156 MELASTOMEJE. 
5. MELASTOMA oprvznsrroniuw. T 
M. arborescens; pulveraceum ; ramulis teretibus, flexuosis ; foli is, altero majore , 
oppo 
subrotundo- ovalibus, utrinque acuminatis, septupli-g-nerviis, crenulatis, ciliatis; racemis 
axillaribus, trichotome divisis, paucifloris; staminibus decem; filaments superne extrorsum 
uncinatis; calycis laciniis subulatis. Bonp/. 
Melastoma diversifolia Z/umb. et Bonpl. Monogr. p. 138. t. 59. 
Crescit ad ripas flupii Magdalene , prope vicum San Bartholomeo. 5 Floret Majo. 
FnurEx sesquiorgyalis, elegans, omnibus partibus, excepta pagina superiore foliorum, pulveraceus, ab 
ima basi ramosus et foliosus; ramis oppositis, teretibus, erectis, superne flexuosis, pube densa et pulve- 
racea rufescentibus. Fort opposita, altero triplo breviore, subrotundo- ovata, acuta aut breviter acuminata, 
basiin petiolum decurrentia, inzqualiter crenulata, ciliata, septupli- g- nervia, tenuiter membranacea, 
supra hirtella et nitida, subtus in nervis pulveracea ; majora 4-5-pollicaria, 2- 5 pollices lata; minora sub- 
pollicaria. Pxrrort sesquipollicares, interne canaliculati , externe convexi et pulveracei, per basim foliorum 
decurrentem quasi alati. RAczwr (panicul: corymbiformes in icone) axillares, trichotome divisi , paucitlori, 
longitudine folii minoris. Fronrs ternati, sessiles vel pedicellati , bibracteati. Caryx superus, pulveraceus ; 
tubo globoso; limbo tubuloso, quinquedentato ; dentibus subulatis, distantibus. Prrara 5, ovalia, acuta, 
alba, longitudine calycis. SrawiwA 10. FirawrwTA alba, superne arcuata seu uncinata, antheris breviora. 
Awruxix ovato- oblongae, acutz, arcuatz, basi obtuse et in appendiculam brevem productae. Ovaniux infe- 
rum. SryLcs rectus. Srrcwa simplex. Bacca spharica, minuta, calyce persistente coronata, carulea, 
5-locularis ; loculis polyspermis. Aonpl. 7. c. 
4.) Panicule pyramidate , terminales, rarius axillares et alares. 
a. ) Calycis limbus persistens. 
6. MELASTOMA mnrcumaTUM. T 
M 
natis; floribus decandris; antheris appendicula membranacea instructis. Bonp/. 
Melastoma reclinata Zumb. et Bonpl. Melast. p. 115. t. 48. 
Crescit in temperatis Peruvie , ad montem | Saraguru frequens, alt. 1128 hex. 
Floret Novembri. 
glaberrimum ; foliis ovalibus, tri- quintuplinerviis; ramulis summitate racemitlora recli- 
Fnurzx 5-5- pedalis, ab ima basi ramosus, glaberrimus; ramis oppositis, teretibus, foliosis; ramulis flo- 
riferis reclinatis. Fori opposita, ovalia (elliptico- oblonga utrinque acuta in icone) , margine remote et 
obsolete denticulata, triplinervià, interdum nervis duobus marginalibus obsoletis aucta, nervis subtus pro- 
minentibus, membranacea, 8-10 lineas longa, patentia, subreflexa. Prrrorr graciles, 5- 4 lineas longi, 
teretes, interne canaliculati. Racewr terminales, reclinati, 20-30-flori. Fromzs albi, decandri, minuti. 
Carxx campanulatus, 10-striatus, limbo quinquedentatus, persistens. Prrara 5, ovalia, obtusa, alba, 
longitudine floris. FriwExTA alba, membranacea, apice attenuata. ÁwTmERE cuneiformes, lutez, poro 
terminali dehiscentes, ad basim postice appendiculate ; appendice membranacea, simplici, basi dilatata. 
Ovammx globosum, semiinferum, parvum. Szxius erectus, staminibus paulo longior. SrrewA depresso- 
