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CALYCIFLORi’B 
Name in honor ofClidemi, an ancient Greek Botanist. 
1 . Clidemia hirta. Hairy Clidemia . 
Branches round with the petioles and panicles 
hispid with rufous hairs, leaves ovato-lanceolate 
sub-attenuated at the base, acuminate at the 
apex denticulated 5-nerved, along the nerves 
densely, elsewhere sparingly hairy, panicles axil- 
lary 3-chotomous few-flowered scarcely the length 
of the petiole, teeth of the calyx ovate hairy, pe- 
tals obovate, stamens 10. 
Melastoma hirta, Swartz, Ohs , 175. — Sims Bot. Mag. 
1971. — Clidemia hirta, DC. Piod. III. 157. 
II A B. Mountain forests. 
F L. Spring and Autumn. 
A shrub 3-4 feet in height: branches hairy : branch- 
lets ferrugineo-hispid. Leaves rugose, soft, very hairy j 
petiole rather long, terete, hirsute. Panicles axillary and 
terminal, solitary, 3-5 flowered. Hairs on the calyx 
tinged with crimson. Petals ovate, white, not so long as- 
the segments of the calyx. Filaments short. Style 
thick : stigma obtuse, concave. Berry crowned with the 
calyx, hairy, blue, 5-celled. 
According to Swartz the flowers are sometimes dode- 
candrous ; calycine teeth 6 : petals G ; berry G-cellcd. 
2. Clidemia Strigillosa. Coarse-leaved Cli- 
demia. 
Branches and petioles hairy, leaves oblong 
siibcordate at the base thrice the length of the 
petiole acuminate 5-nerved besides an obscure 
marginal pair subdenticulated piloso-hispid above 
canescenti-tomentose beneath, racemes axillary 
with the branches opposite 3-4 flowered, calyx 
hirsute with the teeth filiform, petals oblong. 
Melastoma strigillosa, Swartz , FI. Ind. Occ. 793. — 
Clidemia strigillosa, DC. Prod. HI, 159. 
