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6. Buurreria rigida, nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, pallide glaucis; 
foliis elongato-ellipticis vel lanceolato-oblongis, apice ob- 
tusis aut rotundatis, imo cuneatim attenuatis, coriaceis, 
marginibus s^pe valde revolutis, supra convexiusculis, viri- 
dibus, in nervis sulcatis, fulvidis, minute tuberculato-rugu- 
losis et scabride pilosis, subtus flavido-glaucis, pulverulento- 
tomeutellis, nervis valde prominulis ; petiolo rigido, canali- 
culato, cum costa flavide pulverulento, limbo 7-plo breviore: 
panicula coiymbosa, terminali, dichotome ramosa, tomen- 
tella ; calyce extus rigide tomentoso, dentibus 5 intus pu- 
berulis ; corollse tubo crassiusculo, calyce longiore, lobis 
rotundato-oblongis ; staminibus medio tubi insertis, antheris 
oscillatoriis,exsertis ; stylo apice breviter bi- (rarius tri-)fido. 
— In Antillis : v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit.^ Jamaica (Houston), 
ib. (Sliakespear) ; in herb. Hook.^ Jamaica (Bancroft), ib. 
(M‘Fadyen). 
A very distinct species, with branchlets 1-^ line in diameter 
and axils 3-6 lines apart ; the leaves are 3-4 inches long, 
1 ^-Iv inch broad, on a petiole 5-6 lines long : the panicle 
is about 3 inches long and broad ; the calyx 2^ lines long ; 
tube of corolla 3 lines, lobes 2 lines long. 
7. Bourreria virgata^ Don (non Griseb.), Diet. iv. 389 ; — Ehretia 
virgata, Sw. Flor. Ind. Occ. i. 463 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 506 ; — 
fruticosa, ramis tenuissimis, teretibus, flexuosis, divaricatis, 
ramulis tiliformibus, scabridulis ; foliis oblongis vel ellip- 
ticis, apice obtuse acutis, imo acute attenuatis, supra pror 
funde viridibus, nervis tenuibus immersis, planis, in costa 
sulcatis, albo-tuberculatis et scabridulo-pilosis, subtus pal- 
lidis, in nervis pilosulis ; petiolo tereti, scabridulo, limbo 
14-plo breviore : paniculis terminalibus, dichotome ramosis, 
ramis longis, tenuissimis, rigide pilosulis, paucifloris ; calyce 
turblnato, acute 5-dentato, extus pubescente ; corollse tubo 
calyce duplo longiore, lobis rotundatis, dimidio brevioribus ; 
staminibus imo insertis, antheris fuscis, vix ultra faucem 
exsertis ; stylo apice breviter bifido ; drupa (sec. cl. Sw.) 
subglobosa, 4-costata, nitida, coccinea, 4-pyrena, pyrenibus 
per paria semiadhEerentibus. — In Antillis (ins. S. Domingo 
in desertis Hispaniola^, Sw.) : v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit.., 
specim. typ. (Swartz, in flore). 
A shrub, 7 to 8 feet high, bearing the name of Guazumillo, 
with very slender, almost filiform branches, the axils being 
about 9 lines apart ; the leaves are l^-lf inch long, 7-10 lines 
broad, on a petiole 1-1 line long : the terminal raceme is 
about 1 inch long, few-fiowered, with pedicels 2 lines long ; 
