MELASTOM ACEiE. 
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one-third of an inch in length. Spike about G inches in 
length. Flowers very minute. Calyx obscurely 5- 
toothed. Ovary umbilicated, with the umbilicus sheath- 
ing for the reception of the base of style, with the mar- 
gin of the sheath minutely ciliated. Berry scarlet, size 
of a coriander, 5-celled : seeds minute, ovoid. 
3. Miconia serrulata. Finely-serrated Mi - 
conia. 
Glabrous, branchlets tetragonal slightly sul- 
cated, leaves oblongo-lanceolate rounded at the 
base obtuse at the apex sharply serrulated with 
the teeth setose 3-nerved besides the marginal 
pair, panicle terminal, branchlets short subdivided 
with the flowers subsessile and clustered. 
II A B. Guy’s Hill. Dr. Mac Nab. 
FL. 
Leaves 6 8 inches long and 2 broad : petiole upwards of 
an inch in length. Peduncle tetragonal, glabrous, with its 
branches subsimple. Calyx minutely 5-toothed. Petals 5, 
oblong. Stamens 10: anthers one-pored. 
Sect. ii. eriosphjera . 
Alibastrum globose, tomentose. Calycine tube 
subglobose, with the limb very short. Leaves 
discoloured on the under surface. Panicles ter- 
minal : flowers sessile secund crowded at the 
apices of the branchlets, or along a simple 
rachis. 
4. Miconia holosericea. Woolly Miconia. 
Branches at the end compressed subtetragonal 
incano-rufescent, leaves oblong abruptly acumi- 
nate rounded and subcordate at the base ob- 
scurely denticulated 3-nerved besides the mar- 
ginal pair, bright green and shining above, 
