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hairs upon raised tubercles ; tube of corolla 1 line long, with 
segments of equal length ; anthers cohering in the mouth by 
their acuminated papillose summits ; style glabrous, with a 
turbinated fringed summit, crowned by a short, oblong, pilose 
stigma. 
6. Messerschmidtia Vauthieri, nob. ; — Tournefortia Vauthieri, 
DC. Prodr. ix. 526 ; Fresen. in Mart. FI. Bras. xix. 55 ; — 
scandens ?, glaberrima, ramis angulato-sulcatis ; foliis ellip- 
ticis, acuminatis, imo obtusis, petiolatis : paniculis axillari- 
bus, ferrugineo-subvelutinis, foHo dimidio brevioribus ; se- 
palis coroUaeque lobis subulatis, tubo subvelutino dimidio 
brevioribus. — In Brasilia, in montibus Organensibus {non 
vidi). 
From the above brief character, this species differs from 
M. Organensis in its always axillary panicles, of only half 
their length, and which are ferruginously velutinous ; its 
leaves, somewhat smaller, have a comparatively longer petiole; 
and the flowers are pubescent. It is said to be near M. macro- 
loba, but I have seen neither of them. Its leaves are stated to 
be 2^ inches long, 8-12 lines broad, on a petiole 3-5 Lines long ; 
the corolla is 2 lines long. 
7. Messerschmidtia jlorihunda, G. Don, Diet. iv. 370; — Tour- 
nefortia floribunda, H. B. K. iii. 79 ; Rom. (& Sch. Syst. iv. 
541 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 527 {non Fresen. in Mart. FI. Bras. xix. 
51) ; — scandens, ramis teretibus, cano-tomentosis ; foliis ob- 
longis aut ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, imo rotundatis, supra 
tenuissime pubescentibus, subtus cano-tomentosis ; petiolo 
teretiusculo, cano-tomentoso : paniculis axillaribus, dicho- 
tome multifidis, cano-tomentosis ; spicis 20-24, fihformibus, 
diffusis ; floribus unilateralibus, distantibus ; sepahs corollae- 
que lobis acuminato-subulatis ; drupis glabris, 4-gastris. — 
In Cumana {non vidi). 
Kunth does not state the length of the inflorescence or the 
size of the leaves ; but their petioles are said to be 3 or 4 lines 
long. Fresenius has confounded with this species the M.mem- 
branacea, Gardn., which is a very different plant. 
8. Messerschmidtia macroloba — Tournefortia macroloba, DC. 
Prodr. ix. 527 ; Fresen. in Mart. FI. Bras. xix. p. 55 ; — 
scandens ?, glaberrima, ramis teretibus, supeme obtuse an- 
gulatis ; fohis eUiptico-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, imo 
subobtusis ; petiolo limbo 12-plo breviore : paniculis axil- 
laribus et terminalibus, puberulis, folio multo brevioribus ; 
sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, corollse tubo dimidio brevioribus, 
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