BYTTNERIACES. XIV. 
cose, erect, branched, woolly, canescent; leaves ovate-ellip- 
tical, toothed, quite entire at the base, silky-villous above, but 
woolly and hoary beneath; heads of flowers stalked, opposite 
the leaves, dense; tube of stamens profoundly 5-cleft. h.S. 
Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes, near Olho 
d’Agoa. 
Var. B, incliisa (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves narrower, elliptic, less 
woolly ; heads of flowers less woolly ; stamens inclosed; petals 
much smaller ; style a little longer than the petals. 
Woolly Melochia. Fl. Sep. Oct. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
16 M. Porrorice’nsis (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 29.) leaves oblong, 
obtuse, crenated, hoary tomentose on both surfaces ; peduncles 
umbelliferous, short. h. S. Native of Porto-Rico. M. cre- 
nàta, Bertero. 
Porto-Rico Melochia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. Melòchia is a genus of plants hardly worth cultivating 
except in botanic gardens. They thrive well in any light rich 
soil, and cuttings root readily in the same kind of soil under a 
hand-glass, in heat. They may be also increased by seeds, 
which generally ripen in this country. 
XV. RIEDLE'IA (in honour of M. Riedle, a French natu- 
ralist, who accompanied Captain Baudin round the world.) D. 
C. prod. 1. p. 490.—Riedléia, Vent. choix. no. 37.—Mougedtia, 
Kunth. diss. p- 12. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 326.—Visénia, Houtt. 
Pfi. syst. 6. p. 287. Spreng. syst. 3. p. 29. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Pentándria. Calyx 5-cleft, naked, 
or furnished with 1-3 calyculate bracteas. Petals 5, spreading. 
Stamens 5, monadelphous at the base. Styles 5. Carpels 5, 
joined into a simple fruit, which is therefore 5-celled and 5- 
valved, at length separating into 5 1-2-seeded divisions, which 
open longitudinally, and are free from the central axis.—Inflores- 
cence various. Flowers small, white, yellow or red. 
1 R. porysra'cura (D. C. prod. 1. p. 490.) leaves oblong, 
acute, blunt and serrated at the base, pubescent above, but 
beset with silky hairs beneath, as well as on the branchlets ; 
panicle terminal, leafless, of many stalked cymose or side- 
flowered racemes. ¢. S. Native of South America near 
Honda at the river Magdalena. Mougedtia polystachia, H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 328. t. 483. f. a and b. Flowers 
yellow. 
Many-spiked Riedleia. Pl. 2 
to 3 feet. 
2 R. cmamæ'prYys; stems prostrate, hairy; leaves ovate or 
roundish-ovate, very blunt, dentately serrated, pilose, younger 
ones silky ; racemes sub-corymbose, axillary ; tube of stamens 
profoundly 5-cleft; capsule globose, composed of 5 bifid car- 
pels. h.S. Native of Brazil. Meldchia chame‘drys, St. Hil. 
fl. bras. 1. p. 161. Flowers yellow. 
Germander-like Riedleia. Fl. Jan. Pl. prostrate. 
3 R. morts (D.C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves ovate, acute, 
rounded and somewhat cordate at the base, serrated, clothed 
with silky pubescence above, but hoary from soft tomentum be- 
neath; umbels axillary, many-flowered, much longer than the 
petioles. h. S. Native of South America near Honda and 
Santanna in New Granada. Mougedtia mollis, H. B. et Kunth, 
l.e. Petals white, but yellow towards the middle. 
Soft Riedleia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
4 R. rinvero La (D. C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves cordate, 
toothed, younger ones clothed with velvety tomentum, adult ones 
smooth ; corymbs terminal, many-flowered ; fruit velvety. blunt- 
ly 5-sided. h. S. Native of the island of Timor. Habit 
almost of R. odorata or R. velutina. 
Lime-tree-leaved Riedleia. Shrub 2 feet. 
5 R. crena‘ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves roundish, cre- 
nated, tomentose, lined ; umbels stalked, axillary, and terminal. 
VOL. I.—PART. VI. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1827. 
Metocnia. XV. Riepera. 529 
h. S. Native of South America. Melodchia crenata, Vahl. 
symb. 3. p. 86.t. 68. Flowers white or yellow. 
Crenate-leaved Riedleia. Shrub. 
6 R. opora‘ta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves ovate, some- 
what cordate, doubly serrated, acute, smooth; corymbs axillary, 
stalked. h.S. Native of the islands of Tanna and Tongataboo 
in the South Seas. Meldchia odorata, Forst. prod. 253. 
Wisénia Indica, Gmel. syst. 505. Visénia I’ndica, Houtt. pfl. syst. 
6. t. 46. f. 3. Flowers white or red. 
Sweet-scented Riedleia. Shrub. ; 
7 R. veturr Na (D. C. prod. 1. p. 491.) lower leaves cordate, 
upper ones ovate, acuminate, simply serrated, soft and velvety on 
both surfaces; corymbs axillary, stalked, few-flowered. h.S. 
Native of Bengal and Java. Very like R. odordta. Flowers 
probably red or white. 
Velvety Riedleia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 1 to 2 ft. 
8 R. corymBosa (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves cordate, orbicular, acuminated at the 
apex, villous; corymbs axillary, loose, stalked. h.S. Native 
of Mexico on mountains. Flowers purple, twice the size of those 
of R. odorata. 
Corymbose-flowered Riedleia. Shrub 3 feet. 
9 R. rRunca‘ta (D.C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves wedge-shaped, 
toothed at the apex, smooth above, hoary from stellate tomentum 
beneath ; flowers solitary ; capsules depressed. h.S. Native 
of the East Indies. Melochia truncata, Willd. spec. 3. p. 601. 
Flowers white or flesh-coloured. 
‘runcated-leaved Riedleia. Fl. June, July. 
Shrub 2 feet. 
10 R. pepre’ssa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves ovate, ser- 
rated, velvety-tomentose; pedicels 1-3-flowered, opposite the 
leaves; capsules bluntly 5-sided, with ciliated angles. h. S. 
Native of the island of Cuba near Havannah, and of St. Martha. 
Melochia depréssa, Lin. spec. 910. exclusive of the synonyme of 
Miller. Cav. diss. 6. p. 320. t. 173. f. 1. a. differs from ours 
in the stipulas being spreading, lanceolate, not erect subovate. 
Pedicels shorter, axillary, 1-flowered. Flowers flesh-coloured, 
but according to Cavanilles sulphur-coloured. 
Depressed Riedleia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. Shrub 4 ft. 
11 R. Pervvia wna (D. C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves ovate, ser- 
rated, tomentose ; flowers solitary, axillary; capsules globose, 
villous. h.S. Native of Peru. Melochia Peruviana, Desrous. 
in dict. encyl. 4. p. 83. Stem shrubby, dwarf. Flowers citron- 
coloured. 
Peruvian Riedleia. Shrub 2 feet. 
12 R. surina (D.C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves ovate, serrated ; 
flowers capitate; stems procumbent. ©. S. Native of the 
East Indies. Meldchia supina, Lin. spec, 944.—Pluk. alm. t. 
132. f. 4. Flowers red. 
Trailing Riedleia. FI. June, July. Clt. 1823. Pl. trailing. 
13 R. corcHorIro'LIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves ovate, 
somewhat 3-lobed, serrated, smooyh ; flowers generally terminal, 
capitate, sessile. ©. S. Native of Ceylon and Java. Melò- 
chia corchorifdlia, Lin. spec. 944. Cav. diss. 6. p. 321. t. 174. 
f. 2.—Dill. elth. t. 176. f. 217. Corolla pale-purple, with a yel- 
low bottom. 
Corchorus-leaved Riedleia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1733. Pl. 1 ft. 
14 R. rapra‘ra (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnza. 1. p. 655.) 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, rather pubescent 
on the midrib on both surfaces ; lower leaves ovate, sublobate ; 
spikes umbellate, terminal. ©? S. Native of Java. 
Rayed Riedleia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
15 R. rwrva‘ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 491.) leaves ovate, some- 
what acuminated, obsoletely cordate, doubly-serrated, clothed on 
both surfaces with close-pressed hairs ; peduncles axillary, trifid, 
many-flowered, one-half shorter than the petioles. % ? S. Na- 
3 Y 
Cit. 1817. 
