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MELASTOMACEiE. XII. Cambessedesia; XTIL Chetostoma. 



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nerved, smoothish ; cymes terminal, dichotomous ; flowers de- Very like R. adanidnt'ium in habit and colour of flowers, but 

 candrous ; tube of calyx ovate, 3 times longer than the lobes, differs in being glabrous in every part, in tlie petals being much 

 which are lanceolate. F> . S. Native of RrayJI. \n tV.P r^m- smaller and of a different form, in the anthers being obtuse, and 



in their connectives not being drawn out. 



Far. /3, ilicrfhrm (D. C. prod. 8. p. 111.) stem simple, 

 straight, terete, velvety; leaves ovate, in fascicles; thyrse spi- 

 cate, cylindrical. T? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 Minas Geraes. Ilhexia ilicifolia, Schrank et Mart. njss. Leaves 



^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 ia, at the elevation of 5009 

 Mart 



Rhexia purpurata^ 

 Cymes subumbellate, and as if they 

 were involucrated by the 2 upper leaves; the rest of the brae- 

 tea; small, and lanceolate. Petals scarlet. Anthers bluntly 

 sagittate at the base. 



'Purplish Cambessedesia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



4 C. CORYMBOSA (D. C. 1. c.) sbrubby ; leaves petiolate, ob- 

 long, acute, quite entire, 5-nerved, glabrous above, clothed with 

 velvety tomentum beneath, and dotted from lacunae ; flowers 

 terminal, in cymose corymbs, decandrous ; petals acuminated. 

 \ . S. Native of Brazil, at Itambe, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, in bogs. Rhexia corymbosa. Mart, et Schrank, mss. 



2 or 3 h'nes long : those of branches very short and nerveless, in 

 fascicles. Flowers yellow ; petals oval-oblong ; anthers fusccb- 

 cent, elongated. 



Espora Cambessedesia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 • 8 C. adama'ntium (D. C. 1. c.) suffruticoso, brnnchcd, pro- 

 cumbent, beset with scatten^d glandular pili ; branches tetra- 

 gonal, pilose, woolly at the knots ; leaves on short petioles, 

 ovate-lanceolate, somewhat S-nerved, rather cillately ser- 

 Calyx rated, and beset with glandular hairs ; thyrse terminal, crowded; 



drawn out ; filaments jointed in the middle. 



Cor^m6o5e-flowered Cambessedesia. Shrub 1 foot. 

 • 4 C. balsami'fera (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby, quite glabrous ; 

 branches dichotomous, terete ; leaves oblong, acutish at both* 

 ends, dotted, quite entire, 3- nerved ; lateral nerves very small ; 

 flowers terminal, solitary, decandrous. \i . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in the province of Bahia, on the tops of mountains, at the 



elevation of 4000 or 5000 feet. Rhexia balsamifera. Mart, et 



Schrank, 



mk 



Branchlets tetragonal. Leaves' 10-12 lines long, and 3-4 broad: 



the lateral nerves hardly distinct. Bracteas glabrous. 



glabrous ; lobes 5, lanceolate-subulate. Petals red, acute, calyx turbinate, with very short cordate lobes ; j)ctals ovate, 



Anthers yellow, exserted, elongated, with the connectives not acute ; anthers nearly similar. l2 . S. Native of Brazil, near 



Tejuco, in sandy places on the Diamond Mountains. Rhexia 

 adamantium, St, Hil. in Bonpl. rhex. t. GO. Colour of petals 

 almost like that of a Tropceolum. Anthers 10, oblong, obtuse, 

 5 of which are rather gibbous at the base. Capsule ovate-ob- 

 long, 3-valved, pilose at the apex. Seeds half ovate. 

 Adamant Cambessedesia. Shrub procumbent. 



9 C. Hilaria'na (D. C. 1. c.) suffruticose, glabrous, ascend- 

 ing ; branches tetragonal ; leaves on short petioles, oblong- 

 linear, bluntish, quite entire, or furnished with 1 or 2 teeth, 3- 

 nerved, bearing smaller leaves in their axils; peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered, axillary, and terminal ; calyx bearing glandular hairs, 

 obovate, with 5 broad short mucronate lobes ; stamens rather 

 dissimilar. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, in moist sandy places on the tops of the mountains. 

 Rhexia galioides, Schrank et Mart. mss. Rhexia Hilariana, 

 Kunth in Bonpl. rhex. t. 56. Rhexia suberosa, Spreng, syst. 2. 

 p.- 308. Allied to R. adamantium in habit and colour of flowers, 

 but diflfers from that species in the longer and narrower leaves, 

 and in the much more loose panicle. 



St. Hilares Cambessedesia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



10 C. bidenta'ta (D. C. 1. c.) suffruticose; branches tetra- 

 gonal, divaricate ; leaves lanceolate, in fascicles, glabrous, biden- 

 tate ; corymbs panicled ; pedicels pilose ; petals ovate, acumi- 

 nated ; calyx muricated, 10-ribbed; ovarium 3-celled. T; . S. 

 Native of Brazil, at Barra da Vareda, in open fields. Rhexia 

 bidentita, Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 53. Said to be 

 allied to C. Hilariana^ and probably only a variety of that Bpeciet 

 according to Kunth. 



Btdcntate Cambessedesia. Shrub 1 foot. 

 ' Cult. See Mmflnm for culture and propagation, p. 733. All 



Shrub 1 to 2 kei. 



mss. Leaves almost like those of Phillyrea angus- 



Calyx bearing balsam ; tube obovate ; lobes acute. 



"etals purple. Anthers yellow, apiculated by a beak : having the 



connectives short, and drawn out into an obtuse flat auricle each. 



Balsam bearing Cambessedesia. 



5 C. Sincore'nsis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 111.) shrubby, much 



branched, quite glabrous ; branches somewhat tetragonal at the 



^P^x ; leaves on very short petioles, oblong, acutish, quite 



^iitire, one-nerved, hardly S-nerved at the base, beset with 



fninute dots on both surfaces ; flowers nearly terminal, axil- 

 lary, 



almost sessile ; 

 ^«h 5 short 



teeth. 



tube of calyx cylindrically obovate, 



. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, on the alps 



of Serra de Sincora, at the elevation of 4000 feet. Rhexia 

 fesinosa, Schrank. mss. Rhexia Sincorcnsis, Mart. herb. 



-. , Schrank, ...^„, .. 



Leaves 4 lines long, and 1;^ broad. Petals purpleT obovate, not 

 ciliated. Anthers yellow, apiculated by long beaks, twice the 

 'eiigth of the connectives, which are expanded into an obtuse ap- 

 pendage each at the base. Genitals not longer than the petals. 



Sincora Cambessedesia. ^ Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



6 C.crenula'ta (D. C. I.e.) shrubby, glabrous, clammy at 

 |ne tops ; branches tetragonally terete ; leaves sessile, ovate, 

 hardly 3 veined at the base, flat, length of the internodes, with 



glandular, hardly crenated, margins ; flowers few, at the tops of the species are small elegant sJjrubs, deserving cultivation. 

 ^1^ branches, disposed in cymose corymbs ; calyx with an ovate 

 ^^oe, and 5-6 linear acute lobes, h. S. Native of Brazil, in 



alpine meadows, particularly on Serro Frio. Rhexia crenul^ta, 

 **art. Pf «^ii^or.b v««o Fi/^«70T-c Tiiirnlp. Anthers ovate. 



Anthers ovate, 



, et Schrank, mss. Flowers purple. 



'leaked : with the connectives drawn out at the base into a crenate- 



^'Patulate Hgula each. Capsule ovate, glabrous. Seeds unknown. 



^renuIateAeaved Cambessedesia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 ^ C. Esp6ra (D. C. 1, c.) plant suffruticose, erect, glabrous, 

 ofanched from the base ; branches somewhat tetragonal ; leaves 

 jessile, ovate-cordate, acute, sparingly serrated, 5-nerved; 

 Jpwers on the short axillary branchlets, solitary, and therefore 

 ^•posed in a leafy elongated thyrse ; calyx turbmate, with 5 

 ?«^te lobes ; petals lanceolate, acute ; anthers nearly ahke. J . 



the 



; of Brazil, in grassy bogs, i 

 Minas Geraes. Rhexia Esp6 



XIII. CHiETO'STOMA (from x"<7"'7» chaitc, a head of hair, 

 and (TTOfiaf stomap a mouthi in allusion to the calyx, which is 

 girded by a ring of stifT hairs round the mouth under the lobes 

 on the outside). D. C. prod. 3. p. 112-^ 



Lin. syst. Octo-Decdndriaf Monogynia. Calyx with a some- 

 what obovate turbinate tube, girded by a ring of stiff bristles on 

 the outside under the lobes; limb 4-5-lobed ; lobes erect, pun- 

 gent. Petals 4-5. Anthers with very short l-jmred beaks : 

 having their connectives not drawn out at the articulation, and 

 hardly gibbous. Capsule prismatic, longish, i-5-imgIed. Seeds 

 unknown.— Brazilian heath-like quite glal)rous tub-shrubs. 

 Stems slender. Leaves crowded, dry, 1-nerved, acute, quite 

 entire, small. Flowers terminal, solitarr. The habit of this 



distinct 



X. t. 58. 



Schrank 



known. 



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