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H A B. Mountain woods. 

 FL. Spring and Autumn. 



A shrub: branches at the end tetragonal, and pilose, 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long, nerved, strigoseand rufous above, 

 reticulately veined and hoary-tomentose beneath : pe- 

 tiole an inch in length. Panicle axillary, solitary, erect, 

 shorter than the leaves ; flowers 3-4 together, purpura- 

 scent. Calycine teeth 5, long, filiform, hispid, erect. 

 Petals oblong, shortly clawed. Filaments 10, filiform, 

 short, kneed : anthers linear, incurved, short. Ovary 

 hirsute ; style short : stigma obtuse. Berry crowned with 

 the calyx, hirsute, many-seeded. 



3. Clidemia hirsuta. Rouglirleaved Clidemia. 



Branches subterete, as also the petioles, upper 

 surface of leaves and peduncles hispid with short 

 thick strigose setae, leaves ovate acuminate 3-ply- 

 nerved serrulated rugose above reticulato-foveo- 

 lated beneath, thyrse terminal short sessile, divi- 

 sions 2-flowercd, calycine teeth 5 reflected, pe- 

 tals lanceolate, stamens 10. 



H A B. Port Royal Mountains, near Rosanna Mount, 

 FL. June. 



A shrub 4-6 feet in height : branches patulous, com- 

 pressed at the end. strigoso-scabrous with dense shoit 

 subulate hairs. Leaves opposite, petiolated, ovate, acu- 

 minate, unequal at the base, denticu'ato-serrulated, 3-ply- 

 nerved, with the lateral nerves not opposite, and a mar- 

 ginal pair indistinct, deep green above, paler beneath, 

 with the nerves ferruginous : petiole strigoso- hirsute. 

 Panicle terminal, scarcely the length of the leaf, trichoto- 

 mously divided : branches opposite, spreading horizon- 

 tally, strigoso-hirsute, coloured ; central division bear- 

 ing two shortly pedicelled obscure flowers. Calycine 

 teeth subulate: tube campanulate, with a line of minuto 

 hairs in the throat. Petals twice the length of the caly- 

 cine teeth, lanceolate, with a toothlet on one side near 

 the insertion, tinged with rose colour, reflected. Stamens 

 10: anthers yellow, one-pored. Style longer than the 

 stamens, thick, acuminate : stigma obtuse. Berry size of 



