1 \ CALYCIFLOR^E 



Name in honor of Clidemi, an ancient Greek Botanist. 



1. Clidemia hirta. Hairy Clidemia. 



Branches round with the petioles and panicles 

 hispid with rufous hairs, leaves ovato-lanceolate 

 sub-attenuated at the base, acuminate at the 

 apex denticulated 5-nerved, along the nerves 

 densely, elsewhere sparingly hairy, panicles axil- 

 lary 3-chotomous few-flowered scarcely the length 

 of the petiole, teeth of the calyx ovate hairy, pe- 

 tals obovate, stamens 10. 



Mela stoma hirta, Swartz, Obs. 175. — Si?ns Bot. Mag. 

 1971.— Clidemia hirta, DC. Piod. III. 157. 



HAB. Mountain forests. 

 F L. Spring and Autumn. 



A shrub 3-4 feet in height: branches hairy : branch- 

 lets ferrugineo-hispid. Leaves rugose, soft, very hairy r 

 petiole rather long, terete, hirsute. Panicles axillary and 

 terminal, solitary, 3- 5 -flowered. Hairs on the calyx 

 tinged with crimson. Petals ovate, white, not so long as 

 the segments of the calyx. Filaments short. Style 

 thick : stigma obtuse, concave. Berry crowned with the 

 calyx, hairy, blue, 5-celled. 



According to Swartz the flowers are sometimes dode- 

 candrous ; calycine teeth 6 : petals 6 ; berry 6- celled. 



2. Clidemia Strigiilosa. Coarse-leaved Cli- 

 demia. 



Branches and petioles hairy, leaves oblong 

 subcordate at the base thrice the length of the 

 petiole acuminate 5-nerved besides an obscure 

 marginal pair subdenticulated piloso-hispid above 

 canescenti-tomentose beneath, racemes axillary 

 with the branches opposite 3-4 flowered, calyx 

 hirsute with the teeth filiform, petals oblong. 



Melastoma strigiilosa, Swartz, Fl. Intl. Occ. 703. — 

 Clidemia strigiilosa, DC. Prod. Ill, 159. 



