MELASTOMACEiE. XX. Microlicia. 



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villi beneath, and on the margins ; flowers sohtary, on short pe- 

 dicels in the axils of the upper leaves ; calyx bristly, with an 

 urceolate tube and a 5-toothed limb ; anthers dissimilar. Tj . S; 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, on the mountains. 

 Rhexia vestita, Schrank et Mart, mss. 



i lines long. 



Petals purplish. Leaves 

 Anthers ovate, terminating in short beaks ; with 

 tlie connectives appendiculate, the appendages in 4 filiform, and 

 in the other 4 they are dilated and blunt. 

 Clothed Microlicia. 



Sh. I to 1 foot. 



thers dissimilar, ovate, beaked : in the longer ones the connective 

 is drawn out into a long, cuneiform, rather emarginate append- 

 age, but in the others it is short and blunt at the articulation. 



Equal-leaved Microlicia. Sh. 1 foot. 



23 M. ARISTA^ TA (D. C. prod. 3. addend, p. 484.) fruticnlose, 

 much branched, glabrous; branches tetragonal; leaves linear, 

 quite entire, slightly 3-nerved, full of dots on both surfaces, 

 ending in an awn, like the calycine lobes ; flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, and terminal tern, almost sessile; calyx oblong, 

 10-ribbed. 



18 M. Variolosa (D. C. prod. 3. p. 119.) shrubby, branched, 

 erect: branches tetragonal ; leaves sessile, ovate, oval or ob- Geraes on the mountains, particularly on Serro Frio. 



T2.S. 



long, quite entire, somewhat 3-nerved, full of glandular dots on of the plant is almost that of Lijfhrttm or Salureja. 



Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 



The habit 

 Anthers 

 ovate-oblong, terminated by a tubular beak each ; the con- 

 calyx turbinate, with 5 triangularly oblong lobes, nectives of the 5 longer ones long, and calcarate at the base. 

 which are hardly shorter than the tube ; anthers dissimilar. Tj • Capsule 3-celled. Seeds cochleate, permanent around the axis. 

 S. Native of Brazil and Peru. 

 to 3 broad. 



both surfaces ; flowers solitary, axillary or subterminal, on short 

 pedicels ; 



Leaves 2-4 lines long, and 1^ 



Seeds oblong, 

 kidney-shaped, dotted when examined with a lens. 



Capsule ovate, 3-celled, 3-valved. 



Awned-calyxed Microlicia. 



PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



Var. a, hirsuta (D. C. 1. c.) branches and leaves villous on 



24 M. EiucoiDES (D. Don, 1. c. p. 30'^.) shrubby ; leaves 

 linear, mucronate, flat, loose ; flowers twin ; 



calyx glabrous. 



both surfaces, or velvety, 

 thymifolia, ' ' 



The Rhexia fasciculata, virgulata, 



Rhexia 



foot. 



baccharoides, euphorbioides, avicularis, hirsiata, 

 venaista, and enervia of Schrank and Mart. mss. are probably 

 only variations of the same. 



Far./?, glabra (D. C. 1. c.) branches rather hispid; leaves 

 glabrous. The Rhexia elachistophylla, Cochobambae, alt^r- 

 pans, and variolosa of Schrank et Mart. mss. are probably varia- 

 tions of this plant. 



Variolose Microlicia. Sh. ^ to 1 



19 M. gla'bra (D. C. prod. 2. p. 120.) shrubby, much 

 branched, glabrous on both surfaces ; branches fastigiate, tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves sessile, oval-oblong, acute, quite entire, hardly 

 3-nerved at the base, full of depressed dots on both surfaces ; 

 flowers on short pedicels, axillary and terminal, solitary ; calyx 

 TOn an obovate tube: and 5 lobes, which are triangular at the 

 oase, and subulate at the apex, hardly shorter than the tube ; 

 anthers dissimilar. T2 . S. Native of Brazil. This is an in- 

 termediate species between M. variolosa and M. scoparia. 

 naps the same as M, linophylla. 



Glabrous Microlicia. 



Tj • S. Native of Brazil. Stems numerous, ascendinii^, tetra- 

 gonal, almost simple, tufted, rising from a thick root, 

 ericoides, Spreng. is distinct from this plant, and is probably 

 referrible to the genus Chcetostoma. 



Heath-like Microlicia. Sh. \ to 1 



25 M. cupre'ssina (D. Don, 1, c.) shrubby ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, Dunerent, numerous, imbricate, marginate ; flowers soli- 



S. Native of Brazil. Stem erect, 



foot. 



pungent, 

 tary ; calyx hispid, 

 much branched ; 



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branches terete, slender, proliferous, full of 

 leaves at the apex, but naked below. 



Cypress-like Microlicia. Sh. ^ 1 to foot. 



26 M. TRiCHocALYciKA (D. C. I. c.) slirubby, much branched, 

 smoothish ; branches tetragonal ; leaves sessile, oblong-linear, 

 acute, almost quite entire, usually 3-nerved, glabrous, full of 

 glandular dots beneath ; floral and calyx leaves bearing long dis- 



tant stiff' hairs , 

 dissimilar. T2 



lyx subglobose, with 5 subulate lobes ; anthers 

 S. Native of Brazil, in the province oi Minas 



Per- 



Sh. ^ to 1 



foot. 



20 M. unophy''lla (D. Don, 1. c.) shrubby, much branched, 



glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, awned, flat, quite entire, 3-nerved, 

 glabro 



us 

 •j.S. 



; flowers solitary, nearly sessile, terminal or axillary. 

 Native of Brazil. Shrub erect, twiggy, with tetragonal 



tranches. Leaves spreading. Calyx glabrous. 



Flax-leaved Microlicia. Sh. \ to 1 foot. 



^1 M. scopa'ria (D. C. 1. c.) suffruticose, much branched, sile, linear, acuminated, quite entire, almost veinless ; flowers on 



Geraes, on Mount Grao- mayor, at the height of 4000 feet. 

 Rhexia trichocalycina. Mart, et Schrank, mss. Leaves longer 

 and more spreading than those of M, scopdria, to which the 

 present plant is nearly allied. Petals purple. Anthers 10, 

 ovate, with short beaks: 5 of which have their connectives ap- 

 pendiculate. Capsule 3-celled. Seeds oblong, rather incurved, 

 dotted when examined by a lens. 



Hairy -calyxed Microlicia. Sh. 1 foot. 



27 M. ARENARiiEFOLiA (D. C. I. c.) suffrutlcose, much 

 branched, quite glabrous; branches, slender, terete; leaves ses* 



qwite glabrous ; 

 sessile. 



. linear-subulate, 



channelled above 



branches fastigiate, tetragonal, erect ; leaves 



quite entire, rather fleshy, nerveless, 

 flowers solitary, terminal, on short pedicels ; 



%x with a cylindrically turbinate tube : and 5 linear-subulate Schrank, mss. Flower-bud oblong, acute. 



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lobes, which are about equal in length to the tube ; anthers dis- 

 similar. 



short pedicels, axillary, solitary ; lobes of calyx 5, linear-subu- 

 late, longer tlian the tube ; capsule 3-valved. Tj . S. Native 

 of Peru, at Cochobambo. Rhexia arenariae folia. Mart, et 



Stamens unknown. 



1 



4 



to "I" foot. 



Flowers unknown. 



Sand-wort- leaved Microlicia. Sh. 



28 M. sETosA (D. C, 1. c.) fruticulose; branches glabrous, 

 fuscous, knotted ; leaves almost sessile, full of dots, quite glabrous, 



l2 . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 geraes in sandy fields on the tops of the highest mountains. 



Rhexia scop^ria, Aug. St. Hil. in Bonpl. rhex. p. 152. t. 59. . , , 



*^eaves 2-3 lines long. Petals purple. Anthers 1 0, oblong, the linear-oblong, obsoletely 3-nerved, bristly ; peduncles very short, 

 J smaller ones ending in a short cylindrical appendage each, and axillary, and terminal ; calyx campanulate, with 5 linear spread- 

 •^.aving their connectives drawn out into an arched thread. Ova- ing teeth, each terminating in a bristle. ^2 • S. Native of Bra- 



Rhexia setosa, Spreng. neue. entd. 1. p. 304. 

 Bristly Microlicia. Sh. | to 1 foot. 



Cult. All the species are dwarf plants, grovfing in Inundated 



Some of them, therefore, require to be 



zih 



^^um 3-celled, many-seeded. 



Broom Microlicia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



22 M. isophy'lla (D. C. 1. c.) fruticulose, much branched, 

 g'abrous ; branches fastigiate, filiform, tetragonal ; leaves ses- places of meadows, 

 yle, oblong^subulate, quitl' entire, 1-nerved, full of pitted dots ; 

 flowers solitary, terminal; tube of calyx turbinate; lobes subu- 

 ^a^e, longer than the tube. I? ^ m.*;^^ of Rra^n m tliA 



S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province^of Minas Geraes, in\he high sandy pastures on the 

 fountains. Rhexia Jsophylla, and R. uncita, Schrank and 

 art. uass. Very like M. scoparia. Capsule 3-4-celled. An- 

 vot. n. 



grown as subaquatic plants, that is, in pans filled with a mixture 

 of peat and sand in the bottom, and filled up with water, but 



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the water shoidd not rise higher than an inch or an inch and a 

 half above the soil; others require to be grown in pots, placed 



in pans of water. The species are increased by seeds or 



dividin 

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