862 BUETTNERIACEAE 
1. MOLUCHIA Medic. Herbs, shrubs, or small trees. Leaf-blades 
toothed. i wanting. Sepals 5, united at the base. Petals 5, marces- 
cent. Filaments united at the base. Styles 
5, distinct. Capsules 5-valved, angled.— 
About 6 species, tropical. 
. M. tomentosa (L.) Britto Mue 
branched shrub u 2 m. tall, ‘the foliage 
] 
ony veined beneat -lobes aeumi- 
qu bien dd rose- T. about 1 
mm , beaked, with 
long: 
5 MEAT "lads, "seed "15 mm. long. 
[Melochia tomentosa L.]—(BRrooM-woop. \— 
Pinelands, S pen. Fla. and S Tex.—(W. I., 
Mex., C. A., S. A.)— —Spr.—fall. 
2. MELOCHIA [Dill] L. Herbs or shrubby plants Leaf-blades toothed 
and sometimes also slightly- -lobed. Involucel present. Sepals 5, partly united. 
d 
tyles 
licidally 5-va ved. —About 25 species, trop- 
ical and di 
1. M. corchorifolia L. Stem u up to 1.5 mm. 
glabrous or sparingly pubescent, al ely 
: lea o 
i meter. : 
(Chapm. Fl) not Cav.]— Old, fields, cult. 
grounds and waste- o o paa nces, 
. C.—Spr.- 
o Tex., and S 
3. DLEA Vent. Herbs or low woody shrubs. Leaf-blades toothed. 
Involucel of 3 pile Flowers in terminal and axillary clusters. Sepals 9, 
partly united. Petals 5, marcescent. Fila- 
ments partly piel. pus 5, partly united. 
Capsule 5-valved.—About 20 species, mostly 
tropical American. 
1. R. hirsuta (Cav.) DC. Stem diffusely 
pe the n decumbent or ascend- 
ing, to 1.5 m ong, hirsute and often 
with s me Rr) hairs: leaf-blades ovate 
to ee serrate, short-petioled: . calyx- 
lobes ovate to deltoid, 9-13 mm. Jong: 
lege able: capsule subglo obose, about 3 
. in diameter. [Melochia hirsuta Cav.]— 
Pinelands, E Les Fla.—(W. I., Mez., C. A., 
4.)— 
