

MELASTOMACE^. XLVIIL Clidemia. 



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cent, in the lobes of the calyx being small and oblong. An- 

 thers oblong, falcate, each with a long connective. Style fili- 

 form. 

 Beakless-anthereilCWdemm. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



39 C. ceramica'rpa (D. C. 1. c.) branches, petioles, and 

 nerves of leaves on the under surface, clothed with adpressed 

 silky villi ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, crenated, villous on both 

 surfaces, 7-nerved ; nerves rather feathered at the base ; thyrse 



, subspicate, terminal, shorter than the leaves, and rather hispid 

 from villi; branches 3-flowered ; tube of calyx bluntly 8-rib- 

 bed, with a quite entire limb; petals 5, linear. ^ • S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro, in the woods of Ja- 

 pura. Melastoma ceramicarpum, Schrank et Mart. mss. An- 

 thers elongated. Seeds small, angular. Fruit globose, a little 

 ribbed, hardly the size of a coriander. 

 Rihhed-frmted Clidemia, Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



40 C. ? verticilla'ta (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, 

 densely clothed with villi ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, atten- 

 uated, denticulated, villous, scabrous above; racemes axillary, 

 whorled along the rachis ; calyx villous, with lanceolate-linear, 

 short, reflexed lobes. Ti? . S, Native of South America. Me- 

 lastoma verticillata, Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 14. Berry globose, 



small. Petals lanceolate. Perhaps belonging to a separate 

 section. 



\l . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma tristis, Pav. in herb. 

 Lamb. 



Sad Clidemia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



46 C. agre'stis (D. Don, 1. c. p. 309.) stems and branches 

 terete, and are, as well as the petioles, panicles, and leaves, 

 villous; leaves on short petioles, ovate-oblong, acuminated, 

 somewhat serrated, 5-nerved ; panicle terminal, oppositely 

 branched ; bracteas none or very small ; calyx with a globose 

 tube, and 5 short acute lobes. Fj. S. Native of Cayenne, on 

 the banks of rivulets, and in hedges. Melastoma agrcstis, Aubl. 

 guian. 1. p. 425. t. IGG. Petals oval, white. Berry blue, villous. 



Field Clidemia. FL Ju. Aug. Clt. 1822. Sh. 1 foot. 



47 C. reve'rsa (D. C. 1. c.) branches, petioles, and peduncles 

 densely clothed with reflexed stiff hairs ; leaves petiolate, lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, acuminated, crenulately serrated, hispid, 5- 

 nerved ; panicle terminal ; tube of calyx subglobose, with lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated lobes, which are about the length of the 

 tube, h . S. Native of Brazil. Melastoma reversum, Ser. 



Sh. 1 foot. 



^Aor/erf-flowered Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



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Thyrse panicled^ terminaL 



mss. Allied to C agrestis. 



Reverse-haired Clidemia. 



48 C. anisopiiy'll;V (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the petioles, peduncles, and calyxes hispid from long 

 spreading distant hairs ; the leaves that are opposite each other 

 are very unequal in size ; they are petiolate, oval-oblong, acumi- 

 nated, ciliated, toothed, triple-nerved, besides the marginal 

 nervules, beset with a few scattered pili above, hairy beneath, 

 especially on the nerves ; thyrse panicled, terminal, bractless, 

 shorter than the leaves ; lobes of calyx plumose from bristles. 



41 C. ASTROTRicHA (D. C. 1. c) branches from tetragonal to f? . S. Native of Guiana, where it is called Tarimotdou. Me- 



terete, and are, as well as the petioles, panicles, and leaves, his- 

 pid ; hairs nearly all bristle-formed and stellately branched at 

 the apex, with a very few simple ones on the calyxes and teeth 

 of the leaves ; leaves ovate, acuminated, obtuse at the base, 



lastoma strigosa, Rich. herb. 

 been seen. 



Petals, but not the genitals, have 



Unequal-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



49 C. TRicnoDES (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 



long crowded bristles ; leaves petiolate, oval-oblong, 5-nerved, 



each 



dentately serrated, 5.nerved; panicle terminal,having its branches well as the petioles, panicles, and leaves densely clothed witli 

 opposite and elongated ; teeth of calyx setaceous, not half so " 

 long as the tube. T? . S. Native of Brazil, in Para. Melas- 

 toma agreste, Schrank et Mart. mss. but not of Aubl. 

 oval, obtuse. Anthers linear. 

 Starry-^haired Clidemia. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



Petals 



42 C. Berbicea'na (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets tetragonal, and 



ending each in a long taper-point, quite entire, ciliated, 

 with a few scattered bristles above ; panicle terminal, op- 

 positely branched, furnished with ovate bracteas at the origin of 

 the branches and flowers, which are pilose on the outside. ^ . S. 



Native of Cayenne. Leaves 6-7 inches long and 2 broad. Lobes 

 of calyx 5, short, very pilose, 

 woolly deciduous irregularly branched down; leaves on short Seeds ovate. Petals not seen. 



we, as well as the petioles and peduncles, clothed with soft 



Berry bhie, pilose at the apex. 



petioles, oval, obtuse at the base, and ending in a short abrupt 

 acumen at the apex, 5-nerved, bristly on both surfaces, but with 

 soft velvety down on the nerves beneath; the margins irregularly 



and almost 



panicle terminal, oppositely 



smoothish. Tj* S. Native of 



Flowers 



Fruit 



doubly crenated ; 

 branched ; calyx and bracteas 



l^erbice. Leaves crenated, nearly as in C. elegans, 

 small. Limb of calyx bluntly 5-toothed. PetaJs oval, 

 'unknown. 



Berbice Clidemia, Sh. 2 to 3 feet, 



43 C. DicHoTOMA (D. Don, mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 307.) leaves 

 *^^ge, ovate, acuminated, serrated, 7-nerved, very villous on the 

 ^nder surface, as well as on the stems; panicle terminal, race- 



Hairy Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



50 C. DEPAUPERA*TA (D. C. 1. c.) branchcs terete, and are, as 

 well as the peduncles and petioles, hispid from long spreading 

 scattered rufous bristles ; leaves on long petioles, oval, acumi- 

 nated, 5-nerved, crenated, pilose on both surfaces ; the crenae 

 blunt and crenulated, cih'ated ; panicle rerminal, loose, very his- 



, S. Native of Guiana, in 



pid, few-flowered ; fruit hispid. 



Melastoma depauper^ta. 



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woods. 



Rich. herb. Leaves soft, 



Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



?>^se. ij.s. Native of Peru. 

 '^erb. Lamb, but not of Desr. 



Melastoma dichotoma, Pav. m 



^ichotomous Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. , ^ ^ , . 



** C. pil6sa (D. Don, 1. c. p. 308.) leaves cordate, acumi- from bristles; 

 '^^^ed, crenulated, 7-nerved, very pilose on both surfaces, as 

 jell as on the stems ; panicle small, terminal ; peduncles usually 

 ^-flowered, fi • S. Native of Peru. Melastoma pilosa, Pav. 

 ^ Jerb. Lamb, but not of Swartz. 



2'o^ Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



^^ C. TRisTis (D. Don, 1. c. p. 307.) leaves cordate-oblong 



spreading. 



Depauperated Clidemia. 



51 C. L^MA (D. C. 1. c) branchlets terete, and are, as well as 

 the peduncles, petioles, and calyxes, hispid from short thick ad- 

 pressed scale-like strigae; leaves petiolate, oval, acutish, 3-5- 

 nerved, toothed, beset with bristles above, which are bullate at 

 the base, and reticulately foveolate beneath ; the nerves rouirb 



thyrse terminal, short ; branches 3-flowere 

 calyx 5-toothed ; petals lanceolate, short, acute, f? . S. Na- 

 tive of the West Indies. Melastoma Lima, Desr. 



Ovarium bristly. Seeds 



m 



Lam. 



Style filiform, acutish, 



Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



diet. 4. p. 47. 

 unknown. 



fVrasp Clidemia- ^ ^ ^ , , 



52 C. a'pteea (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetragonal, and 



are, as well as the panicles, petioles, and under side of leaves, 



Jfenulated^ acuminated, 5.nerved, rough from pili above, but ^^^^^^'^^ ^^^^ 



''othed with fuscous wnnl bnnpath . Danicle terminal, woolly, hairy froni short, bristly, crowue , i 



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