MELASTOMACE^. LVIII. Huberia. LIX. Ochthocharis. LX. Calycooonium. LXI. Oss^a. 



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of Laurus nobilis^ and at first sight apparently feather-nerved. 

 The fruit is Hke that of a clove. Flowers white. 



Laurel-like Huberia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



8 H. ovALiFOLiA D. C. ]. c.) branchlets rather compressed; 

 leaves petiolate, oval, acute, quite entire, 3-nerved, besides the 

 marginal nervules, which are hardly conspicuous ; lateral nerves 

 remote from the margin ; cymes terminal, corymbose ; calyx ur- 

 ceolate, elongated, canescent from rather flocky down ; limb 

 bluntly 4-lobed. J^ . S. Native of Brazil, where it was col- 

 lected by Prince de Neuwied. Petals oblong-obovate, white, 

 according to the dried specimens. Anthers furnished with a 

 brisde-like spur, a little above the base on the back. 



Oval'leavedf Huberia. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



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§ 2. Anthers furnished with 2 bristles at the base, rising from 

 the hack.-^These species probably do not properly belong to 

 ^wtma.— Maieta, Vent, choix. p.' 32. but not of Aubl. 



4 H. annula'ta (Vent, choix. t. 32.) stem and branches 



terete, and a little striated; leaves lanceolate, cordate at the t. 42. Melast. stellata, Vahl/ined. Melast. scabrosum, Bert. 



base, somewhat acuminated at the apex, petiolate, glabrous in herb. Balb. Leaves 3-nerved, rarely somewhat 5-nerved, the 



above, puberulous beneath ; flowers disposed in panicled co- 2 inner nerves rising a little above the base, and therefore the 



rymbs, axillary, few, octandrous ; calyx tubular, rather campa- leaves are almost triple-nerved. Flowers 4 or 5 cleft in the same 



nerve of the lobes, but rather accrete after flowering ; lobes 4-5, 

 spreading, oblong-linear, longer than the tube. Petals 4-5, ob- 

 ovate. Stamens 8-10, equal; anthers oblong, opening by one 

 pore at the apex, without any auricles at the base, and with the 

 connectives hardly evident. Stigma dot-formed. Berry round- 

 ish, 4-o-angled, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, 4-5-celled. 

 Seeds ovate, angular, with a linear hylum. — Shrubs, natives of 

 St. Domingo. Branches terete, clothed with rufescent soft 

 flocky stellate tomentum, as well as the petioles and under side 

 of the leaves. Leaves 3-5-nerved, on short petioles, ovate-ob- 

 long, obtuse and rather cordate at the base, quite entire, glabrous 

 above. Flowers 1-3-together, terminal, white, on short pe- 

 dicels. Calyx beset with stellate down, appearing as if it were 

 dotted. 



1 C. STELLA^TUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 168.) branches terete, 

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

 clothed with crowded white stellate down. Tj . S. Native of 

 St. Domingo. Melastoma calycopteris, Rich, in Bonpl. mel. 



nulate, with 4 oblong segments, which are about the length of 

 the tube. Tj . S. Native of Java. Mai^ta annulata, Vent. 

 choix, t. 32. Petals obovate. Genitals longer than the corolla. 

 Anthers large, acute, falcate. Style filiform, crowned by a 

 stigma, which is hardly thicker. 

 Annular Huberia. 



Berry 4-celled. 

 Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



specimen. 



^/e//a^e-haired Calycogonium. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



Z C. GLA^BRUM (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, glabrous ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated at both ends, somewhat re- 

 pandly denticulated, triple-nerved, rather coriaceous, glabrous ; 

 pedicels terminal, 1 -flowered, usually solitary, hardly longer 



^ . S. Native of South America, near Santa 



5 H. ARGENTEA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 168.) branches from com- than the petioles ; tube of calyx oblong, bluntly tetragonal, sca- 

 brous from stellate scattered down ; lobes 4, subulate, ^i . S. 

 Native of the south of Jamaica, on the high mountains. Melas- 

 toma glabr^ta, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 60Q. Berry black, 4- 

 celled, crowned by the calyx. 



Glabrous Calycogonium. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Mel&stoma^ p. 764. 



LXI. OSSiE'A (dedicated by De Candolle to Don Antonio 

 de la Ossa, formerly director of the botanic garden at the Ha- 

 vanah, in Cuba). D. C. prod. 3. p. 168. 



Ltn. syst. Octdndrta^ Monogynia. Tube of calyx ovate, 

 adhering to the ovarium, but not drawn out beyond it ; lobes 4, 

 short, acute. Petals 4, lanceolate, acute. Stamens 8, short ; 

 anthers hardly auricled at the base. Ovarium smoothish at the 

 apex. Style filiform ; stigma simple. Berry 4-celled, crowned 

 by the lobes of the calyx. Seeds ovate, angular. — American 

 shrubs. Leaves 8-5-nerved. Flowers small, rising from the 

 axils of the leaves, or from the old leaves. 



Flowers 



pressed to terete, clothed with brown furfuraceous scales ; leaves 

 oblong, attenuated at the base, obtuse at the apex, quite entire, 

 3-nerved, coriaceous, shining above, and covered with white 

 furfuraceous scales beneath ; panicle terminal, coarctate ; 

 flowers small, decandrous ; calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed, scurfy 

 on the outside. ~ — 



Fe de Bogota. Petals 5, yellow. Berry 5-celled, about the 



size of a coriander seed. Maieta argentea, Vent, choix. p. 34. 

 in a note. 



Sihery Huberia. Sh. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Mel&stomay p. 764. 



IIX. OCHTHO'CHARIS (from ox^oq, ochihos, a river side, 

 and x^tpiOy chairoy to delight in ; inhabits river banks). Blum. 

 in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 523. 



Lm. sYST. 



Monogyn 



Tube of calyx obovate, 



adhering to the ovarium ; limb 'continuous, with the tube obso- 



letely 4-toothed, permanent. 



Stamens 10, equal. Anthers oblongr, obtuse at both ends, 



Petals 5, ovate, 

 oblong, obtuse at 



acuminated. 



sS? ^^'."1\^^- Anthers oblong, obtuse at both ends • Flowers axillary, sessile. 



siraigut, opening by a pore at the apex, ending in a spur-lormed ,x. ,, , , .„ x t t ■■ 



of'stle at the base behind. Ovarium truncate and glabrous at 1 O. sca'lpta (D. C. prod. 3. p. 168.) branches terete, and 



jhe apex. Style subulate; stigma simple. Capsule globose, 

 oroadly umbilicated, dry, 3-celled, opening irregularly. Seeds 



^gular, cuneiform A glabrous shrub. Branches terete, ex- 



ireme ones compressed. Leaves opposite, petiolate, oval-lan- 

 ceolate, denticulated, triple-nerved. Cymes branched, axillary, 

 blowers small, of a flesh-colour. 



1 O. Java'nica (Blum. 1. c. p. 523.) ^2 . S. 

 west of Java, at the river Panimbans. 



•(aio Ochthocharis. 



y-ull. For culture and nrnnatration see Melastoma 



Native of the 



Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



LX. CALYCOGO'NIUM (from kuXv^, kalyx, a calyx, and 



Ifis"*' ^°'"'^' an angle ; calyx angular). D. C prod. S. p. 

 «>J— Calycopteris, Rich. herb, but not of Lam. 

 .„K rV ^^^'^^ Octo-Decdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx 

 •"Oglobose, 4-5-gonal ; angles acute, continuous with the middle 



are, as well as the petioles and nerves of leaves, scabrous from 

 powdery branched rufous down ; leaves petiolate, oblong, ob- 

 tuse at the base, acutish at the apex, quite entire, 5-nerved, 

 rather pilose ; flowers on short pedicels, few together, axillary ; 

 calyx rather globose, covered with powdery grains; petals lan- 

 ceolate, acuminately awned. ^ . S. Native of St. Domingo. 

 Melastoma acutip^tala, Rich, in Bonpl. melast. t. 38. Melast. 

 oxypetalum, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 303. Maieta scalpta, Vent, 

 choix, t. 33. Melast. glomerata, Vahl. ined. Berry bluish, 

 small, globose, 4-celIed. Flowers small. Filaments of stamens 



broadish. 



Scalp Ossaea. Sh. 2 feet. 



2 O. SCABROSA (D. C. prod. S. p. 169.) stem hairy ; branches 

 terete, hairy; leaves ovate, attenuated, denticulated, S-nerved, 

 scabrous from papillae, petiolate ; flowers much crowded, ses- 

 sile, octandrous ; calyx hairy, 4-cleft ; hind segments subulate 



