JM CALYCIFLORiE. 



HAB. St. Ann's, Dr. Alexander. 



F L. February — April. 



Leaves thin, membranaceous, about 6 inches long and 

 2\ broad: petiole less than an inch in breadth. Thyrse 

 shorter than the leaves. Flowers crowded, sessile, rather 

 small. Branches of the peduncle tetragonal, tomentulose. 

 Calyx externally tomentulose, 5- fid, with the lobes after- 

 wards connivent. Petals rounded at the apex, somewhat 

 clawed. Anthers 2-pored, subauriculated at the base. 

 Style long : stigma excavated. 



Were it n"t for the anthers being bi-porose, I would 

 refer this to the second section of Miconia. 



6. Cremanium trinerve. Three-nerved Ore" 



manium. 



Very glabrous, branchlets subtetragona! co- 

 loured, leaves elliptico-lanceolate acuminate with 

 the apex obtuse minutely serrulated 3-nerved 

 besides an obscure marginal pair membranaceous, 

 thyrse terminal, flowers decandrous. 



Melastoma trincrvis, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 774. 



HAB Mountain thickets. 

 F L. Early in the year. 



A shrub, 6-8 feet in height : branches terete. Leaves 

 about 4 inches long and 1 J broad, with the nerves on the 

 under surface coloured (red) : petiole slightly channelled, 

 very glabrous, coloured. Thyrse terminal, shorter 

 than the leaves, sessile : peduncle tetragonal, glabrous : 

 branches decussating: flowers numerous, crowded, white, 

 in threes, subsessile. Calyx subglobose : teeth 5, minute. 

 Petals 5, oval. Stamens 10, longer than the petals ; an- 

 thers 2-pored: Style length of the stamens: stigma 

 obtuse. 



7. Cremanium splendens. Showy Cremanium. 



Branches terete glabrous towards the extre- 

 mity ferruginous, leaves oblong acuminate entire 

 5-nerved including the marginal pair glabrous 

 shining above, flowers panicled subumbellated 



