86 calyciflorjE. 



HAB. Limestone districts — Near the Moneague, Dr. 

 Alexander. 



F L. March. 



A shrub about six feet in height. Leaves, with the 

 margin in the young entire, in the older leaves denticul- 

 ated, revolute so as to be concave on the under surface, 

 to the glass minutely punctulated above, densely rufo- 

 lepidose with a silvery glance beneath, 4-5 inches long, 

 and rather more than one broad : petiole very short. 

 Peduncle and its branches rufo-lepidose. Flowers mi- 

 nute, crowded on very short branchlets. Calyx turbinate, 

 externally rufo-lepidose, obsoletely 5-toothed. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 10 : anthers one-pored. Style erect. Fruit — ? 



14. Miconia prasina. Fragrant Miconia. 



Branchlets towards the extremity subtetra- 

 gonal and cinereo-farinose, leaves ohlongo-lan- 

 ceolate acuminate attenuated at the base sub- 

 entire or denticulated 3-ply-nerved besides a 

 marginal pair glabrous, thyrse terminal panicled, 

 branchlets patent, calycine teeth 5 minute, petals 

 concave, stamens 10. 



Melastoma prasina, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. Ill 



HAB. Potosi wood, near Bath. Moortown. Damp 

 Savannahs. 



F L. January*— March. 



A shrub, 4-10 feet in height : branches compressed 

 towards the end. Leaves shortly petiolate, 6-9 inches in 

 length, oblong, of a livid green colour. Panicle much 

 branched : branches patulous, subdivided : flowers small, 

 white, odorous, subsessile, minutely bracteolated. Calyx 

 somewhat campanulate, externally (to the glass) lepidoto- 

 punctulated. Petals 5, oblong, concave, most minutely 

 ciliated, and at the apex crispid. Stamens longer than 

 the petals : anthers linear, minutely biauriculated, 1-pored. 

 Ovary spherical : style erect : stigma subcapitate, gluti- 

 nose. Berry size of a coriander seed, azure blue, 

 glaucescent, 5-celled. 



I am confident that this is the Melastoma frasina of 

 Swartz. The principal difference is that the leaves, ac- 

 cording to that Author, are very entire, There are cer- 



