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MELASTOMACE^. XLVIII. Clidemia. 



tricliotomous, 3-flowered. h 



Native of Peru. Melas- and rather pustulate al the base of the bristles, but beset with 



toma purpurea, Pav. in herb. Lamb. M. pi 

 Pwry;/e*leaved Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



foveolate fascicles of hairs beneath; panicles elongated, axillary, 

 with their branches twice trifid or 3-flowered ; calyx hispid, with 



26 C- dentaVa (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves oval, crenated, acumi- lanceolate lobes, which are shorter than the tube. Tj . S. Na- 

 nated, 5-nerved, covered with rough hairs on both surfaces, as tive of Brazil, in the provinces of Rio Negro and Para, in 



woods. Mel^stoma pustulktum, Schrank et Mart. Habit almost 

 of C. spicdtUf but the thyrse is more loose, the lobes of the 

 calyx are broader, and the hairs are different. Perhaps the 

 same as C slrtguldsa ? 



PustulateAeeLwed Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



well as the stem ; peduncles short, axillary, trichotomous, many 

 flowered. Ji • S. Native of Peru. Melastom 

 in herb. Lamb. 



Tooihed-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 2 feet. 



33 C. sTRiGiLLosA (D. C. K c.) branches rather tetragonal, 



27 C. Japure'nsis (D. C. prod. S. p. 159.) branches nearly 

 terete, and are, as well as the petioles and panicles, hispid ; 



leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, quite entire, membranous, and are, as well as the petioles, pilose ; leaves oblong, rather 



rather pilose on both surfaces, and on the margins, 7-nerved ; cordate at the base, acuminated, 5-nerved, 3 times longer than 



lateral nerves somewhat feathered from the middle to the base ; the petioles, rather denticulated, hispid above, and clothed with 



panicles axillary, loose, shorter than the leaves ; teeth of calyx canescent tomentum beneath ; racemes axillary, with short op- 



setaceous, very short. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the w^oods 

 of Japura. Melastoma Japurense, Schrank et Mart. mss. 

 Flowers small. Fruit globose, crowned by the teeth of the 

 calyx. Seeds small, angular. Anthers nearly terete, obtuse, 

 hardly tumid at the base. 



Japura Clidemia. Sh. 2 feet. 



28 C. PLUMosA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 159.) branches, petioles, 

 peduncles, and calyxes woolly from rufous pili ; leaves oval, branches terete, and are, as well as the petioles, densely clothed 

 rather cordate at the base, acuminated, crenulated, 5-7-nerved, with branched down intermixed with a few bristles ; leaves petio- 

 pilose beneath, but especially on the nerves ; panicles axillary, late, ovate, acuminated, 5-7-nerved, serrulated, very hairy above, 



and woolly beneath ; peduncles axillary, bearing heads of flowers ; 



lower heads of flow^ers opposite ; flowers very hairy and 



crowded. T? . S. Native of New Granada, in shady woods. 



Lobes of 



posite 3-4-flowered branchlets ; calyx hairy, with filiform teeth ; 

 petals oblong. T2 . S. Native of Jamaica. Melastoma strigil- 

 16sa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 793. Berry roundish, hairy, 5- 

 celled. Like C. spicata^ but differs in the leaves being cordate 

 at the base, and in the racemes being compound. 



Strigulose Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



34 C. capitella'ta (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 310.) 



trichotomous ; bracteas and calycine lobes plumose from purple* 



bristles. T2 • S. Native of St, Domingo. Mela 



plu- 



mosa, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 32. Leaves 6-7-inches long and 

 3 broad, standing on petioles one inch long, 

 Phtynose-cidyy.ed Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



Melastoma capitellatum, Bonpl. melast. p. 5. t. 3. 



calyx 5, obtuse, very hispid on the outside, but glabrous inside. 



29 C. LATiFOLiA (D. C. J. c.) branches and pctioIcs hispid; Style filiform. Berry blue, rather globose. Flowers white. 



leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, acuminated, denticulated, ciliated, 

 7-nerved, pilose on both surfaces, but especially on the nerves; 

 panicles axillary, usually twin, trichotomous ; bracteas seta- date, acuminated, crenated, 7-nerved, very hairy on both sur- 



i/earfcrf-flowered Clidemia. Sh. 6 to 12 feet. 



35 C. negle'cta (D. Don, 1. c. p. 307.) leaves ample, cor- 



Native of the West Indies. faces, as weW as the stems ; spikes elongated, axillary, droop- 



Neglected Clidemia. 



ceous ; fruit spherical. Pj . S. 



Melastoma latifolfa, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 31. 



Broad-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



30 C. DiVERsiFoLiA (D. C 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the petioles, panicles, and under surface of the leaves, 

 clothed with flocky powdery down ; the leaves opposite each 

 other are different in form, the one is large and broadly ovate, 

 7-nerved, and tapering abruptly into the petiole, the other is 

 smaller and truly ovate, and almost sessile ; panicles axillary, ?^^> decandrous^ 

 trichotomous, length of the smaller leaves ; calyx with a glo- 

 bose tube, which is urceolate at the apex, and 5 subulate lobes. 



ing, simple or compound ; calyx girded by 5 scales at the base. 

 Pj . S. Native of Peru. 



Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



§ 2. Terminales (from terminus^ the end ; in reference to the 

 spikes or panicles of flowers being terminal). D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 160. Spikes or panicles of flowers terminal. Flowers S-petal- 



Thyrse spHce-formed^ terminaL 



Native on the banks of the river Magdalena, near St. 36 C. spic^formis (D. C. prod. 8. p. 160.) branches clothed 



Bartholomew. Melastoma diversifoha, Bonpl. mel. t. 59. with silky villi ; leaves broadly elliptic, crenulated, triple-nerved, 

 Fruit blue, 5-celled. Seeds cuneated. Petals small, white. 



Diverse-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



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-formed. 



acute at both ends, clothed with silky villi beneath ; racemes 

 terminal, spike- formed ; pedicels 3-flowered. ^2 . S. Mative 

 of Peru. Melastoma spicata, Pav. in herb- Lamb, but not ot 

 Aubl. Clid. spicata, D. Don, 1. c. p. 308. Evidently distinct 



31 C. sriCA TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as well from the species of the same name from Guiana 



as the petioles and panicles, hispid from elongated bristles, in- 

 termixed with stellate down; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated. 



Spikef*ormed CWdemm. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. . 



_. , ^ , ^,_„ , 37 C. depe'ndens (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 307.J 



serrated, obtuse at the base, 5-nerved, beset with stiff* hairs on leaves elliptic, acuminated, crenated, S-nerved, very hairy on botn 

 both surfaces ; peduncles axillary, spicately racemose ; pedicels surfaces, as well as the stem ; spikes terminal, drooping ; ^^^f.f^ 

 opposite, short, 1-S-flowered ; calyx hispid, with an ovate-glo- sessile, each girded by 5 bracteas at the base. \ • S. 

 bose tube, and setaceously acuminated lobes. T; . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma dependens, Pav. in herb. Lamb. 



Native 



of French Guiana, Brazil, Trinidad, &c. Melastoma spicata, 

 Aubl. guian. l.p. 423. t. 165. Vahl. eel 3. p. 20. Meyer in 

 act. bonn. 13. p. 792. Flowers white. Berry red. 



*Sjpica/e-racemed Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



82 C. pustula'ta (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the petioles, hairy from short glandular down ; leaves crowded whorles. 

 ovate, acuminated, obtuse at the base, and nearly cordate, 

 ciliately sttbserrated, 7-nerved, scabrous from bristles above, 



Dependent-s^piked Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. , 



38 C. erostra^ta (D. C. prod. 3. p. 160.) shrub densely 

 clothed in every part with stiff* ferruginous hairs ; leaves pe i 

 late, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenated, 5-7-nerved ; ^P'^^/^^""}^ 

 nating the branchlets ; flowers sessile along the branchlets, 



^2.8. Native of Brazil, al Coari. Meias- 

 toma erostratum. Mart, et Schrank, mss. Allied to C. ^'^' 

 but differs in the leaves being obtuse, in the hairs being run^ 



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