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MELASTOMACE^. IX. Rhynchakthera. 



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rive o{ the province of Minas Geraes, in mofst meadows. Me- 

 lastoma cordatum, Schrank et Mart. tnss. Flowers purple. 

 Capsule 3-celled. 



Corrfa^e-leaved Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



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Leaves shorter than those of the preceding, division, not 

 cordate at the base, petiolate or sessile. 



• 10 R. LiMOSA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby, erect, branched ; branche 



K, H^EANA (D L. 1. c.) shrubby; branches terete, nearly terete, clothed with glandular hairs; leaves lanceolme, on 

 hairy, densely clothed with glandular down at the apex; leaves -' - * » ..,?,, . , - . 



on short petioles, cordate, somewhat peltate, acuminated, ser- 

 rated, 7-nerved, rather pilose above, and hairy beneath, having 

 the serratures ciliately serrated ; flowers cymosely corymbose, 

 terminal ; tube of calyx ovate, pilose, shorter than the lobes, 



which are 5, and setaceous, 5 of the anthers furnished with lon^ 



beaks. 



Tj . S- Native of Peru. Melastoma grandiflora, Schrank, 



Melastoma Hoenke^na, Mart. mss. Leaves S inches long. 



Petioles 2 lines long. Flowers large, purple, like those of R. 



mss. 



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Five of the anthers are hardly longer than their 



elongated beak, but a little longer than their connective, which is 

 tumid at the articulation ; the others abortive, and changed into 

 ligulae. Ovarium free. 



HcEnke's Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



6 R. SchrankiaVa (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches terete, 

 hispid from^ unequal glandular stiff hairs ; leaves petiolate, cor- 

 date, acuminated, serrated, 5-nerved, hairy on both surfaces ; 

 pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered; tube of calyx ovate, hairy, shorter 

 than the lobes, which are 5 and linear ; anthers 10, 5 of which 

 are short and castrated, the other 5 bearing long beaks. Tj . S. 

 Wative of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in marshes on 

 the mountains. Rhexia Schrankiana, Mart. herb. Vcryhke* 

 R' grandijldra and R. Hcenheana ; from the first it differs in the 

 pentantherous flowers, and from, the last in the petioles being 



twice the length, and from both in the flowers being axillary and 



sohtary. - ' ■ . '^ 



Schrank's Rhynchanthera. 



7 R. monoby'nama (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, hispid from 

 ^^g spreading bristles, as well as the petioles, peduncles, and 

 caJyxes ; leaves petiolate, cordate, ovate, acuminated, toothed, 

 Piiose on both surfaces, 7-nerved; pedicels axillary, 1-3-flow- 

 ^^^il lobes of calyx setaceous, longer than the tube; five of 

 he stamens are antheriferous, one of them twice the size of 

 the others. T2 . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Para, in 

 Joods, and along the river Amazon. Melastoma fothergilloides, 

 ochrank 

 species. 



short petioles, acuminated, bluntly subcordate at the base, serrii- 

 lated, 5-7-nerved, puberulous on both surfaces, paler beneath ; 

 thyrse terminal ; calyx puberulous, with a globose tube : and 5 

 setaceous lobes, which are a little shorter than the tube; anthers 

 5, with long beaks ; capsule 3-celled. Tj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in the province of Bahia, in m\iddy places near Caitetc. 

 Meriania violacea, Schrank, mss. Rhexia liniosa, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves like those of Cistus MonspelmcHs. Mowers pHri>lc, like 

 those of R. grandijlora. Capsule globose. Seeds numerous, 



angular. 



Muddy Rhynchanthera. Shrub. 



1 1 R. rostua'ta (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches nearly terete, 

 clothed with glandular bristles ; leaves petiolate, oblo?)^[, bhmt- 

 ish at the base, acuminated at the apex, ciliately serrulated, 5- 

 nerved, pilose above, and rather hairy on the nerves beneath ; 

 cymes axillary and terminal ; calyx hairy, with an oblong tube : 

 and 5 setaceous lobes, which arc a little shorter than the tube ; 

 stamens 10, 5 of which are barren, and 5 bearing long, beaked 

 anthers. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, on the sides of the moim- 

 tains called Serra St. Antonio. Rliexia rostrata, Schrank et 

 Mart. mss. Flowers violaceous. Filaments glabrous. 



Beaked Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



12 R. FoTHERoiLL^ (I). C. 1. c.) slirubby ; branches some- 

 what tetragonal ; petioles and pedicels densely clothed with bris- 



Shrub. 



ties ; leaves petiolate, oblong, cuneated at the base, acuminated 

 at the apex, 5-nerved, quite entire, beset with adpressed bristles 

 above, but with villi beneath ; racemes short, terminal ; flowers 

 pedicellate, when young involved in 2 bracteas ; calyx strigose, 

 with a campanulate tube, and 5 triangular acute lobes; anthers 

 dissimilar. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of St. 

 Paul and Minas Geraes, in low woods. 



Schrank et Mart. mss. 



Rhexia Fnthergilla?, 



Petals larffe, 



et 



Mart. 



diflorn . 

 nearly orbicular, purple. Anthers arched, wrinkled transversely, 

 5 with a drawn out connective, and the other 5 with a short 



Filaments rather pilose. 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



hardly tumid connective each. 

 Fother gill's Rhynchanthera. 



13 R. sTAcnYDiMORPHA (D. C. 1. c.) suffruucosc ; branches 

 tetragonal, rather hairy ; leaves on short petioles, ovale-lanceo- 



mss. Capsule 5-celIed. A very distinct 

 J- . The specific name is derived from fiorocy one, and 

 ^^afii^^ power ; in reference to the long stamen. 

 ^/oHorf^wa7MOW5 Rhynchanthera. Shrub. late, "acute, quite entire, 5-nerved, clothed with adnres«ed pili 



8 R. pentanthe'ra (D. C, 1. c.) slirubby ; branches rather on both surfaces; peduncles axillary, few-flowered, disposed 

 ^^traj^onal, beset with glandular pili ; leaves petiolate, ovate, into an elongated leafy thyrse ; /lowers decandrous; calyx with 

 ^^uminated, rather cordate at the base, ciliately serrated, 7- an ovate tube, and setaceous ciliated lobes, h • S. Native of 



^I'yed, rather pilose above, but hairy on the nerves beneath ;' 

 Panicle loose, terminal ; calyx rather pilose, at length glabrous, 

 ||*^n an ovate tube : and 5 subulate lobes, which are broadest at 

 Ije base, and longer than the tube ; the 5 barren stamens filiform, 



e 5 fertile ones having the anthers bearing long beaks. ^ . S. 



^tive of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in marshes and 

 ^^oods. Rhexia pentanthera, Ser. mss. Flowers purple. Au- 

 f^^rs oval, hardly longer than the beaks. Capsule 5-celled. 



^^Ilied to Ilcenkeana. - 



Brazil, in high grassy fields about Minas Novas. R. stachy- 

 oides, Schrank et Mart. mss. but not of Humb. et Bonpl. Pe- 

 tals red. The 5 stamens, with the lon^ filaments, bear elon- 

 gated anthers, which have their connectives not drawn out, but 

 S! with their beaks dilated at the apex. Seeds irregular, usually 

 oblong-conical, truncate at the base, and reticulated from la- 



cunae. 



-formed 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



-anthered Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



14 R. SERRULA TA (D. C. 1. c ) plant herbaceous, erect, 

 clammy ; branches bluntly tetragonal, rather hairy ; leaves almost 



, ? R. MexicaVa Vd. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches tetragonal, sessile, attenuated at both ends, linear-lanceolate, serrulated, 5- 

 JJ'fy; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, somewhat cordate at — ^ • flnwprs ^xillarv and termmal. solitary, on short pedr- 

 ^^ ^ base, ciliately serrated, 7-9-nerved ; pedicels axillary, oppo- 



u' longer than the petioles, hairy, 1-flowered, each bearing 2 

 i^nrpnlaf^ i: 1 ^ ' : 1 -u ^ c -vr^*: «i 



^ceolate-linear leaves; anthers 5, equal. 



^^''*" Thenardia rosea, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 



, , , P^<^ 



eels ; tube of calyx rather hairy, with rather longer linear lobes ; 

 «v» .,.«-. w" ^ 5 of the stamens sterile; capsule 3-cellcd. O- H. Native of 

 S. Native°of Guiana, in meadows. Rhexia serrulata, Rich, in Bonpl. rhcx. 



exico. 



'^lowers 



*^valved. 



t. 28. but not of Nutt. Flowers deep purple 



elegant, rose-coloured. 



mucronate. Capsule 



*yerr?//a/erf-leaved Rhynchanthera. 



I foot 



Af 



^^ican Rhynchanthera. 

 VOL. n. 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



15 R. BALiciFoLiA (Maft. herb. Scliran'x, mm. ex D.C.prod. 



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