MELASTOMACEiE. XL VI. Leandra. XLVIL Tschudya. 



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the peduncles and petioles, densely clothed with rusty villi ; 

 leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminated, ciliately serrated, quintuple 

 nerved, scabrous from bristles above, but clothed with silky 

 soft villi beneath 



leaf; 



Mandiocca near Rio Janeiro. Perhaps distinct from Z. syU 



vestre. 



Pi cle 



S' 



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lateral nerves distant from the margin of the 

 racemes terminal, very villous; heads on short pedun- 

 bracteas concave, ovate. . T? . S. Native of Brazil, in the 



province of Rio Janeiro. 



Osbeckia 



Hairy Leandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Sect. II. Leandroi'pes (so named from the plant being like 

 Ledndra in habit, but whether it is a true species of the genus is 



Brasila, Schrank, herb, doubtful). D.C. prod. 3. p. 155. Calyx 4-cleft ; lobes double. 



and genitals unknown. 



Leandra Raddii? Mart. herb. Petals lanceolate. Tube of Bracteas and calyxes clothed with stellate tomentum. Petals 

 calyx very villous ; lobes double, outer ones tooth-formed, inner 



'^"?r^?* 12 L.? racemi'fera (D. C. prod. 3. p. 155.) branches 



bilky Leandra. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. terete, and are, as well as the petioles, densely clothed with 



6 L. vill6sa (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as well branched tomentum; leaves on short petioles, oblong, acumi- 



as the petioles and peduncles, densely clothed with short hairs ; 

 leaves petiolate, elliptic-oblong, acuminated, attenuated at the 

 base, quintuple-nerved ; (lateral nerves approximating the mar- 

 gins,) denticulated, scabrous above from short scattered bristles, 

 which are bulbous at the base, villous beneath, and rather foveo- 

 ^te ; flowers in dense heads ; the heads disposed in a thyrse ; 

 bracteas glabrous on the outside ; inner lobes of calyx membra- 

 nous, exceeding the outer ones. J2 . S. Native of Brazil, at 

 Kio Janeiro. Intermediate between X. sericea and Z. scabra. 



Villous Leandra. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



« L. sca'bra (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as well as 



nated, repandly subserrated, 5-nerved, or almost quintuple- 

 nerved, glabrous above in the adult state, but scabrous from 

 stellate down beneath ; panicle terminal, elongated, racemose, 

 oppositely branched ; flowers crowded on the branchlets ; calyxes 



4-cIeft. h • S. Native of Brazil. Melastoma 



hairy, 



very 



racemifera, Schrank et Mart. mss. 



Antl 



8, oblong, obtuse. 



Raceme-bearing Leandra. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. See Meldstoma for culture and propagation, p. 7fi4 



the peduncles and petioles, beset with longish retrograde stiff author of Traite des Arbres conifercs et resineux). 

 hairs; flowers in dense heads : bracteas srlabrous inside : heads orod. 3. d. 155. 



XLVII. TSCHU'DYA (dedicated to M. le Baron deTschudy, 



D, C. 



^2 . S. Native of Brazil, in 



m a crowded thyrse ; inner lobes of calyx membra- 

 nous, shorter than the outer ones. 



the provinces of St. Paul and Rio Janeiro, in woods on the 

 jnountains. Melastoma acutiflorum, Schrank et Mart. herb. 



1^. melastomoides, Raddi, 1. c. p. 7. t. 8. Tube of calyx ob- 

 long, 



campanulate, hairy. 



exserted. " 



Petals very acute. Style filiform. 



Scabrous Leandra. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



o L. ANGusTiFOLiA (D. C. 1. c) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the petioles, clothed with short rufous down ; leaves ob- 

 jpng-linear, 3-nerved, acuminated, ciliately serrated, scabrous 

 Irom bristles above, villous beneath ; heads axillary, sessile, 

 lew.flowered ; bracteas linear ; outer lobes of calyx subulate, 



^f D ^ '. ^^^^^ ones very short or hardly any. Fj 



Oi Brazil. Flower-bud conical. Petals acuminated. Style ex- Yueri. 



prod. ^J. p 



Lin. syst. Decdndriaj Monogynia. Tube of calyx globose ; 

 lobes 5, bristle-formed, small, permanent. Petals 5. Stamens 

 10; filaments flattish; anthers oblong, without auricles, open- 

 ing by one pore at the apex. Ovarium free, bristly at the apex. 

 Style filiform, usually pilose at the base. Capsule globose, 

 membranous, perhaps indehiscent, 4-5-celled. Seeds numerous, 

 small. Innately incurved, crowned by a cellular acute curved 

 appendage. — Shrubs, with the habit of Clidemia^ clothed with 

 rufous hairs in every part. Branches terete. Leaves on short 

 petioles, 5-nerved, oval, acuminated, toothed, having the nerves 

 hairy on both surfaces. Thyrse panicled, terminal. Flowers 



S. Native 6 in a whorl. 



small, very hispid, sometimes 4-cleft and octandrous. 



1 T. verticilla'ta (D. C. 1. c.) branches of panicle unequal. 



Native of French Guiana, in woods at 



Rich. herb. Panicle loose, 



T2. S. 

 Melastoma verticillata. 



serted. Perhaps a species of Clidemia^ belonging to section beset with dark purple pili. Young fruit whitish. Flowers 



harrow-leaved Leandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



9 L. Du^BiA (D. C. 1. c.) branches rather tetragonal, and are, 

 ^s Well as the panicles, petioles, and leaves, rather hispid from 

 scattered bristles ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acuminated both at 

 fhe base and the apex, ciliated, and triple-nerved ; nerves aris- 

 ^"g from about the sixth part of the length of the leaves ; pani- 

 ^le short, terminal ; flowers crowded on the tops of the branches. 

 ?«S. Native of Brazil, in woods between Rio Janeiro and 

 ^<^rena. Melastoma dilbium, Schrank et Mart. mss. Lobes of 

 *^3lyx double, very short, hardly distinguishable. 



I>oubtful Leandra. 



|0 L, sylve'stris (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 J^^ell as the panicles, petioles, and leaves, hispid ; leaves petio- 

 ^^e> oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends, ciliated, entire, quin- 

 tuple-nerved ; panicle terminal, trifid at the base, divaricate ; 

 *>wers bractless, approximating by threes ; calyx ovate, hispid. 



^oods. 



small, white. 



Whorled Tschudya. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 T. rufe'scens (D. C. 1. c.) branches of panicle opposite, 

 rarely furnished with a small short branchlet ; leaves serrulated. 

 ' ^ Native of Brazil and Guiana. Mehistoma hctcrocar- 



Tj.S. 



Melast. rufidula, Rich. herb. 



Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



pum, Schrank et Mart. herb. 

 Fruit whitish, smaller than a grain of pepper. 

 Rufescent Tschudya. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



3 T. AsPEaiu'scuLA (D. C. J. c.) branches of panicle oppo- 



I2 . S. Native of Ca- 

 yenne, in woods. Melastoma asperiuscula, Rich. herb. Flowers 

 white. Thyrse narrower than in T. rufescens. Down short, 

 rufous. Seeds not seen. Ovarium and base of style hairy. 



Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



site, short; leaves nearly quite entire 



Roughish Tschudya. 



4 T. pulverule'kta (D. 



Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in 

 Melastoma sHvestre, Schrank et Mart. rass. Seeds 

 ?^^1, angular, attenuated, shining- Lobes of calyx so short as 

 hardly to be distinguishable. 



'^ild Leandra. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



11 L. hi'rta (Raddi, 1. c. p. 8.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, membranous. 



posite, 3-5-flowered ; leaves 

 down on the branches of the 

 \l . S. Native of Guiana, 



Ruminated, crenulated, S-nerved, pilose beneath ; flowers in 

 ^^inal bractless racemei. h • S. Native of Brazil, on Mount 



1 



C. 1. c.) branches of panicle op- 



quite entire, and rather ciliated; 



panicle and on the leaves stellate. 



at Yuera, in woods. Melastoma 

 pulverulenta, Rich. herb. Flo^^'^ra smalL 4.cleft. and some- 

 times the lower ones are 3-cleft. , . , ... 

 the genus, but the habit o( the plant js by no means simibr. 

 Ovarium hardly villous at the apex. Sumens not seen. Leaves 



Flowers white. 



Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



Flowers small, 4-cleft^ 



Seeds like those of the rest of 



Powdery Tschudya. %r i^ s 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Ahlastoma, p 



764. 



