394 TETRANDRIA MONOGYN1A. CalUcarpCt. 



down, from six to nine inches long-, and two or three broad. 

 Stipules none. Petioles about an inch long", downy, many 

 limes shorter than the leaves. Peduncles as long as the pe- 

 tioles, round, downy. Bractes lanceolate, one under each di- 

 vision of the corymb. Flowers very numerous, small, rose- 

 coloured. Calyx woolly, the four divisions distinct and acute. 



6. C. acuminata. R. 



Shrubby, tender parts hoary with a stellate pubescence. 

 Leaves broad-lanceolar, acuminate, remotely repand, denti- 

 culate. Panicles axillary, long-peduncled, dicholomous, 

 shorter than the leaves. 



A native of Silhet, flowers in May. In this species the pa- 

 nicles are elevated on longer peduncles than in the other 

 species, the leaves and young- parts hairy, except the upper 

 surface of the former when fully expanded, which is then nak- 

 ed and reticulate ; from four to five inches long- by nearly two 

 broad. 



7. C. longifolia. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. i. 621. 

 Shrubby, with erect weak branches. Leaves rather long-- 



petioled, broad-lanceolate, serrulate, smooth above, downy 

 underneath. Panicles axillary, dichotomous, length of the 

 petioles. Berries white. 



A native of Prince of Wales' Island, where it blossoms in 

 June, July, and August. 



8. C. cuspidata. R. 



Shrubby, all the tender parts, and the under surface of the 

 short-petioled, elliptic, dentate, cuspidate leaves woolly. Co- 

 rymbs axillary, their division and the calyces clothed with 

 minute grains under the wool. 



A native of the Moluccas; the leaves are always acutely 

 dentate, and end in a long taper, acute point. The berries 

 are very small, smooth, and purple. 



