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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
It is a tree 20-30 feet high, growing in the more^^westerly 
portions of the island of Jamaica. 
3. Ehretia longifolia, nob. ; — ramulis tenuibus, angulato- 
striatis, pulvemlento-glaucis ; foliis elongato-oblongis, sub- 
lanceolatis, lateribus in medio parallele rectis, dehinc utrin- 
que attenuatis, cum acumine obtusulo, imo in petiolo de- 
cmrentibus, integris, supra glabris, subnitidis, Igete viridibus, 
nervis tenuissimis, divaricatis, arcuatim nexis, subimmersis, 
reticulatis, subtus fere concoloribus, sub lente minute sca- 
bridulis, nervis venisque prominulis, marginibus vix revo- 
lutis ; petiolo semitereti, subglabro, limbo 20-plo breviore : 
paniculis terminalibus, racemosis, folio paulo brevioribus | 
ramis imo nudiusculis, bracteolatis, alternatim multidivisis, 
ramulis tenuibus, compressis, glaucis vel minute strigoso- 
puberulis ; floribus parvis, albis, suaveolentibus. — In An- 
tillis et Mexico : v. s. in herh. Hoolc.^ Jamaica (Lane) ; ib. 
(Macfadjen) ; Oaxaca (Galeotti, 7194). 
A very distinct species : it forms a handsome tree, with 
leaves 5-6 inches long, lf-2| inches broad, on a petiole 
3 lines long. 
4. Ehretia ellig>tica, DC. Prod. ix. 503 ; — ramis teretibus, gla- 
bris, lenticellatis, ramulis hirtellis ; foliis ellipticis, utrinque 
obtusis, apice paulo angustioribus et calloso-mucronatis, in- 
tegris, in junioribus submembranaceis, supra nitentibus, 
planis, minute tuberculatis et scabrido-pilosis, in vetustiori- 
bus rigide coriaceis, fuscis, tuberculis nunc valde auctis et' 
subconfluentibus, crebeiTime albo-rugosis, aspendmis, con- 
vexiuscidis et in nervis valde sulcatis, marginibus subrevo- 
lutis, subtus brunneis, opacis, subglabris aut obsolete sca- 
bris, nervis prominentibus, scabridulis, in axillis barbatis ; 
petiolo canaliculato, scabrido-piloso, limbo 12-plo breviore : 
paniculis racemosis, terminalibus, ramosis, scabrido-pilosis ; 
floribus breviter pedicellatis ; calyce ad basin 5-partito, 
rigide piloso, lobis acutissimis, erectis ; corollee tubo ante 
stamina intus plicato laciniisque oblongis reflexis calycem 
sequantibus ; filamentis subulatis, medio tubi ad plicaturas 
geniculatim insertis, longe exsertis ; stylo his aequilongo, 
apice bifido, stigmatibus parvis, obtusis ; drupa pisiformi, 
uuculis 2 generis structura. — In Mexico : v. s. in herh. Mus. 
Brit., Rio Grande (Berlandier, 2330) ; in herb. HooTc., 
Matamoras (Berlandier, 939, 2369 in flore, 2320 in fructu, 
900 in flore et fruct.). 
A very rough-looking plant, with cano-scabrid approximated 
leaves, 1^-2^ inches long, f-lj inch broad, on a petiole 1^-2 
