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CALYCIFLORvE. 
subglubi ous, panicle terminal, calyx 5-fid. 
H A B. Near Moneague, Dr. Alexander. 
F L. April. 
Leaves about 8 inches long and 4 broad, with the apex 
blunt, glabrous, except the under surface of the nerves ; 
transverse nerves strongly marked ; teeth of the margin 
not setose as in the preceding species. Flowers shortly 
pedicelled. Calycine teeth deltoid, acute. Berry size of 
a coriander seed. 
This, differs from M. laevigata in the leaves being 
thicker, and acute at both ends ; the transverse nerves 
are also stronger marked. 
17. Miconia elliptica. Broad-leaved Mi- 
c v..vkV • coma. 
Branches compressed slightly sulcated ferru- 
gineo-velutine as also the peduncles and petioles, 
leaves elliptic nanowing towards the petiole 
shortly attenuato-acuminate denticulated 3- 
nerved besides a marginal pair subglabrous, 
thyrse terminal, flowers crowded subsessile, 
stamens longer than the petals. 
II A B. Road over Ivhuna-khuna pass, Bath. Rev. T. 
Wharton. Moneague, Dr. Alexander. 
F L. March — April. 
The branches are much flattened. Leaves thin, 7-(j 
inches long, and 3-4 broad, acute at the base, more or 
less indistinctly denticulated, slightly farinose along the 
under surface of the nerves, thin : petiole half an inch in 
length. Peduncle and its divisions compressed, ferru- 
gineo-farinose. Flowers have a feathery or hairy aspect 
from the length of the stamens. Calyx 5-rarely 6-toothed, 
minutely bracteolated : externally ferrugineo-farinose. 
Petals 5, rarely 6, oblong, concave, reflected. Stamens 
10: filaments capillary: anthers arcuate, biauriculated 
at the base, 1-pored. Style slender : stigma umbilicated 
Berry size of a coriander seed, yellow, with the tubular 
portion of the calyx circumcised, 4-cellcd : seeds minute, 
wedge-shaped. — The lateral nerves form an arch unusu- 
ally distant from the mid-rib. 
