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1. Riedleia in fiat a. Hop-fruited Riedteia. 
Leaves ovate acuminate obsoletely cordate dupli- 
cato-serrated villous above hoary and stellato-pilose 
along the nerves beneath, peduncle axillary 3-4-fld 
many-flowered shorter than the petiole. 
Melochia lupulina, Swartz , FI. Ind. Occ. II. 1141 Mon- 
geotia inflata, H. B. et Kunth. V. 330. t. 484. 
HAB. Moist thickets. 
FL. January. 
Suffrutescent, about 3 feet high, terete, piloso-subtomentose 
towards the end of the branches. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 
about 4 inches long and 3 broad, ovate, acuminate, cordate, 
duplicato-serrated, pubescent above, hoary and stellato-pubes- 
cent along the nerves and veins beneath. Peduncles axillary, 3-4 
together, shorter than the petiole, bearing several white pedi- 
eelled flowers in an umbellule. Calyx 5-sided, 5-partite, pu- 
bescent, slightly inflated, persistent. Petals oval, shortly clawed, 
white with a yellow spot in the centre. Filaments united at 
the base, shorter than the petals : anthers didymous. Styles 5, 
subulate, twice the length of the filaments. Carpels 5, one- 
seeded, situated within the enlarged inflated withered calyx. 
2. Riedleia nodiflora. Purple-stemmed Riedleia. 
Leaves ovate acuminate serrated subglabrous (when 
young minutely appressed puberulous especially be- 
neath,) flowers axillary crowded sessile. 
Abutilon fruticosum, floribus albis ad alas foliorum congloba- 
tis, S/oane, I. 219. t. 135. f. 2. — Melochia nodiflora, Swartz, FI. 
Ind. Occ. II. 1139. — Mongeotia nodiflora, H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. Am. V. 330. — Riedleia nodiflora, De Cand. I. 491. 
HAB. Common in fences. 
FL. After rains, throughout the year. 
A shrub, 2—3 feet in height, erect : branches alternate, 
sub-distichal and gradually shorter towards the end of the 
stem, subdivided, terete, purpurascent, minutely puberulous 
towards their extremities. Leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate, 
rounded at the base, acuminate, serrated, penni-nerved, rugu- 
lose, minutely appresso-puberulous especially along the nerves 
beneath : petiole A an inch in length. Stipules lanceolate, 
marescent, puberulous, deciduous. Flowers axillary, crowd- 
ed, subsessile, small, reddish-white : pedicels about a line in 
length, furnished with lanceolate marescent bracteas at the 
base. Calyx 5-fid, divisions minutely ciliated, veined, persis- 
tent. Petals 5, oblong. Filaments monadelphous : anthers 5, 
bilocular. Styles 5. Carpels 5, externally puberulous, united 
