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one-flowered. Petals 4, spreading, white. Stamens 8. 
Ovary subrotund, hispid : style subulate : stigma obtuse. 
Berry subrotund, 4-celled. 
2. Sagraea capillaris. Capillary- stalked 
Sagrcea. 
Branches tetragonal as also the petioles gla- 
brous, leaves shortly petiolate broad-lanceolate 
attenuato-acuminate 3-nerved glabrous entire, 
peduncles axillary capillary sub-tri-florous subre- 
clinatc, berry hispidulous with glanduloso-capitate 
hairs. 
Melastoma capillaris, Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. SOS — Sa- 
grsea capillaris, DC. Prod. III. 170. 
II A B. Cool mountains. Road to Raymond Hall, St. 
Andrew’s. 
F L. October — January. 
A shrub about 3 feet in height: branches long, virgate, 
towards the extremity tetragonal, glabrous. Leaves short- 
ly petiolate, 3-inches or more in length, and 1 in breadth, 
lanceolate, attenuato-acuminate, entire, 3-nervcd, without 
a marginal pair, thin, glabrous with exception of the un- 
der surface of the nerves which is rufo-velutine. Pedun- 
cles axillary, 1-2, shorter than the leaves, delicately ca- 
pillary, few-flowered : flowers small, white, shortly pedi- 
celled. Calyx minute, infundibuliform ? , sparingly pilose 
with long glanduloso-capitate hairs, 4-toothed : teeth 
erect, subulate, persistent. Petals 4, somewhat longer 
than the calyx, ovate, acute, reflected. Stamens 8 : an- 
thers 1-pored. Style erect: stigma simple. Berry size 
of a black pepper, ovoid, with hairs glanduloso-capitate, 
of a rich blue colour. 
3. Sagraea hirtella, Hairy Sa grata. 
Brandies roundish somewhat hairy with scat- 
tered setae, leaves ovato-lanceolate acuminate 
3-nerved entire peduncles axillary very short 
3-flowered, calycine teeth 4 very minute, petals 
lanceolate acuminate. 
