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one-third of an inch in length. Spike about 6 inches in 

 length. Flowers very minute. Calyx obscurely 5- 

 toothed. Ovary umbilicated, with the umbilicus sheath- 

 ing for the reception of the base of style, with the mar- 

 gin of the sheath minutely ciliated. Berry scarlet, size 

 of a coriander, 5-celled : seeds minute, ovoid. 



3. Miconia serrulata. Finely-serrated Mi- 

 conia. 



Glabrous, branchlets tetragonal slightly sul- 

 cated, leaves oblongo-lanceolate rounded at the 

 base obtuse at the apex sharply serrulated with 

 the teeth setose 3-nerved besides the marginal 

 pair, panicle terminal, branchlets short subdivided 

 with the flowers subsessile and clustered. 



HAB. Guy's Hill. Dr. Mac Nab. 



FL. 



Leaves 68 inches long and 2 broad : petiole upwards of 

 an inch in length. Peduncle tetragonal, glabrous, with its 

 branches subsimple. Calyx minutely 5-toothed. Petals 5, 

 oblong. Stamens 10 : anthers one-pored. 



Sect. ii. eriosphjera. 



Alibastrum globose, tomentose. Calycine tube 

 subglobose, with the limb very short. Leaves 

 discoloured on the under surface. Panicles ter- 

 minal : flowers sessile secund cr jwded at the 

 apices of the branchlets, or along a simple 

 rachis. 



4. Miconia holosericea. Woolly Miconia, 



Branches at the end compressed subtetragonal 

 incano-rufescent, leaves oblong abruptly acumi- 

 nate rounded and subcordate at the base ob- 

 scurely denticulated 3-nerved besides the mar- 

 ginal pair, bright green and shining above, 



