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tW'lAU HORTUS JAl^lAICENSTS. 407 



Thf/ollou-'ing are eight stamened, n'if/i thrct-ncrred leaves : 



21. SCABROSA. RUGGRP. 



Siib-hirsula, foliis cordu.is scabris, niint!*is''i)?ip denticuhtis ct pulchre 

 reticu/al^i ractiiu's vilnoribits akiribus. Ciowiie, p. 2 ID, t. 24, 

 f. 3. 



Leaves triple- aorved, tooih-Iettcd, ovate, rugged, hirstite; ilowers axillary, 

 aggregate, sessile, eight stameiii.' 1. 



Stem shrubby, scarcely a fathom in height, branched, hirsute; branches erect, 

 round, hirsute; leaves large, sub decussated, ovate, artenuuted, b'unt, toothleited, 

 triple-nerved, rng^^ed, with papiUas, whicli ttrminate in a hrair, and' are ex-avated 

 underneath, hirsnte-tonientose ; petioles l"ng, loose, round, tlrick, hirsute; (lowers 

 axillary, very much clustered, sessile, extremely minute, -whi,tisb-red ;,. calvx tbur- 

 cleft, pur|)le, hu-sute, with the hinder segments awi-slriped, minute; petals four, 

 scarcely iartJ,er than the caiyx, lanceolate, acute, spreading, white ; fiianients longer 

 than tne corolla, knee-j<Tinii >1 ; anthers liueai', acute, g>rm intVrior, covered by the 

 calyx; st.le columnar, thickish ; stigma blunt ; berry minute, ronn.'ish, surrounded 

 and crowned by the calyx, hirsuie, rufous, tour-celled. Nativa ol the colder mo ui^ 

 taijis ; flowenii^.in November and December. Sw. 



22: liUBEKS. RtDPiSH, 



Foliis ovaiix nitidis minalissime dcnticulatisy. tenis-et ramulis ptirput- 

 rusce/i/ihtis. Bruv\ne, p. i2iy. 



Leaves three-nerved, tooth- etteu, ovate-Lnceolate, acuminate, very smooth; 

 branches anJ petioles coloured ; raceme terminating ; flowers clusteredy.- 

 dioecious- SziK . 



Browne calls tliis the smooth leav^^d melastoma, with purple' veins, which grovvs iij 

 file coUcst mountains oi' Liguanea.. 



J ;. FASC1CULARI3. BUNDLED. 



Le-ives three-ner%'ed, entire, ovate-acute, I'uggei ; branches flawer-bcaxing j 

 dowers shortly peduncled, ciusiered. Sw. 



24; PORPUilASCEN'S, PURPLE. 



Lo:'.vf?^ three-nerved, entire, obiong-, acute, striated, very s-nooth ; ntcemea- 

 lutiul, patulous; flowers diaiinct. Suk 



25. niRTELLA, Pr.l'Ga-HAlRFn, 



Leaves, three-nerved, hispid at the edge ; peduncles very short, axil!::.ry, tliree. 

 tlovvered. Sw. 



2(^. IIIRSUTA. S!IAGGY. 



Ij2aves tbref-nerved, somewnat tooth-letted, broa i-lanceolpte, attenuatecTj . 

 uusme ; paduiicles axillary, tiiree-llowered, divaricated. Sw. 



27. GLABRATA. SMOOTM. 



t^aves three-nerved, jomewhat tooth-letted, ovate-acute, sajoothj-coriaseous ; 

 aeuuacitfs-torajiiuicLigiL solitary, oiie-flv>rt'ered.- -i'a'. 



