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Melastoma hirtclla, Swartz, FL bid. Occ. 810 — Sagraoa 
hirtella, DC. Prod. III. 171. 
II IB. Mountains. 
F L. May — October. 
A shrub, about 3 feet in height. Leaves an inch and 
a half in length, rugulose, pale on the under surface with 
the nerves and margin hairy ; petiole short. Peduncles 
shorter than the petiole, axillary, solitary. Flowers mi- 
nute, white. Petals very small, deciduous. Filaments 8, 
somewhat broad. Ovary subrotund : style longer than 
the stamens, erect : stigma obtuse. Perry globular, 4- 
gonal, very small, hispid, deep-purple, 4-celled : seeds very 
minute, subrotund. 
4. Sagraca virgata. Twiggy Sagrcea. 
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Glabrous, branches virgate subtetragonal, 
leaves lanceolate 3-ply-nerved minutely denticul- 
ated, panicles in the axils of the old leaves of the 
former year solitary or in pairs, flowers bibrac- 
teolated, berry purple glabrous. 
Melastoma virgata, Swartz, FL Ind. Occ. 816 ? — DC. 
Prod. III. 198. 
II A B. Vinegar Hill, Port Royal Mountains. Cold- 
Spring, St. Andrew’s 
F L. January — April. 
A shrubby tree about, 10 feet in height: branches 
spreading, subtetragonal and compressed at the end. 
Leaves at the ends of the branches, attenuato-acuminate 
with a blunt point, 3-ply-ncrved besides an obscure mar- 
ginal pair, transversely and parallelly veined, very gla- 
brous : petiole short. Raceme panicled, half the length 
of the leaves : branches loose : flowers small, white, 
shortly pediceiled. A pair of minute subulate bractem 
at the divisions of the panicle, and also to each flower. 
Calyx globular where it adheres to the oalyx-: throat 
somewhat contracted : margin subentire, furnished on 
the outer surface with 4 minute green apiculae. Petals 4, 
longer than the calyx, concave, white. Stamens 8 : fila- 
ments flattened : anthers 1-porcd. Style erect : stigma 
obtuse. Berry size of a small currant, purpurasccnt, 4. 
celled : seeds numerous, minute. 
