94, BUETTNERIACEiB. 



late, acuminate; petals exserted; column, cohering at the top, split in tie vtadSe, exceeded 



by the styles; styles united below; capsule villous, globose, septicidal and loculicidal. — SI. 



t. 138./. 1; Vent. Choix. t. 37. — Eiedleia, Vent. Melooh. hirsuta, Sich. Oub. (non Cav.). 



— ^A shrub, about 2' high, variable in the density of the long, soft hairs ; leaves l"-li" long, 

 r often subcordate at the base ; petals purple, with yellow claws, spathulate, 5"'-6'" long, a 

 "^ little exceeding the involucel ; capsule included within the calyx : valves 14'" long. — Hab. 



Jamaica I, Mac/., Al., March, in pastures of the northern and central districts, S. Ann's, S. 



Thomas in the Vale ; Trinidad I, Lockh.; [Cuba ! and Mexico I to Brazil ! and Peru I]. 



12. M. hirsuta, Cav. Shrubby, mllous-lamigmose ; leaves ovate-oblong, bluntish, 

 appressed, duplicate-serrate, velvety and villous ; flower-clusters in a terminal, oilong, com- 

 pact spike, inferior distant ; calyx half the length of the linear involucel leaves : lobes ovate, 

 pointed; petals exserted; column h-fid, exceeding the styles; styles united below; capsule 

 . . . . — Oav. Diss. t. 174./. 1 : male. — M. vestita, Benth.: a very villous form. — A virgate 

 shrub, densely covered with soft hairs; leaves \\" long, usually subcordate at the base; 

 flowers larger than in the preceding, the petals in the same proportion to the involucel. — 

 Hab. S. Lucia!, Anders.; Trinidad!, Or.; [Haiti!, Panama!, Guiana I, Bahia!]. 



Sect. 3. MouoEOTiA. — Capsule pentacoccous. Column i-fid, or nearly entire 

 to the anthers. 



13. M. nodiflora, Sio.! Shrubby, glabrate; leaves ovate, pointed, serrate; flowers 

 glomerate : clusters axillary, much exceeded by the petiole ; calyx a little exceeded by the 

 corolla : lobes deltoid, pointed ; column entire : anthers sessile ; styles distinct ; capsule snb- 

 globose, 5-angular, hairy, a little exceeding the calyx : carpids at length distinct, tardily de- 



* hiscent along the ventral line. — SI. t. 135./. 2. — Mougeotia, .ff^A. Riedleia, DC. — ^A shrub, 

 2-6' high, pubernlous in the younger parts ; leaves 3"-2", long : inferior petioles 1" long, 

 superior decrescent ; calyx 14'" long ; petals spathulate, reddish-white, nearly equalling the 

 column and the styles ; capsule subdepressed, 2'" diam. — Has. Jamaica !, Mac/., M'Nai, 

 Al, JVils., March, common in fences; Antigua!, Nichols.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Cuba!, 

 Mexico !, Panama !]. 



14. M. lupulina, Sw. ! Shrubby ; leaves ovate, pointed, subcordate at the base, du- 

 plicate-serrate, glabrescent or subpubescent with a scattered down ; flowers fascicled : clus- 

 ters axillary, many-flowered : peduncle short, much exceeded by the petiole ; ealyx nearly 

 equalling the coroUa, at length inflated: lobes deltoid, pointed; column 5-fld to the 

 middle; styles distinct; capsule snbglobose, 5-angular, much smaller than the enlarged 

 calyx : carpids at length distinct, tardily dehiscent along the ventral line. — Kth. Nov. Gen. t. 

 484. — Mougeotia inflata, Kth. (Kiedleia, Macf.J; Melochia, Benth.). — A branched shrub, 

 3'-5' high, pubescent in the younger parts ; leaves 24"-4" long, about twice as long as the 

 pubescent petiole; calyx li'" long, and at length 4'" long and 3'" broad, broadly carapanulate; 

 petals oval, white, with a yellow spot : limb twice the length of the claw ; capsule pubern- 

 lous, 14'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Wils., in moist thickets (resembling the bramble, 

 Wits.); [New Granada!, Ecuador!, Peru!]. 



15. ni. venosa, Sw.! Shrubby; leaves ovate, pointed, serrate, pubescent beneath and 

 on the veins of the upper side; flowers fascicled : clusters arranged in a terminal, inter- 

 rupted raceme: peduncles short; calyx twice exceeded by the corolla: lobes lanceolate, 

 pointed; stamens monadelphous, somewhat cohering at the top; styles distinct; capsule 

 subglobose, villous : carpids at length distinct and dehiscent along the ventral line. — Kiedleia, 

 DC. K. jamaicensis, DC. E. virgultosa, Macf. Melochia jamaicensis, Berter. M. de- 

 prcssa, L.? (non Cas.).— In habit it resembles M. serrata, but is easily distinguished by the 

 pediceUate, yellow flowers. A shrub, 2'-3' high ; petals obovate, 4'" long ; capsule 2'" diam. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Houston, March, in dry situations, in the district of S. Andrew's. 



M. odorata, L. fil. {Cav. Diss. t. 173./. 2), a high tree of the Pacific islands and the 

 East Indies has been introduced into Jamaica. 



6. WALTHEEIA, L. 



Calyx 6-fid with a lateral involucel. Petals B. Column adhering to the base of the 

 petal-dawB, entire, or divided into 5 filaments. Carpel solitary ! sidles simple, slightly la- 



