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tainly no distinct teeth, and the designation subentire 
would be more applicable. 
15. Miconia laevigata. Common Miconia. 
Branches alternately compressed farinose, 
leaves ovato-lanceolate attenuato-acuminate 
rounded at the base minutely denticulated with 
the teeth setose 5-nerved besides an obscure 
marginal pair subglabrous, cymes panicled, flow- 
ers subsessile subserial, calyx farinose and ciliate, 
petals concave, berry 5-celled. 
Melastoma fruticosa minor, foliis tenuibus ovatis, 
Browne, 210. — Grossularia fructu non spinoso malabathri 
foliis oblongo, fructu nigro, Sloane, II. 140. — Melastoma ' f ■ 
laevigata, Swartz, Obs. 170. 
II A B. Common in waste places, mountains. 
F L. Early part of the year. 
A shrub about 10 feet in height. Leaves about 0 
inches long and broad, thin, membranaceous, shining 
and bright green above, paler beneath: petiole an inch 
in length, terete, slightly channelled above Thyrse termi- 
nal, of nearly the same length as the leaves : peduncle 
and its divisions farinose : llowcrs small, white, subsessile, 
sub-serial. Calyx externally farinose, ciliated, minutely 
5-toothed, very obscurely 10-neived. Petals 5, rounded 
at the apex, concave. Stamens 10, white, anthers one- 
pored. Style longer than the stamens : stigma obtuse. 
Berry small, black, 5-celled, size of a coriander seed: 
seeds oval. 
The leaves in this species, previous to dropping, as- 
sume a scarlet hue. They are sometimes more or less 
hispidulous. The berry is observed in some specimens 
to have a ribbed appearance. 
10. Miconia aflinis. Acute-leaved Miconia. 
Branchlets compressed sulcated densely fer- 
rumneo-farinose, leaves elliptic acute at both ends 
denticulated 3-nerved besides the marginal pair 
