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bis dichotome divisis aut simplicioribus ; ramulis spicati- 
floris, filiformibus ; floribus minutis ; sepalis corollseque 
lobis longe subulatis, puberalis. — In AntiUis : v. s. in herh. 
Mus. Brit.j ins. Cruz (Van Rohr). 
This appears to be a slend.er plant, with somewhat trailing 
branches ^ line thick, with axils 4-6 lines apart; leaves 
7-11 lines long, 5-6 lines broad, on a petiole 1^-2 lines long ; 
the peduncle of the inflorescence is 3 lines long, its two 
branches 2 lines long, the spicated branchlets 6-12 lines long; 
the flowers 1 ^ line long, on a pedicel \ line long ; the sepals 
somewhat shorter than the tube of the corolla, and its lobes 
the same length as theirs. 
14. Messerschmidtia volubilisj Rom. & Sch. Syst. iv. 541 ; 
Don, Diet. iv. 370 ; — Tournefortia volubilis, Linn. Sp. 201 
{non R. P.) ; DC. {in parte) Prodr. ix. 523 ; Lam. Diet. 
V. 358, tab. 95. fig. 2 {non 1 nee 3) ; Oaertn. Fr. i. 365, 
tab. 76. fig. 2 ; Fresen. {in parte) in Mart. FI. Bras. xix. 
53 ; — scandens, ramulis tenuissimis, fistulosis, rufo-pubes- 
centibus ; foliis parvis, lanceolato-oblongis lanceolatisve, 
acutis, laste viridibus, utrinque scabridule rugulosis, supra 
laxe pilosis vel subglabris, subtus adpresse puberulis ; pe- 
tiolo pubemlo, tenui, hinbo 6-plo breviore : paniculis ssepius 
terminalibus, subpuberulis, bis vel ter dichotome divisis ; 
ramis tenemmis, valde divaricatis, spicatifloris ; floribus 
breviter pedicellatis, parvis ; sepalis laciniisque corolla 
lanceolato-subulatis ; drupis 4-gastri-globosis, centro de- 
pressis, glabris, subdiaphanis, 4-maculatis. — In AntiUis : 
V. s. in herh. Mus. Brit, (ex hb. Miller.). 
This very slender species is probably confined entirely to 
the Antilles ; but many plants assigned to it should be ex- 
cluded: Gardner’s No. 1785, from Ceard, referred here by 
Prof. A. DeCandolle, is M. Salzmanni ; and others included 
by Prof. Fresenius should in like manner be rejected, — for 
instance, var. hirsuta^ from Bahia (Blanchet), and others from 
Rio de Janeiro (Schott, 4939) (d. 1595). Its branches are 
scarcely more than- ^ line in thickness, with axils 6-7 lines 
apart ; the leaves are 12-15 fines long, 5-6 lines broad, on a 
petiole 2 lines long ; the peduncle is 3 fines long, the primary 
and secondary branches 3 lines, the ultimate spikes 12-15 lines 
long. In Gaertner’s figure the position of the nucule is re- 
versed: the radicle of the embryo ought to point to the 
summit. 
15. Messerschmidtia velutina, G. Don, Diet. iv. 370 ; — Tourne- 
fortia velutina, H. B. K. 379, tab. 201 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 524 ; 
