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CALYCIFLOlliE. 
than the petiole, tripartito-triftd, reclinate. Flowers pe- 
dicelled, minute, white. Calycine teeth very minute, 
erect. Petals acuminate. Filaments short : anthers yel- 
low. Ovary globose : style subulate, longer than the 
stamens : stigma acute. Berry crowned with the Calyx. 
— Swartz . 
VI. Sagrjea. 
Calycine tube adherent to the ovary beyond 
which it is not produced $ lobes 4, short, persist- 
ent. Petals 4, oval. Stamens 8, with the an- 
thers scarcely auriculated at the base. Ovary 
subglabrous at the apex : style filiform : stigma 
obtuse. Capsule berried, 4-celled : seeds small, 
ovate, angular. 
Shrubby plants, natives of the warmer regions of Ame- 
rica: inflorescence axillary. — Name, in honor of Don Ra- 
mon de la Sagra, Director of the Botanic Garden at the 
Havannah. 
1. Sagra3a fascicularis. Crowded- Flowered 
Sagrrea. 
Brancldets tetragonal hirsuto-hispid, petioles 
hairy scabrous, leaves ovate acute at both ends 
entire 3-nerved besides the marginal pair hirsute 
scabrous, under suriace of the nerves hispid, pe- 
dicels infra-foliolar one-flowered crowded short, 
teeth of the calyx 4 acute erect persistent, petals 
subrotund. 
Melastoma fascicularis, Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. 801. — 
8ogrma fascicularis, DC. Prod. III. 170. 
II A B. Woods in the interior. 
F L. April. 
A shrub 6-10 feet in height, Leaves towards the end 
of the branches, 5-6 inches long, pctiolate, decussating : 
petiole an inch in length, hairy, scabrous. Flowers 
crowded, small, white. Peduncles 3-4 lines in length, 
