926 MELASTOMACEAE 
Anthers relatively short, elliptic, not uu aud at the base. 1. ELLIPTICAE. 
Anthers elongate, linear, spurred at the bas 2. LINEARES. 
I. ELLIPTICAE 
Corolla yellow. 1. R. lutea. 
Corolla purple or rarely whit 
ypanthium glandular-pubescent : upper surface of the leaf- 
blades glabrou 2. R. serrulata. 
Hypanthium ET upper surface of the leaf-blades 
bristly. 9. R. ciliosa. 
II. LINEARES 
Neck of the mature hypanthium as long as the body or longer. 
Leaf-blades narrowly linear, the midrib only prominent and 
conspicuous. 4, R. cubensis. 
Leaf-blades PE Jinear, the 3 nerves prominent and con- 
Spicuo 
Stems toi sparingly pubescent with delicate hairs: 
leaf-blades nearly glabrous. 5. R. mariana. 
Stems densely pubescent with coarse yellow ae leaf- 
Bc shaggy- TRAE with hairs like tho on the -€-———— 
A . IN GS Ht. 
eaf- e linear ES lance e e. 7. R. lanceolata. 
L ae blades oval, elliptic, or oblong-ovate, very thin. 8. R. delicatula. 
Hypan S densely a TE nt. 9. R. Alifanus. 
Stems sharply angled or na epee 4-winged. 
So a over 2 cm. broad, ored. 
epals Aud than 1% A ONE as the hypanthium at 
ity. 
Stems with pubescent internodes: hypanthium 
pubescent at maturity. 10. R. virginica. 
Stems wi bn. internodes:  hypanthium 
labrous at maturi 11. R. stricta. 
Sepals fully % as long as the nm at maturity. 12. R. aristosa. 
Corolla less than 2 em. broad, 13. R. parvifiora. 
1. R. lutea ee Stems 1-3 dm. tall: leaf s cuneate to elliptic or md 
tic-linear, 1—2.5 ong: petals yellow, 9-13 mm. long: capsule about 
long. Fla. 
—Mois t ; Pinelands, oe Plain, 
to La. . C— um. 
2. R. serrulata Nutt. Stems 5- 30 em. tall: 
hx. 
leaf-blades broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate 
m. et violet- 
psu 
Dg dia or E pink, 9—15 em. long: ca 
ong.—M ist pinelands and sand. 
il need Cossta Plain, C Fla. to La. and 
Md.—Spr.-s 
bensis Griseb. n 2-5 dm. tall, glandular-hirsute: leaf-blades 
linear or ae fs o 1. ded m. long: sepals lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate: 
petals purple, 11-17 m long: capsule 6-7 mm. long. [R. floridana Nash]— 
Sandy and Sn E DE Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss. and Ga.—Sum. or all 
year S. 
5. R. riana L. Stems 2-8 dm. tall, villous- agree leaf-blades parrowly 
elliptic, p A Or epi accor ate, 1.5-8 ¢ sepals ovate to tri- 
DER pd pale DR or deep- "purple 14-28 | mm one capsule 6-7 mm. 
— (PAL Y.)—Swamps, marshes, and ditches, various prov- 
dedi Fla. "n Tex, " Mo., ud N. Y oe —fal 
