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CALYCIFLOR.m 
3. Meriania purpurea. Purple Meriania. 
Branchlets terete glabrous, leaves ovato-lanceo- 
late denticulated glabrous, bracteae 4 lanceolate 
denticulated. 
Swartz, FI. Iiid. Occ. 829. 
II A B. Higher mountains. 
F L. Autumn. 
A shrub, 15 feet in height: branchlets purpurascent. 
Leaves slightly recurved at the apex, 3-nerved, of a dark 
green colour: petiole channelled above; when young, 
as also the nerves of the leaves, puberulous. Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, one-flowered, an inch or more in length. 
Bractece leaf-like, sessile, 3 nerved. Calycine lobes 5, 
erect, subulate, broad at the base. Petals 5, purple. 
Stamens 10, declinate : anthers yellow. Ovary 5, lobuled 
at the summit ; style length of the stamens : stigma 
rounded. Capsule as in the preceding species. 
These three species are beautiful shrubs, with showy 
flowers. It is to be regretted that we have not yet been 
successful in establishing them in our gardens. They 
resemble some species ol'the animal kingdom, which soon 
pine and die when removed from the wild haunts of na- 
ture, notwithstanding every care and attention. These 
plants are very common in the moist damp woods of the 
higher mountains. 
Tribe II. RHEXIEJE. 
Anthers I -pored. Ovary free at the summit, 
without scales or setae. Capsule dry. Seeds 
cochleate, with the hilum orbiculate and basilar. 
II. Spennera. 
Calycine tube globose : lobes 4-5, short. Ala- 
bastrum conical. Petals lanceolate, acute. Sta- 
mens 8-10: anthers ovate with a long spur-like 
curved appendage from the base. Capsule dry, 
2-3-ceiled : seeds echinulated. 
Name, in honor of M. Spcnner, a distinguished Bota- 
nist. 
