ME L A STOM ACE JE. 
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II A B. Mount Diablo. Dr. Alexander . 
F L. May. 
A beautiiul tree, with the stem straight andsimple, 
about 25 feet in height, branches spreading. Leaves 
petiolate, about 5 inches long and 2 broad, slightly denti- 
culated towards the apex. Calyx 5-toothed. " Petals 
twice the length of the calyx, oblong. Anthers yellow. 
XII. IIenriettea. 
Calyx campanulate ; lobes 5, broad, obtuse. 
Petals 5, velvetty, ovate. Stamens 10: anthers 
thick, bifid at the base, with a long beak at the 
apex, one-pored. Style cylindrical, hairy. Stig- 
ma capitate, obtuse. Berry juicy, 5-celled : seeds 
cuneato-ovoid. 
1 IIenriettea ramiflora. Common IIenriettea. 
Branches towards the end compressed and fer- 
rugineo-hispidulo-tomentosc, leaves eiliptico-lan- 
ceolate acuminate at both ends entire 3-ply- 
nerved besides the marginal pair strigoso-hispi- 
dulous especially along the nerves ciliated, pedun- 
cles from the axils of the old leaves 10-15 crowd- 
ed one-flowered, calyx urceolate obtusely 5-lobed, 
petals ovate. 
Melastoma ramiflora, Swartz , FI. Ind. Occ. 775 — Hen- 
riettea ramiflora, DC. Prod. III. 178. 
II il B. In damp thickets, St. Thomas in the Vale. Mo- 
neague, Dr. Alexander. 
F L. January. 
A tree-like shrub. Leaves at the ends of the branches, 
shortly petiolate, about 5 inches long and 2 broad, bright 
green above, paler with a rufescent tinge beneath. Pe- 
duncles of equal length, about one third of an inch, fili- 
form, one-flowered. Alibastrum conical. Calyx obtusely 
5-lobed. Petals 5, oblong, reflected. Stamens 10, erect, 
longer than the petals: filaments capillary: anthers 1- 
pored. Style incrassated towards the stigma which is 
