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MELASTOMACEiE. XXX. Adelobotrys. XXXI. Lasiandra. 



lastoma laniflorum, D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 293. bristly, with 5 ciliated lobes; petals ciliated; filaments rather 

 Flowers about 3 together in each axil, yellow ? Petals obovate- pilose. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the alpine fields of Serro 

 oblong. Stamens 10, one-half shorter than the petals. Anthers Frio. Rhexia frigidula, Schrank et Mart. mss. Style mucli 

 ovate, obtuse, ending in short beaks. The specific name is 

 derived from Xvx,vtc, a lamp ; in reference to the cottony ap- 

 pearance of the wool on the plant resembling wicks. 



elongated. 



Frigid Lasiandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



2 L. TRiFOLiA (D. C. 1. c) branches trigonal, roughish; leaves 

 3 in a whorl, almost sessile, oblong, quite entire, acute, S-nerved, 

 glabrous in the disk above, but beset with adpressed bristles 

 beneath and on the margins ; panicle terminal ; calyx bristly, 

 XXX. ADE^LOBOTRYS {from a^r}\oQy adelos, obscure, and with 5 ciliated deciduous lobes; petals ciliated; filaments his- 

 /3orpvc, botrySy a raceme ; in reference to the flowers not being pid ; style glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province 



Lamp Trembleya. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 Cult. For culture 



Marcet 



sufficiently known). D. C. prod. 3. p. 127. 



of St. Paul, in fields and on the edges of woods. Leaves 3 



Lin. syst. Decdndria^ Monogyma. Calyx free, somewhat inches long, but hardly an inch broad. Pedicels and calyxes 

 campanulate, with 5 short blunt teeth. Petals 5, oval. Stamens bristly. Rhexia trifolia, Schrank etMart. mss. 



10. Anthers bifurcate at the base, and 2-valved? at the apex. 

 Ovarium and style unknown. Capsule bursting by 5 parts, 



Three-leaved Lasiandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 L. Martiusia'na (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches nearly te- 

 with the central column at length free from the valves. — Seeds rete, beset with adpressed bristles; leaves sessile, ovate, 3-nerve(l, 

 unknown. — A climbing shrub with terete branches. Leaves quite entire, glabrous above, dotted beneath but hardly bristly; 

 clothed with rufous villi on both surfaces when young, but in thyrse terminal ; bracteas 2, oval, half involving the flower- 

 the adult state glabrous, except the nerves, petiolate, ovate- bud ; calyx bristly, with an obovate tube : and 5 oval-oblong 



cordate, acuminated, ciliately serrated, 5-nerved. Flowers white, 

 crowded in cymose heads at the tops of the branches. 



ciliated lobes, which are longer than the tube; filaments hispid; 

 anthers rather dissimilar. Pj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 



1 A. sca'ndens (D. C. 1. c). \i . ^. S. Native of French province of Minas Geraes in fields, at the elevation of 2000 

 Guiana, on the banks of the river Sinemari. Melastoma scan- feet. Rhexia Lasiandra, Schrank et Mart. mss. 

 dens, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 435. t. 172. Rhexia scandens. Rich. 

 herb. Ser. mss. 



Climhing Adelobotrys. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Lasiandra^ p. 752. 

 Being a climbing shrub it is fit for covering rafters in stoves. 



Tribe III. 



OSBE^CKIA (plants agreeing with Osheckia in important 

 characters). D. C. prod. 3. p. 127. Anthers opening by 1 

 pore at the apex. Ovarium sometimes free, and sometimes 



Martius^s Lasiandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 L. MoRicANDiA^NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 128.) shrubby; 

 branches nearly terete, clothed with short adpressed villi; leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, acute, 3-5-nerved, clothed with adpressed 

 bristles above and pale villi beneath; flowers in threes, ter- 

 minal; bracteas ovate, clothed with adpressed villi, large; tube 

 of calyx campanulate, bristly, longer than the lobes ; filaments 



Native of Brazil. Rhexia 



beset with glandular pili. 



f2. S. 



Moricandi^na, Ser. mss. Anthers long, having their connec- 



^ , _„ tives furnished with 2 tubercles at the base. Lobes of calyx at 



adnate to the calyx, crowned by scales or bristles at the apex. length deciduous. The outer nerves of the leaves almost marginal. 



Seeds cochleate, with a basilar orbicular hylum. The species 

 are natives of America, Africa, Asia, and a few of Australia. 



Moricand's Lasiandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



5 L. Maximilia'na (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, and are 



XXXI. LASIA'NDRA (from XatrioQ^ lasios, hairy, and avrip as well as the petioles and peduncles scabrous from bristles; 



av?poc, aner andros, a male ; in reference to the hairy stamens), leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse at the base, acute at the apex, 



5-nerved, bristly above, nerveless beneath, but with the neryules 



beset with silky bristles ; thyrse panicled, corymbose, terminal ; 

 bracteas, and outside of calyx scabrous from adpressed bristles ; 

 tyle glabrous; filaments rather pilose at the base. Jl],^' 

 Native of Brazil, where it was collected by Prince Maximilian 

 de Neuweid. Very like Z. Gaudichaudianay but differs in 

 bristles being more stiff and harsh. 



Maximilian's Lasiandra. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



D. C. prod. 3. p. 127. Rhexia species, Schrank and Mart 



Plerbma species, D. Don, 1. c. 



Lin. syst. Decandriay Monogynia. Tube of calyx ovate ; 

 lobes 5, narrow, acuminated. Petals 5, obovate. Stamens 10 ; 

 filaments pilose ; anthers elongated^ terminating in short beaks, 

 having their connectives tumid and biauriculate at the base. 

 Ovarium setose at the apex, probably somewhat adnate to 



the 



young 



Style usually pilose. Capsule 



dry, 5-celled. Seeds few, cochleate, rather angular, with a 6 L. Gaudichaudia'na (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetrago 



nal, 



rough from small adpressed bristles ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 



^«^*^.« ...^o. ^^c4...o acuminated, 5-nerved, beset with small, softish bristles on do 



on short petioles or sessile, 3-5-nerved, quite entire, ciliated, surfaces; panicle terminal ; bracteas acuminated, ^^^^^^'i j, 

 bristlv on the unner snrfnrp • i\\t> firi«fl<ac arlnrf^cc^/? on/l ncnolKr flio fuTio r*f flio .^oKrv . ^olTTr.;r»o fiiTi^a nvnfp. clothed witn 



somewhat orbicular, basilar hylum. — Shrubs, natives of South 

 America. Branches clothed with adpressed bristles. Leaves 



bristly on the upper surface ; the bristles adpressed, and usually 

 regularly directed from the middle to the nerves ; villous or 

 setose on the nerves beneath, and velvety or villous between 

 the nerves. Flowers large, purple, disposed in terminal ra- 

 cemes or panicles ; before expansion hidden by 2 bracteas 

 each, which fall off as the flower expands. The species have 

 the habit of Plerbma, but differ in the genitals being hispid, and 



the tube of the calyx ; calycine tube ovate, cl 

 pressed bristles. 



twice the length of the lobes, which are acu- 

 minated ; filaments rather pilose ; style glabrous, n • ^* . 

 tive of Brazil. Lateral nerves of leaves forming a marg^ • 

 Anthers long, falcate, having their connectives hardly drav\n 

 into a thick appendage at the base. 



Gaudichaud's Lasiandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



in the capsule being dry and free, not baccate and adnate to the 7 L. ochype'tala (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal 



and are 



calyx . 



f jj. ij^jnirii XAUA. yxj, v-*. 1. \^.j wA**x**...w cj /. leaves 



as well as the petioles, peduncles, and upper surface o .^ 



Calyx rough from stiffish bristles. 



1 L. FRIGIDULA (D.C. prod. 3. p. 127.) branches somewhat race 

 compressed, smoothish ; leaves sessile, somewhat cordate at the 

 base, oval -oblong, acute, quite entire, 3-nerved, glabrous; pe- 

 duncles axillary, trichotomously cymose, disposed in a panicled 

 thyrse ; bracteas involving the flower-bud when young ; calyx 



beset with adpressed bristles ; leaves petiolate, ^^^^l^f ' ^f ^^^th • 

 ated, 5-nerved, quite entire, clothed with adpresse^d villi ^^" . ^ 

 cemes terminal, short; pedicels opposite, 1-3-flowere , ^^^ 

 bristly, with an ovate-globose tube and lanceolate looes ,^^^^^ 

 ments and style hispid at the base. ^. S. ^^*^^^^ g. 



on the mountains. Rhexia ochypetala, Ruiz et rav. n. r^^^Q 

 p. 86. t. 321. f. a. Rhexia oxypetala, Spreng. syst. x. F- 



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