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MELASTOMACEiE. LV. Pachycentria. LVI. Pogonanthera. LVII. Allomorphia, &c. 



dactylosy and ovq wroc, mis otos^ an ear ; but the application is 

 unknown to us). Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 518. 

 Tube of calyx nearly globose ; limb short, nearly quite entire. 

 Style girded by an annular nectary. — A shrub, having its 

 branches, peduncles, and under side of leaves clothed with fur- 

 furaceous tomentum. 



22 M. BRACTEA^TA ^BlllinP. L r. t^ P{^Q \ KrannT^l^f*:, f^v-z^f^ . 



3 or somewhat 5-nerved, quite entire, glabrous. Flowers small, 

 red, covered with resinous powder, disposed in terminal pa- 

 nicles. 



1 P. pulverule'nta (Blum. 1. c. p. 521.) leaves ovate, ob- 

 tuse, furnished with 2 tubercles at the base, 3-nerved, coriace- 

 ous ; petals furnished with one tooth on each side. \. S. 

 , Native of Sumatra, in woods. Melastom^ ^"^«''^'-"^^^*"*" Tool, 

 leaves opposite, almost sessile, oblong, decurrent at the base, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 19. but not of Blume. 

 emargmate, finely denticulated, quintiiple-nerved ; cymes pe- - - - 



dunculate, axillary and terminal, twice trifid, bracteate ; flowers 

 decandrous. Tj . S. Native of the Mol 

 teata, Zippel. ined. 

 Bracteate Medinilla. 



Cult. 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Powrfery-flowered Pogonanthera. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 

 2 P. refle'xa (Blum. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntly 

 Axinae'a brae- acuminated, biauriculate at the base, somewhat 5-nerved, mem- 



S. Native of Java, 



branous ; petals tumid on both sides. Tj 



Idstom 



The species of Medinilla are very pretty when in 

 beir culture and propagation are the same as for Me- 

 ee p. 764. Vegetable mould is the best soil for them. 



on trees. Melastom^ 



Melast 



Blum, bijdr. p. 1072 



Sh. 



LV. PACHYCE'NTRIA (from Trax^c, pachys, thick, and 

 Ktyrpoy, kentron, a spur ; in reference to the thick fleshy spur- 

 like appendages of the anthers called connectives). Blum, in bot. 

 zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 519. 



Lin. syst. Octdndrm, Monogynia. Tube of calyx cup- 

 shaped, constricted beneath the middle; limb obsoletely 4- 

 toothed. Petals 4, ovate, acuminated. Stamens 8, equal. An- 



Hejlexed 



Cult. See Pachycintria for culture and propagation. 



LVIL ALLOMO'RPHIA (from aWoQ, alios, various, and 

 fiopfpT]^ morphe, form ; habit in different situations). Blum, in 

 bot. zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 522. 



Lin. syst. Octdndna, Monogynia. Tube of calyx oblong, 

 tubular, adhering to the ovarium at the base ; limb 4-toothea. 

 Petals 4, ovate, acute. Stamens 8, the alternate ones a little 

 shorter than the others. Anthers linear, acute, straight, emar- 



thers oblong-linear, straightish, beaked, and opening by one ginate at the base, inappendiculate. Style filiform; stigma 

 pore at the apex, furnished at the base behind with a thick simple. Fruit dry, ovate-oblong, 4-celled, clothed by the calyx. 



fleshy spur or connective each. Ovarium half adhering to the 



Shrub erect. 



Panicle small, terminal, with divaricate 



- - ^ WW vwv- Branches 4-sided, covered with ferruginous 



calyx^ the free part conical and angular. Style filiform, fur- dots. Leaves opposite, on long petioles, ovate, quite entire, 



', ' , \ " ' 'o ---^ & ..-, glabrous, S-nerved. 



crowned by the constricted tube of the calyx, 4-celled. Seeds branches. Flowers minute, pale red. 



_ ^ \ " ' ■ _ ^, ^„. 1 A. exi'gua (Blum. 1, c. p. 525.) Tj 



compressed^at the ends, besprinkled with brown or dark purple Penang. Melastoma exiouum. Jark in L 



Small Allomorphia. 



Cult. For cuhnrp 



rowed, crowned by a small obtuse stigma. Berry globose, 

 _ J — -w...,v..v,^v.v* vi^^yv. v^i iiic v.ai^A, f^-cellcd. Sccds 



oval, smooth. — Smooth parasitical shrubs- Branches terete, but 

 compressed at the ends, besprinkled with brown or dark purple 

 dots, as well as the peduncles. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ob- 

 long, 8-nerved or somewhat triple-nerved, quite entire. Flowers 

 m axillary and terminal corymbs, small, rose-coloured; pedicels 

 bibracteate in the middle. 



1 P. coNSTRi'cTA (Blum. 1. c. p. 520.) leaves oval-oblono-. 



Native of Pulo- 



C7 ' 



Sh. 4 to 1 foot. 



Melastoma 



LVIII. HUBE^RIA (dedicated by De Candolle to Francis 



- _. -„._ ,^ ^x,.«..,. 1. ^.. p. ij^u.j leaves ovai-oDiono-, Huber, author of memoires sur I'injfluence de I'air dans la ger- 



bluntly acuminated, bluntish and rather cordate at the base*'; ""'nation, 1 vol. 8vo. Geneva, 1801, and other works; and Peter 

 --' ' • 1 .,, - - > Huber his son, author of a history of the Formica, and other 



Tube of calyx 



panicles terminal or axillary, corymbosely many-flowered. Tj • 



S. Native of Java, on the roots of trees at the bottoms of the 



mountains. Melastoma constrictum, Blum, bijdr. p. 1072. 

 Flowers red. 



Constricted-calyxed Pachycentria. Sh. 



2 P. vauingi«f6lia (Blum. 1. c.) leaves oval or elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, attenuated at both ends ; corymbs terminal, few-flow- 

 ered. J S. Native of Java, on trees. Meldstoma varinms- 

 folium, Blume, bijdr. p. 1071. Flowers red. 



I aring'ia-Ieaved Pachycentria. Sh. 



Cult Being parasitical shrubs the species had better be 

 treated in the manner of parasitical orchideous plants. Their pro- 

 pagation is the same as that for Melastoma. n. 7fi4. hv P„H,nr,« 



insects). D. C. prod. 3. p. 167. 

 Lin. syst. 



Octo-Decdndria, Monogyn 



oblong, constricted at the apex ; limb 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5, 

 obovate. Stamens 8-10; anthers oblong-linear, with 1 or 2 



spur-formed bristles, rising from the back at the base. Ovarniin 

 adnate to the calyx, with the free part conical. Style fi"''"'"!' 

 acutish. Capsule baccate, 4-5-celled. Seeds unknown.— Smoot 

 Brazilian shrubs. Young branches compressed or tetragonal- 

 Leaves petiolate, oval, or oblong, 3-nerved. Cymes termmaJ. 



§ 1. Anthers furnished with one bristle at the base. 

 1 H. SEMisERRA^TA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 167.) branches tetra- 



LVI POfiONANTHP'RA /f , , gonal; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 8-nerved, quite entire 



avenoa anth.rn^T' ' ^ T '"'^y''^' P'go», a beard, and the base, serrated in the upper part ; raceme simple, terminal , 

 wT^ K^/i.'^' ^\Ty^ ' ^in reference to the anthers being lobes of calyx lanceolate-linear, acuJe, hardly shorter than the 



T2 . S. Native of Brazil, in the F^^'"^ 



bearded behind). Blum, in bot. zeit. 183 1 . no. 30.'p.'52o" 

 Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogtjnia. Tube of calyx cup- 



shaned somPwbnfnno^r.« r ^ji • """!= "^ i-aiyxcup- ot. i-aul, m marshes in woods. Khexia semiserraia, K^v...-"~ 

 bas^ iiT4?ootl^d pft r'/f '""? *° '^' °^^"""^ «* ^^'« Mart. mss. Petals white, ovate, acuminated. Anthers yelow. 

 orboth^Ls i^e middf. ntr ' ^^Tt^^'l acuminated, tumid equal in length with the filaments Flowers an inch m diameter, 

 on both sides m the middle or furnished with a tooth. Stamens Fruit unknown. 

 8, nearly equal ; anthers oblong, acute, straight, opening by one ^^^^ov,n. 



pore 



Half. 



m 



Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



and hairy. Style filiform ; stigma small, obtuse. Berry fflo- 



, - o-"» -r-*""6 ^j' ^"«? naij~serraiea~iedi\ea HuDertia. on. -* lo u i^^-^ Umve% 



l^ree part of ovarium conical 2 H. lau'rina (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets compressed; lej^ 



Seeds 



r':!."?';''-^'''''''!'-. B-nche^ 'ere.e. and are. 'i' Jlfa^ 



Opposite 



petioles 



1 



nerrH 



oDiong, quite entire, rather coriaceous, jj-nerveu, '*'r7' |^ of 

 almost marginal; cymes corymbose, niany- flowered; 

 calyx with 8 stripes, rather angular ; fruit roundish ; ca yx V^^ 



Native of Brazil. D. C. coll. mem. 1 • J-^^^ 

 D. Ser. mss. Leaves size and form oi 



Leaves manent. h 



Mela 



I. 



