48 CALYCIFLOR-i:. 



longer than the calycine lobes lanceolate acute 

 white, filaments kneed, stigma blunt, berry minute 

 subrotund 4-celled rufous. 



Melastoma subhirsuta, foliis cordatis, scabris, minutis- 

 sime denticulatis, Browne, t. 24. f. 3. — Melastoma scab- 

 rosa, Sitfcirtz, Obs. 174. — Ossoea scabrosa, DC. Prod. III. 

 169. 



IT A B. The Mountains, on wet banks. Sulphur river, 

 Bath. 



F L. November, December. 



Stem 4-5 feet in height: branches ferruginous. Leaves 

 rather large, triply-nerved with a marginal pair : petioles 

 long, round, thick, hirsute. Flowers principally in the 

 situation of the axillae of the leaves which have dropt off, 

 6-10, rather obscure, sessile. Petals acute, bisetose at 

 the apex, tinged with purple. Filaments longer than the 

 petals. Style thick, erect, crimson : stigma simple. 

 Berry minute, spherical, crowned with the calyx, hairy, 

 4 celled. 



2. Osssea pratensis. Meadow Osstea. 



Stem shrubby hirsute, branches terete as also 

 the petioles ferrugineo-tomentose, leaves ovate 

 obtuse entire 3-ply-nerved rugose tomentoso-hir- 

 sute, peduncles in threes axillary each one-flow- 

 ered filiform pilose, calyx tomentose with 4 su- 

 bulate teeth, petals 4 ovato-lanceolate, stamens 

 10, berry blackish purple hairy 4-celled. 



H AB. Pastures of Shenton and Tulloch, St. Thomas 

 in the Vale. 



F L. End of the year. 



Stem shrubby, 2-3 feet high : branches opposite, spread- 

 ing, subdistichal, terete, ferrugineo-tomentose. Leaves 

 opposite, shortly petiolate, ovate, obtuse, entire, rugulose, 

 tomentoso- hirsute : petiole tomentose. Flowers axillary, 

 peduncled : peduncles 3 together ; each one-flowered, 

 filiform, pilose ; the middle peduncle short ; the lateral 

 ones an inch in length. Calyx externally piloso-tomen- 

 tose. Petals white, acute, caducous. Anthers yellow, 

 style erect, club-shaped: stigma simple. Berry size of 

 a black currant, purple, hairy. 



