) — Leaves 

 deflexed, ovate, acute, rough with minute points on both 

 fides. Stem twining. Segments of the corolla awl-fhaped. 

 — Native of South America and the Weft Indies. It 

 flowered with Linnaeus in the Upfal garden, and is pre- 

 fervcd occafionally in our Englifh ftoves. Sloane fays tlie 

 trunk near the ground is as thick as one's arm, twining 

 round any thing it comes near, rifing to the height of feven 

 or eight feet. The branches are flender, round, fomewhat 

 zigzag, repeatedly fubdivided, minutely downy, or rathef 

 filky, with clofe-preffed hairs. Leaves fcattcred, an inch 

 . or inch and half long, on flender, downy, deflexed Jlalis, 

 about half an inch in length, fingle-ribbed, entire, flat and 

 even, clothed on both fides with very minute, white, callous 

 prickles, but no hairinefs. Floivers numerous, fmall, 

 greenifh, in lateral, or fomewhat terminal, flender, divari- 

 cated, downy, cymofe panicles, of lax fpikes, or rather 

 cliijlers. Calyx in five deep, hairy, narrow iegments. Tube 

 of the corolla filky, hardly thrice the length of the calyx ; 

 limb in five narrow, awl-fhaped, fpreading fegments, above 

 half the length of the tube. Style flender, with a large 

 long-beaked Jligma. Berry half the fize of a pea, globofe, 

 often two-lobed, white, with black dots. 



18. T. Levigafa. Climbing Smooth Tournefortia. — 

 Leaves fpreading, ovate, acute ; Imooth above ; rough with 

 minute points beneath. Stem twining. Segments of the 



corolla awl-ftiaped Native of Jamaica. Dr. Upright. This 



has altogether the habit of the laft, of which it may pofTibly 

 be a variety. The chief difference difcoverable in the dried 

 fpecimens is the upper furface of the haves being perfeftly 

 deftitute of the innumerable callous points which cover their 

 backs, and which are found on both fides of the foliage of 

 the foregoing. The leaves of the prefent are alfo perhaps 

 lefs deflexed. The inflorefcence and flowers afford no marks 

 of diftinftion. The berries are moft frequently of three 

 globular lobes. 



19. T. fericea. Climbing Hoary Touniefortia. Vahl 

 Eclog. fafc. I. 17. Willd. n. 10. Poiret n. 11. (T. 

 incana; Poiret n. 9. Lamarck Illuftr. n. 1880. t. 95. 

 f. 3. Frutex; Marcgr. Brafil. 78, excellent as to the leaves, 

 but though cited by Vahl, without any exception, the de- 

 fcription fhews it to be a fyngenefious plant.) — Leaves 

 fpreading, ovate, acute ; rough with minute points above ; 

 downy and hoary beneath. Stem twining. Segments of 

 the corolla awl-fhaped. — Native of Hifpaniola, and other 

 parts of the Weft Indies. Like the two lail in fize and 

 general habit ; but the footflalks are rather ftiorter ; haves 

 more rounded, and often fomewhat heart-fliaped, at the 

 bafe ; their upper furface covered with much more numerous 

 and minute, hair-pointed, white, callous tubercles, which 

 produce fomewhat of a hoary appearance ; while the undcc 



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