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H A B. Mount Diablo. Dr. Alexander. 



FL. May. 



A beautiful tree, with the stem straight andsimple, 

 about 25 feet in height, branches spreading. Leaves 

 petiolate, about 5 inches long and 2 broad, slightly denti- 

 culated towards the apex. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 

 twice the length of the calyx, oblong. Anthers yellow. 



XII. Henriettea. 



Calyx campanulate ; lobes 5, broad, obtuse. 

 Petals 5, velvetty, ovate. Stamens 10: anthers 

 thick, bifid at the base, with a long beak at the 

 apex, one-pored. Style cylindrical, hairy. Stig- 

 ma capitate, obtuse. Berry juicy, 5-celled : seeds 

 cuneato-ovoid. 



1 Henriettea ramiflora. Common Henriettea. 



Branches towards the end compressed and fer- 

 rugineo-hispidulo-tomentose, leaves eiliptico-lan- 

 ceolate acuminate at both ends entire 3-ply- 

 nerved besides the marginal pair strigoso-hispi- 

 dulous especially along the nerves ciliated, pedun- 

 cles from the axils of the old leaves 10-15 crowd- 

 ed one-flowered, calyx urceolate obtusely 5-lobed, 

 petals ovate. 



Melastoma ramiflora, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 775 — Hen- 

 riettea ramiflora, DC. Prod. III. 178. 



H A B. In damp thickets, St. Thomas in the Vale. Mo- 

 neague, Dr. Alexander. 



F L. January. 



A tree-like shrub. Leaves at the ends of the branches, 

 shortly petiolate, about 5 inches long and 2 broad, bright 

 green above, paler with a rufescent tinge beneath. Pe- 

 duncles of equal length, about one third of an inch, fili- 

 form, one-flowered. Alibastrum conical. Calyx obtusely 

 5-lobed. Petals 5, oblong, reflected. Stamens 10, erect, 

 longer than the petals: filaments capillary: anthers 1- 

 pored. Style incrassated towards the stigma which is 



