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MELASTOMACE^. XLVIII. Clidemia. XLIX. Myriaspora. L. Tococa. 



5-nerved, bristly above, but clothed with villi beneath, those L. TOCO'CA {Tococo is the name of T. Guianensis by 



opposite each other usually of a different size; panicles ter- the Indians of Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 438. D. C. prod, 

 minal. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in woods, in the province of 3. p. 165. Tococa species, D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p! 



Melastoma inaequalifolium, Schrank et Mart 

 sometimes equal in size, sometimes very unequal, the larger 

 ones 6-7 inches long, and the smaller ones 1-2 inches. Flowers 

 small, 5-cleft. Style filiform, exserted. Anthers not auricled 

 at the base. 



UnequaUleaved Clidemia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet* 



303. — Melastoma species of authors. 



Lin. syst. Decdndrta^ Monogynia. Tube of calyx oblonfy, 

 glabrous, naked at the base ; limb urceolate, permanent, 5- 

 lobed : lobes broad, short, obtuse, usually ciliated. Petals 5, 

 obovate. Stamens 10 ; anthers equal, furnished each with a 

 very short or hardly evident connective, which is biauriculate 



75 C. la'cera (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as well at the base. Ovarium crowned by a circular line of bristles. 



as the petioles and peduncles hispid from long, scattered, spread- Style cylindrical, crowned by a large, orbicularly peltate stigma. 



ing bristles ; leaves petiolate, oval-lanceolate, acuminated, 5- Capsule baccate, 5-celled. Seeds ovate, angular, with a linear 



nerved, denticulated, ciliated, hairy on both surfaces ; branches hylum.— South American shrubs, hispid from thick hairs or 



of terminal panicle dichotomous ; flowers sessile, secund ; calyx bristles. Branches tetragonal. Leaves opposite, equal, 3-5- 



with a globose tube : and 5 lobes, which are furnished with pal- nerved. Petioles short, bristly, tumid, or inflated at the apex 



mately disposed bristles at the apex. Tj 



Native of New into 2 bladders, which are open at the apex. Flowers white or 



Granada, on Mount Quindiu, and at the town of Mariquita. rose-coloured, disposed in a thyrse composed of racemes. 



Melastoma 

 S-celled. 



Petals oval, white. Berry 



1 T. Guiane'nsis (Aubl. 1. c. t. 174.) branches tetragonal or 

 compressed between the nodes, covered with bristles on the angles ; 

 leaves broadly ovate, acuminated, hardly crenulated, 5-nerved, 



Jagged'Calyxed Clidemia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. ^ 



76 C. secu'nba (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 308.) bristly on the nerves and margins, and beset with scattered 



leaves oval, acuminated, 5-nerved, crenulated, rounded at the bristles above ; petioles inflated above ; panicle terminal ; calyx 



base, very pilose on both surfaces as well as the stems ; panicle 



terminal, divaricate, with bifid, many-flowered bracteas ; flowers 



secund, Tj . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma 



in herb. Lamb. 



iSirfe-flowered Clidemia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



leaves 



base, very pilose on both surfaces as well as the stems; panicle rather pilose. 1?. S. Native of Guiana. Melastoma physo- 



phora, Vahl. eel. 1. p. 45. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 629. Melast. 

 Tococa, Desr. in Lam: diet. 4. p. 39. Petiole hardly 3 lines 

 long beneath the bladder, which is subglobose. Limb of calyx 

 campanulate, with the teeth broad at the base and acute at 

 the apex, ciliated. Petals concave, rose-coloured. Berry oval, 

 purple. T. Aubl^tia, D. Don, 1. c 



Guia7ia Tococa. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1826. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



2 T. formica'ta (Mart. herb, ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 165.) 

 branches somewhat tetragonally terete, beset with long, scat- 

 tered bristles ; leaves equal, oval, acuminated, 5-nerved, ser- 

 rated, beset with bristles on the margins and on the nerves be- 

 neath, but with scattered bristles above ; petioles jnflated at the 



Native of 



cordate, acute, S-nerved, crenulated, very pilose on both sur- 

 faces as well as on the stems ; panicle ample ; flowers sessile ; 

 calyx scaly at the base. Ij . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma 

 cren^ta, Pav. in herb. Lamb, but not of Vahl. Clidemia cre- 

 nata, D. Don, mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 308- Melastoma Lamber- 

 tiana. Ser. mss. 



Lamberfs Clidemia. Shrub. 



and 



Cult. The species of Clidemia are by no means showy, apex; panicle terminal; calyx glabrous. T2 . S. 



Melastoma 



MYRIA 



Their culture and Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, in woods. Very like the 



preceding species. Leaves 10 inches long. Petiole almost an 

 inch long, beneath the bladder, which is ovate and erect. Lobes 

 of calyx awned. 



Insect Tococa. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



<T7ropa, spora, a seed ; in reference to the innumerable seeds 3 T. bulli'fera (Mart, et Schrank, mss. ex D. c. 1. c.) 



Lin. syst. 



fruit). D. C. prod. 3. p. 165. 



Mono 



Calyx very hispid, with 



branches terete, but tetragonal at the apex as well as the rachis, 

 sparingly pilose ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, ciliated, 



an ovate-globose tube ; limb closed when in a young state, and almost quite entire, 5-nerved, membranous, beset with minute 

 therefore constituting an ovate bud, but at length separating into - - • -1*-. 



5 irregular broad lobes. Petals 5. Stamens 10 ; filaments 



short ; anthers thick, rather obtuse, gibbous at the base. Style 

 filiform. Free part of ovarium beset with bristles. Capsul 

 baccate, ovate-globose, 5-celled. Seeds innumerable, ovate, 

 imbedded in the pulp of the fruit. — Brasilian shrubs. Branches 

 terete, hispid. Leaves petiolate, rather unequal at the base, 

 quintuple-nerved, acuminated, dentately serrated, hispid on the 

 nerves, the rest beset with scattered bristles. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, 1-3, short. Fruit large, very hispid. 



M. Ege'nsis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 165.) 



scattered bristles on both surfaces ; petiole inflated into an elon- 

 gated bladder ; calyx rather pilose. T; . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Para, in woods. The rachis of the simple 

 raceme nearly tetragonal. Petiole 4 lines long, beneath wt 

 bladder, which is nearly an inch long. 



Blister 'bearing Tococa. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. . , 



4 T. VESICULOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 166.) stem beset vrun 



spreading pili ; leaves hardly unequal, on long petioles, o\ a , 



5-nerved, acute, bearing 2 bladders at the apex of the petio e^' 



^ - Native of Mexico. 



Melastoma vesiculosa, "Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, me . 



9 w o 



cyme panicled, axillary, pedunculate. J2 • S. 



of calyx hispid on both sides. T2.. S. Native of Brazil, in Flowers small, rose-coloured. 



woods, at Ega, m the province of Rio Negro. Melastoma ^/a(/(/erw-petioled Tococa. Shrub 2 feet. 



tgense. Mart. herb. Blackia Eg^nsis, Schrank, mss. 



5 T. sANGUi NEA (D. Dou, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 305J 

 ._!_ -.!._. .1.1 1^ -.1 111 . 1 ji u^r... . leaves cordate, 



ra Myriaspora. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. whole plant clothed with blood-coloured hairs ; '^aves cordate, 



M. Paulensis (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval; lobes of calyx oval, acuminated, 5-nerved, crenulated, densely clothed ^iji^ 



glabrous on the inside. ^ 



Native of Brazil, in the pro- 



vince of Rio Negro. Melastoma Paul^nse, Schrank 



varietY of Mi 



mss. 



SL Paul Myriaspora, Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. See Melastoma^ p. 764. for culture and propagation 



oval, acuminated, 5-nerved, crenulated, densely clothea 

 stiff hairs on both surfaces as well as the stem ; calyx tunrn^g^ 

 with scales at the base ; filaments glandular ; style short. 1? • 

 Native of Peru. * 



jB^oodw-haired tococa. Shrub 2 to 8 feet. KpariniT 



Cult. The plants of this genus are remarkable for Dear ^ 



