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p roc era of Swartz. According to him the stamens are 
10 : thyrse longer than the leaves. Bonpland describes 
the stamens as 12; and he adds, that the axils of the 
nerves are bearded ; stigma acute. The specific charac- 
ter given by DeCandolle gives the leaves as 3-ply-nerved, 
and very entire. My description, in these respects, agrees 
with that of Swartz. 
4. Conostegia formosa. Showy Conostegia. 
Branches sub-tetragonal ferrugineo-farinose, 
leaves elliptic acuminate 3-nerved besides an ob- 
scure marginal pair subdenticulated rufescenti- 
farinose beneath, panicle terminal, alibastrum 
ferrugineo-farinose, petals 6, stamens 16, berry 
6-celIed. 
II A B. St. Mary’s Woods. 
F L. July. 
A lofty shrub, about 12 feet in height, sparingly 
branched ; branches ferrugineo-tomentose, farinose. 
Leaves 3-4 inches long, and 1 f broad. Panicle terminal : 
branches divaricating. Flowers pedicelled, showy. 
Calyx ferrugineo-farinose. Petals 6. Stamens 16. Ovary 
umbilicated for the reception of the style, which is short: 
stigma obtuse. Berry 6 celled. 
5. Conostegia montana. Mountain Cono- 
stegia. 
Sub-glabrous, branches tetragonal sparingly 
farinose towards the end, leaves oblong 3-nerved 
besides the marginal pair denticulated glabrous, 
thyrse terminal with the branches patulous, ali- 
bastrum obtuse, petals 6, stamens 12. 
Melastoma montana, Swartz, FI. Inch Occ. 7G6. 
II A B. St. George’s Woods. 
FL. July. 
A lofty shrub ; branches sub-simple, sub-glabrous. 
Leaves glabrous, somewhat shining above, paler beneath, 
